Tribal leaders and federal officials participate in a panel titled “Investing In Indian Country” at the 2024 White House Tribal Nations Summit.
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Respect for Tribal Nations is a cornerstone of the Biden-Harris Administration’s policies for Indian Country, the White House said. 
Patients are being welcomed to new $177 million Sage Memorial Hospital, a health facility located on the Arizona portion of the Navajo Nation. 
Residents of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta are mostly Yup’ik, and the rural region is known for high rates of respiratory disease. 
As COVID-19 is expected to surge this winter, communities across the Southwest face rising hospitalizations and new, resilient variants.
A Medicaid scam in Arizona swept up thousands of Native people and sought reimbursement for care they never received.
With votes still being counted at home, Rep. Mary Peltola (D-Alaska) is back to work, advancing the interests of Native people on Capitol Hill.
For the first time, Latino and Indigenous populations in California will have their health challenges and needs documented in a way that reflects and serves their communities.
Progress for at-large Cherokee Nation citizens has been the result of decades of advocacy by various leaders and Cherokees at the grassroots level.
Personal stories of pregnancy-related complications from Native women are the centerpiece of a new informational campaign.
According to the Great Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center, syphilis rates among Native people in its region soared by 1,865 percent from 2020 to 2022.
Cherokees deserve help, treatment and hope — especially those who’ve long felt unseen by the health care system due to their unique conditions.
A team of students and faculty at Montana State University have developed recipes to help support Native producers and improve food security on reservations.
“Congress needs to act now and pass the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding Schools Act, so we can learn from our past and make sure these wrongs are never repeated,” said Chief Executive Officer Francys Crevier.
“The impact of boarding schools upon the health and well-being of Native American children and families cannot be overstated,” said IHS Director Roselyn Tso.
President Joe Biden is highlighting his administration’s Indian Country achievements as he prepares to visit a tribe in Arizona.
The Affordable Care Act, which permanently authorized the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, is once again a subject of debate in the 2024 presidential race.
Every year, thousands of Native people are going without the health care they’re entitled, or are risking costly medical bills for treatment that should be covered.
Indigenous communities across the Southwest face adversities that stem from historical marginalization.
Federal funding expires at the end of the year for a program that has reduced diabetes among Native people.
The Indian Health Service finds Native people are two and a half times more likely to report serious psychological distress.
With her debut book, award-winning journalist Rebecca Nagle is taking a look at one of the most consequential U.S. Supreme Court decisions in Indian Country.
Native issues are playing a big role in the U.S. Senate race in Montana, the outcome of which is being closely watched in an already heated presidential election year.
“This funding will provide tribes and rural counties with the resources they need to design and implement programs that work best for the Montanans they serve,” said Gov. Greg Gianforte (R).
People exposed to radiation from atomic bomb tests and uranium mines rallied at the U.S. Capitol to demand action on a stalled compensation program.
Nearly every American has forever chemicals in their body. But information specific to Native people is limited.
Survivors of nuclear testing and uranium mines are ramping up pressure on Congress to reauthorize a federal compensation program that expired in June.
The shipment of uranium ore from the new Pinyon Plain Mine near the Grand Canyon has outraged leaders of the Navajo Nation.
Indian Country is already suffering from a food shortage crisis and problems will only get worse under a government shutdown, lawmakers were told at a crowded hearing on Capitol Hill.
Thank you to the amazing people who worked at the National Indian Health Board: You save lives.
Tribal leaders, joined by lawmakers from both parties, are demanding answers from the Biden administration about a food shortage crisis that has hit the most vulnerable in Indian Country.
“If there’s one thing that makes a Montanan a Montanan, it’s freedom,” said Sen. Jon Tester (D-Montana).
As students head back into the classroom, they’ll find many of their fellow classmates are … not there.
Arizona is the only state that cuts off abortion access at 15 weeks, a restriction that advocates are hoping to ease.
Opioids and other addictive substances have taken a heavy toll on Cherokee families and communities.
The United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians is celebrating a new agreement with the Indian Health Service that will allow the tribe to expand its operations.
American Indian and Alaska Native people suffer the highest syphilis infection rates of any group in the country.
Researchers in the United States have concluded that a large coal-mining operation in British Columbia is sending pollution more than 350 miles downstream into rivers used by tribes.
The Indian Health Service is observing World Water Week with visits to infrastructure sites in tribal communities across the nation.