Free, Prior & Informed Consent (FPIC) as Adopted by the National Congress of American Indians
The General Assembly at the 2025 Annual Convention of the National Congress of American Indians adopted a resolution supporting Free, Prior and Informed Consent , known as “FPIC”, and encourages this to be adopted by Corporations, Companies, State and Federal Government Agencies Across the United States, and Globally.
From the Resolution:
“NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the National Congress of American Indians calls on the United States Congress, the legislatures of all of the states, and member-states to enact laws that require Free Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC), while respecting American Indian and Alaska Native self-determination any time a project or development is located on or near reservation lands, Triballyowned or controlled lands, ancestral homelands, and all other lands and waters where Tribal treaty and statutory rights exist”