2025 NICOA American Indian Elder Conference Registration is here!
REGISTRATION FEES – All Members MUST PAY membership DUES before registering for the conference. Under no circumstances will refunds be available after September 29, 2025.
The National Indian Council on Aging, Inc., is excited to announce that conference registration is now available. Our 2025 NICOA American Indian Elder Conference will be held in Durant, OK, at the Choctaw Casino and Resort from September 29 to October 3, 2025.
Get your early registration today and view our discounts!
Should you have any questions, please call our office at (505) 292-2001 or email [email protected].
If you are planning to submit a check, please direct it to the National Indian Council on Aging, Inc., and send it along with your mail-in registration to the address below. Please direct all mail to the following address:
National Indian Council on Aging, Inc.
Attn: 2025 NICOA Conference
8500 Menaul Blvd. NE, Suite B-470
Albuquerque, NM 87112
WORKSHOP/PRESENTERS PLEASE SEND A PROPOSAL OF YOUR TOPIC TO Billie Tohee at [email protected]. ONCE YOUR TOPIC HAS BEEN APPROVED PLEASE COMPLETE THE WORKSHOP/PRESENTER REGISTRATION AND SEND REGISTRATION PAYMENT. PLEASE DO NOT SEND YOUR REGISTRATION PAYMENT OR FORM BEFORE APPROVAL. PLEASE CONTACT Billie Tohee FOR ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR CONCERNS.
REGISTRATION DATES
Early Registration (December 2, 2024 – March 31, 2025)
Regular Registration (April 1, 2025 – August 15, 2025
Onsite Registration (September 29, 2025)
Choctaw Casino Room Reservations
Reserve Your Hotel Room for the NICOA Conference
Planning to attend the NICOA Conference? Book your stay at Choctaw Casino & Resort – Durant using our special group rate!
- Room Type: Spa Tower Suites
- Rate: $110 per night
- Total Room Nights Available: 105
- Reservation Deadline: Thursday, September 11, 2025
How to Book:
Online: Use this link to book your room:
(Enter the group code: NICOA-IPO)
By Phone: Call 1-800-788-2464, press #1, and provide the agent with the group code: NICOA-IPO.
For tribes paying for multiple rooms, a third-party payment option is available and preferred for convenience.
Don’t wait—secure your accommodations before the deadline to ensure availability. We look forward to seeing you at the conference!
Learn More
Every two years NICOA’s American Indian Elders Conference welcomes Native elders, stakeholders, elected tribal representatives, government agencies and aging network providers from all over the country.
NICOA’s conference is the only national conference in the country focusing exclusively on the needs of American Indian and Alaska Native elders. It serves as a national forum for Native elders from across the country to come together to meet and receive updated information on aging in Indian Country.
The conference consists of educational presentations from tribal, state and federal organizations as well as a diverse network of aging service partners with experience in providing services to Native elders, who provide information and updates on aging services, health care, civic engagement and economic development in Indian Country. Workshop sessions include caregiver support, elder abuse prevention, health, nutrition, transportation, disease prevention, long-term services and supports, employment and training, financial assistance and more. Keynote speakers from federal, state and tribal programs and agencies provide program updates and listen to the aging needs of American Indian and Alaska Native elders.
Our biennial conference is the place where elders can educate and recommend solutions to policymakers to help improve aging services across Indian Country. NICOA’s American Indian Elders Conference offers the opportunity to elevate issues in American Indian politics and legislation, as well as focus on issues such as health, safety, financial management, elder abuse, caregiving, employment, retirement and the Older Americans Act.
Our conference offers voting members the chance to actively participate in regional caucus sessions representing each of the 12 NICOA regions, participate in the election of board members, submit aging-specific resolutions, revise bylaws and develop collective aging policy agendas for NICOA to advocate in Washington, D.C. Members submit resolutions which are presented and voted on by all members attending our biennial conference. Approved resolutions are then passed on to the National Congress of American Indians for presentation to the appropriate federal government agencies.
The conference is the elders’ forum; the place to voice concerns, provide recommendations on policies that are important to Native elders, and to receive up-to-date information and resources to help elders age at home and in their own communities.
