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Report confirms Native women suffer from high rate of homicide in United States (July 24, 2017)

American Indian and Alaska Native women experience one of the highest homicide rates in the nation and nearly half die at the hands of an intimate partner.

DVIDS: Partnership brings health care services to Fort Peck Reservation (July 24, 2017)

The Army Reserve Medical Command’s 7239th Medical Support Unit partnered with the Indian Health Service to provide services to the Fort Peck Reservation in Montana.

Global Voices: Digital radio station promotes indigenous communities in Brazil (July 24, 2017)

Rádio Yandê, the first Indigenous online radio station in Brazil, uses digital media to promote Native languages and communities.

Conservative group launches another attack on Indian Child Welfare Act (July 24, 2017)

A conservative group with a history of attacking the Indian Child Welfare Act is back at it, advancing a faulty premise in a petition to the nation's highest court.

Bryan Newland: The #fakenews crisis about the land-into-trust process (July 24, 2017)

Changes to the land-into-trust process will never satisfy critics, attorney Bryan Newland writes on Turtle Talk.

Trump administration withdraws fracking standards for Indian Country (July 24, 2017)

In a victory for a handful of energy-producing tribes, the Trump administration is rescinding a rule that established hydraulic fracturing standards in Indian Country.

House Committee on Natural Resources set to advance more Indian bills (July 24, 2017)

Bills to address jurisdiction for the Meskwaki Tribe, the status of an Alaska Native village and a land-into-trust application for the Chumash Tribe are on the agenda.

Comanche Nation announces shutdown of tribal college after 15 years (July 24, 2017)

The first tribal college in Oklahoma is shutting down at the end of the July 2017.

Navajo Nation citizen Carol Surveyor announces run for Congress in Utah (July 24, 2017)

Carol Surveyor, a citizen of the Navajo Nation, is hoping to become the first Native woman to serve in the U.S. Congress.

Canada continues to distribute $5 -- yes $5 -- in annual treaty payments (July 24, 2017)

The Canadian government continues to distribute $5 every year to citizens of First Nations whose ancestor signed treaties requiring annuity payments.

Cronkite News: Trump's review of monuments draws 1.4 million comments (July 24, 2017)

An Interior Department plan to review recently designated national monuments, including Bears Ears in Utah, has drawn more than 1.4 million public comments.

Mark Trahant: Senate Republicans attempt another vote on health care (July 24, 2017)

Another week and the United States Senate is ready to vote on legislation to remake the entire healthcare system, including Indian health.

Steven Newcomb: European concepts continue to oppress our nations (July 24, 2017)

Our original nations did not develop the words that are now being used to oppress our lives and our territories, Steven Newcomb writes on Indian Country Media Network.

Tiffany Midge: We all need to champion our indigenous sisters except... (July 24, 2017)

As indigenous sisters, we need to pull together and lift each other up, individually and collectively, Tiffany Midge writes on Indian Country Media Network.
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