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Defense bill snubs Indian Country in favor of Lumbee federal recognition (December 8, 2025)
Indian Country is on the losing end of the stick with the release of a must-pass defense bill that was negotiated behind closed doors. 
The nation’s oldest and largest inter-tribal organization opened its annual convention with a competing set of messages about the challenges facing Indian Country.
Cronkite News: National Indigenous Domestic Violence Hotline begins service (October 10, 2025)
Seven days a week, 365 days a year, the StrongHearts Native Helpline provides care and services for Indigenous people experiencing domestic violence. 
Chuck Hoskin: Cherokee Nation takes health care to a new level (October 6, 2025)
Cherokee Nation is stronger today because we embraced the challenge of self-governance. 
Montana Free Press: Blackfeet Nation bans kratom on reservation (September 24, 2025)
The Blackfeet Nation banned the sale and use of kratom amid growing concerns about the safety of the plant-based substance. 
Press Release: Grant awarded for National Indigenous Domestic Violence Hotline (September 24, 2025)
A five-year federal grant will fund the National Indigenous Domestic Violence Hotline. 
Fifty years into the self-determination era, tribal nations are running into new obstacles when it comes to managing programs that serve their people.
Press Release: Indian Health Service sees influx of health care officers (September 22, 2025)
The Department of Health and Human Services is sending public health professionals to sites across Indian Country. 
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs focuses on self-determination and self-governance at an oversight hearing on September 17, 2025.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs focuses on self-determination and self-governance at an oversight hearing on September 17, 2025.
Witness list for Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hearing on self-determination (September 16, 2025)
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is observing a significant milestone in the era of self-determination and self-governance. 
‘Fight like hell’: Federal funding cuts threaten HIV/AIDS programs (September 8, 2025)
Advocates for Americans with HIV and their allies in Congress are vowing to “fight like hell” in the face of funding cuts that they say will cost lives. 
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs schedules two hearings on federal programs (September 4, 2025)
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is getting back to work with two more hearings about federal programs and federal policy. 
Freedmen of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation are moving closer to tribal citizenship.
The House Committee on Appropriations holds a subcommittee markup on the fiscal year 2026 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies bill.
The Department of Health and Human Services is inviting tribes to attend a listening session — but not a consultation — to discuss a reorganization of the agency.
Markup of funding bill for Indian Country programs postponed (June 23, 2025)
Indian Country is closely watching the appropriations process in light of funding cuts proposed by the executive branch of the U.S. government. 
The House Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs holds a hearing on legislation affecting tribal lands and tribal health.
The House Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs is taking testimony on tribal lands and health legislation.
Lawmakers are siding with tribes when it comes to the budget for the Indian Health Service.
AUDIO: Budget hearing for Indian Health Service (June 5, 2025)
The House Committee on Appropriations holds a hearing on the Indian Health Service budget. 
Key programs at the Indian Health Service are seeing flat funding under a budget proposal that eliminates a major tribal priority.
Republican lawmakers are pushing back against drastic cuts to Indian Country programs like law enforcement and school construction.
Despite pledges from Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., programs serving Indian Country are in line for cuts and reductions.
I will never stop advocating for our rights and ensuring the promises made to the Cherokee people are kept.
Groups like Diné Parents Taking Action are putting the work in to provide support and raise awareness when it comes to autism among Native people.
President Donald Trump took office with a promise to help the Lumbee Tribe with its quest for federal recognition. What happens next?
From millions of dollars in canceled grants to vacancies at the Indian Health Service, tribes are dealing with big changes at the federal level.
Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is overseeing unprecedented cuts, drawing widespread concerns about adverse affects for Native people.
The House Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs holds an oversight hearing titled “Examining 50 years of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act in Indian Country.”
The House Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs holds an oversight hearing titled “Examining 50 years of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act in Indian Country.”
The House Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs is holding a field hearing to mark the 50th anniversary of the self-determination era.
The Department of Health and Human Services is eliminating 20,000 full-time employees, according to a fact sheet.
“We aren’t just reducing bureaucratic sprawl. We are realigning the organization with its core mission and our new priorities in reversing the chronic disease epidemic,” said Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
The House Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs is going on the road to mark the 50th anniversary of the self-determination era.
KFF Health News: Medicaid cuts ‘a tremendous hit’ to Indian Country (March 20, 2025)
As Congress mulls potentially massive cuts to Medicaid, health centers that serve Native communities are bracing for catastrophe. 
List of Indian Country leases marked for termination by DOGE (March 6, 2025)
The Department of Government Efficiency, also known as DOGE, is taking aim at the BIA, the IHS and even the NIGC. 
A program serving Native students in science, technology and medicine is ending as a result of President Donald Trump’s directives.
Chuck Hoskin: Cherokee Nation advocates for Indian Country (March 3, 2025)
Cherokee engagement is especially important in times of transition. 
Native America Calling: Assessing current health threats to Indian Country (February 19, 2025)
From flu season to cuts at the Indian Health Service, tune in to get a gauge of the current threats to the health of Native people.
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