Native leaders press for more action to address crisis of missing, murdered Indigenous people
The crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous relatives continues to devastate families across not just Utah but the United ...
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BIA launches Operation Spirit Return to help solve Indian Country missing and unidentified person cases
The Bureau of Indian Affairs announced Thursday that the Office of Justice Services has launched Operation Spirit Return, an initiative to help solve missing and unidentified person cases involving ...
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Lawsuit seeks to limit Alaska tribes’ authority, stop gambling hall
The suit, filed by the state, challenges a legal interpretation that allows tribes to exert authority over as much as 2.7 ...
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Murkowski encourages tribes to stand their ground with the Trump administration
At the National Congress of American Indians winter summit in Washington D.C., Sen. Lisa Murkowski acknowledged that it's a ...
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Tribal education compact bill takes next step into bringing tribal sovereignty into public education
Alaska’s Department of Education and Early Development is working with tribes to kick start a compacting program and give ...
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Two Alaska plane crash victims ID’d as tribal health workers who ‘made lasting impact on rural communities’
Rhone Baumgartner and Kameron Hartvigson, employees of Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, were among the 10 people who ...
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Bureau of Indian Affairs turns to new technology to help solve missing and murdered cases
Amid widespread terminations of its employees, the Bureau of Indian Affairs is trying to put the focus back on a critical ...
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An ‘asterisk population’: Poor data complicate maternal health research for Native women
American Indian and Alaska Native women have some of the highest rates of maternal death and morbidity in the United States, ...
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Sen. Murkowski Defends Tribal Sovereignty on Senate Floor
Sen. Lisa Murkowski , chair of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, addressed the U.S. Senate floor regarding a letter she ...
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State of Alaska Sues U.S. Government Over Native Gaming Decision
The State of Alaska (the State) has embarked on a significant legal journey, filing a lawsuit against the United States Department of the ...
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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Confirmed as Secretary of HHS; Indian Organization Hopeful He Will Fulfill Promise to Tribal Nations
The U.S. Senate confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services on ...
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Cuts to Medicaid would have dire consequences for Native American population, experts say
serve over 500 tribes across 22 states. Additionally, Medicaid reimbursements are essential for providing care to American Indian and Alaska Native populations living in metro areas. As of 2022 ...