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Former Navajo Nation president Jonathan Nez launches bid for Congress (October 16, 2023)

Jonathan Nez, a former president of the Navajo Nation, is running for Congress in one of the most Native-populated districts in the United States.

Cronkite News: Indian boarding schools confront genocidal legacy (August 30, 2022)

Few dispute that Indian boarding schools led to more than a century of abuse, systematically seizing Indigenous land, separating children from their families, destroying communities and working to erase tribal languages, religions, cultures and economies.

Cronkite News: Hualapai Tribe pushes for passage of water rights settlement (July 21, 2022)

Getting access to Colorado River water is “the only feasible solution” for the Hualapai Tribe, Chairman Damon Clarke said.

Cronkite News: President Biden delivers first State of the Union (March 4, 2022)

President Joe Biden delivered an address that toggled between plans for tackling domestic challenges and reasserting U.S. international leadership.

Navajo Nation leader launches Republican bid for Congress (March 2, 2022)

Myron Lizer, the often controversial vice president of the Navajo Nation who recently declared his ‘love’ for Donald Trump, is running for U.S. Congress.

Cronkite News: Navajo Nation seeks greater access to COVID-19 tests (January 31, 2022)

Are COVID-19 tests reaching tribal and rural households? The Biden administration is being pressed to do more.

Cronkite News: Infrastructure bill finally makes it over finish line on Capitol Hill (November 8, 2021)

Congress has given final approval to a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill that’s been a key part of President Biden’s agenda.

Cronkite News: Indian Country firefighters benefit from pay raise (August 31, 2021)

Fighting wildfires isn’t getting any easier, but pay is rising for firefighters employed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs and other federal agencies.

Tribal Health Data Improvement Act back on agenda (June 21, 2021)

A bipartisan bill to ensure that tribes have access to the same public health data as states is once again moving forward on Capitol Hill.

Cronkite News: Navajo Nation to see cleanup of more uranium sites (February 16, 2021)

The Environmental Protection Agency will award $220 million in contracts to clean up some of the hundreds of abandoned uranium mines on the Navajo Nation.

Cronkite News: Biden signs tribal consultation and nation-to-nation order (February 10, 2021)

In one of his first actions in office, President Joe Biden has ordered federal agencies to strengthen their tribal consultation and nation-to-nation policies.

COVID-19 funding dispute heads to Trump’s Supreme Court (November 3, 2020)

With the nation’s highest court stacked with even more conservative justices, tribes are once again paying close attention to a COVID-19 funding dispute they thought was over.

Cronkite News: Tribes granted access to broadband licenses (October 30, 2020)

The Federal Communications Commission has granted broadband spectrum licenses to tribes in what FCC Chairman Ajit Pai called “a major step forward in our efforts to close the digital divide on Tribal lands.”

Cronkite News: Tribes denied access to public health data (October 8, 2020)

The Tribal Health Data Improvement Act aims to remove barriers that Native Americans face in accessing public health data – something even more critical in the COVID-19 era.

Cronkite News: Indian Country pushes for renewal of successful diabetes program (October 1, 2020)

A “life-changing” diabetes program for Indian Country will expire unless Congress takes action.

Cronkite News: Navajo Nation weighs spending plans for COVID-19 funds (September 21, 2020)

Spending $177 million may not seem like a problem, but it is a challenge for Navajo Nation leaders who could lose those funds if they don’t find projects that can be completed by the end of this year.

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