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Indian Country set for big and busy week on Capitol Hill (July 22, 2024)
Indian Country is set for a busy week in the nation’s capital, coming after the GOP convention and the end of Democratic President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign. 
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs holds a legislative hearing on July 10, 2024.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs holds a legislative hearing on July 10, 2024.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is getting back to work with a hearing on four bills.
Mental health conditions tops the list of causes for pregnancy-related deaths in a recent study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The House Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs holds an oversight hearing titled “Examining the President’s FY 2025 Budget Request for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Indian Health Service, and Office of Insular Affairs.”
Over two days of hearings, the House Committee on Appropriations heard from dozens of Indian Country leaders who testified about their funding needs.
The House Committee on Appropriations heard from dozens of Indian Country leaders who testified about their funding needs.
The House Committee on Appropriations is hearing from dozens of Indian Country leaders who are testifying about their funding needs.
The House Committee on Appropriations is hearing from dozens of Indian Country leaders who are testifying about their funding needs.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hosts a business meeting on May 1, 2024.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hosts a business meeting on May 1, 2024.
Tribes are seeking to hold the Indian Health Service accountable for money they say is promised to them under self-determination contracts.
The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments in Becerra v. San Carlos Apache Tribe and Becerra v. Northern Arapaho Tribe on March 25, 2024.
Kaiser Health News: Native communities hit by epidemic of syphilis (March 22, 2024)
“Syphilis is deadly to babies. It’s highly infectious, and it causes very severe outcomes,” said Meghan Curry O’Connell of the Great Plains Tribal Leaders’ Health Board.
Native America Calling: Native liver disease and transplants (March 18, 2024)
An investigation shows that Native people have the highest rate of death from liver disease, but the lowest representation on the waitlist for transplants. 
RECAP: National Congress of American Indians opens winter session (February 16, 2024)
The National Congress of American Indians opened its executive council winter session in Washington, D.C. 
Cronkite News: National Congress of American Indians lays out policy agenda (February 13, 2024)
Tribal nations are seeing themselves represented more than ever before, but they still need to make their voices heard at the ballot box, the leader of the National Congress of American Indians said. 
Witness list and testimony for Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hearing (February 8, 2024)
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is taking testimony on five bills. 
KFF Health News: Resources lacking to address suicide in Indian Country (February 6, 2024)
Native people die by suicide at higher rates than any other racial or ethnic group, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs set for first hearing of new year (February 5, 2024)
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is hosting its first hearing of 2024. 
The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether the federal government continues to shortchange tribes when it comes to funding health care contracts.
Cronkite News: Native veterans travel far for services and benefits (January 19, 2024)
The president of the Navajo Nation is calling on the federal government to open a full-service veterans medical center to the reservation. 
It there a disparity when it comes to viable treatments for diabetes among Native people?
Cronkite News: Tribes welcome new and upgraded health care facilities (January 16, 2024)
Three new and upgraded health facilities recently opened in Arizona to provide Native people with better access to health care, and more are in the works. 
Gaylord News: Biden administration hosts White House Tribal Nations Summit (December 11, 2023)
President Joe Biden is vowing to strengthen relationships with tribal nations and advance tribal sovereignty and self-determination.
Native America Calling: Making holiday food gatherings safe (December 5, 2023)
It’s that time of year when we gather around the table to share a holiday dinner with family and friends for harvest feasts and winter community meals. 
White House Tribal Nations Summit kicks off without Secretary Haaland (December 4, 2023)
President Joe Biden is hosting the White House Tribal Nations Summit this week but a key member of his team won’t be there in person. 
Tom Cole: Promoting tribal sovereignty and self-determination in Congress (November 27, 2023)
As the longest serving Native American in the U.S. House of Representatives, the privilege and honor it is to represent the interests of tribes in Congress is certainly not lost on me. 
Tribes have until October 15 to secure free opioid overdose emergency treatment medication for their communities.
Laphonza Butler, the president of the well-known EMILY’s List voting group, will serve out the remainder of the U.S. Senate term of the late Dianne Feinstein.
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hearing on ‘Water as a Trust Resource’ (September 26, 2023)
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs holds an oversight hearing on water in Native communities on September 27, 2023. 
‘Your debt is due’: Tribes on alert as U.S. government looms toward shutdown (September 26, 2023)
Indian Country is on high alert as the U.S. government prepares for a possible shutdown, the first of its kind in more than three years.
Native America Calling: Troubling trends: government shutdown and COVID-19 (September 26, 2023)
A coalition of tribal organizations is warning about the potential damage of a federal government shutdown to tribal citizens. 
Cronkite News: Senate committee takes up water infrastructure in Indian Country (September 21, 2023)
The infusion of federal money for infrastructure projects is only a first step toward fixing deep problems with water systems on tribal lands. 
‘This is a hard bill’: Republicans cut back on federal funding (July 19, 2023)
Republicans are making no excuses when it comes to cutting back funding for the federal government. How is Indian Country affected? 
The National American Indian Housing Council, the largest inter-tribal housing organization, is welcoming Chelsea E. Fish as its new executive director.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is getting back to work after what the legislative panel’s bipartisan leadership said was an extremely productive session.
After years of work, tribes finally achieved a historic first for the Indian Health Service. But Republicans are already ripping apart the funding agreement.
Republicans take power on day of ‘chaos’ on Capitol Hill (January 3, 2023)
The 118th Congress began in a most unusual fashion as Republicans descended into what one Democrat derided as “chaos” in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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