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Republican lawmaker criticized for deriding GOP colleagues as ‘wild Indians’ (November 1, 2023)
The National Congress of American Indians is speaking out after a Republican lawmaker made derogatory remarks about Native people. 
Few states make the grade when it comes to tribal inclusion in voting maps (October 12, 2023)
Tribes must be included “from the very beginning” of the redistricting process in order to ensure American Indian and Alaska Native voices are heard at the polls. 
“There is now a playbook where the authority is going to continue to be whittled away,” a state prosecutor said of new restrictions on prosecutorial discretion.
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. 
Secretary Haaland announces $3.5 million in grants for Indian Youth Service Corps (September 14, 2023)
The first-ever grants for the Indian Youth Service Corps (IYSC), a new program at the Department of the Interior, have been announced. 
Former Indian housing leader lands in jail on Navajo Nation (July 7, 2023)
A once prominent leader in Indian housing was arrested at an event on the Navajo Nation. He’s blaming the tribe’s news president. 
Indian Country is breathing a huge sigh of relief after the highest court in the land delivered a surprising victory in one of the most closely-watched cases in decades.
As dangerous smoke cast an ominous shadow over the nation’s capital, tribes and their advocates continue to wait for a series of monumental decisions from the U.S. Supreme Court.
Tribal leaders are calling on the Biden administration to re-examine its commitment to the nation-to-nation relationship following “shocking” arguments in a closely-watched U.S. Supreme Court case.
Native America Calling: What do tribal water rights mean if there’s no water? (February 17, 2023)
If there’s an epicenter of the more than 20-year drought in the west and Southwest, it’s the Colorado River. 
Private and public lands are slowly being returned to the care of Native peoples across the country.
Native America Calling: Indigenous representation at Sundance (February 2, 2023)
Organizers of the Sundance Film Festival say this year’s line-up is among the strongest in terms of number and scope of Indigenous works. 
U.S. Supreme Court adds more Indian Country cases to docket (January 24, 2023)
Indian Country is gearing up for another round of big cases at the nation’s highest court, with water rights and tribal sovereignty on the line. 
‘We just need to be safe’: Monkeypox vaccine rolls out in Indian Country (August 23, 2022)
The Navajo Nation is receiving its first doses of the Monkeypox vaccine as experts and providers in Indian Country respond to the latest public health threat. 
Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez announces new running mate (August 8, 2022)
President Jonathan Nez of the Navajo Nation has a new running mate as he seeks a second term in office. His rival, meanwhile, made a historic announcement of his own. 
The legacy of colonialism continues to exist in 2022 through this most recent action by the U.S. Supreme Court to deny Native — and all — women the right to body sovereignty.
The Native American Rights Fund has announced the selection of Matthew Campbell as deputy director.
Native America Calling: The future of the Great Salt Lake (April 5, 2022)
Long before it became the inspiration to build what became Utah’s largest city, the Great Salt Lake was an important place for the Ute, Paiute, Goshute, and Shoshone nations. 
Leader of Navajo Nation Washington Office bids farewell (March 15, 2022)
Santee Lewis, the executive director of the Navajo Nation Washington Office, announced her departure after three years on the job. 
Cronkite News: Navajo Nation returns to rodeos amid COVID-19 (January 10, 2022)
Rodeo events have long been a part of culture on the Navajo Nation. The COVID-19 pandemic upended the tradition. 
Indian Country starts off new year with surge in COVID-19 cases (January 6, 2022)
Tribal communities are once again seeing an explosion in COVID-19 cases following the busy holiday season and as a new and highly contagious variant brings upheaval to Indian Country. 
National Park Service finally gains a new leader with first Native director (December 16, 2021)
The National Park Service has a permanent leader for the first time in five years and it’s a historic one thanks to President Joe Biden. 
Cronkite News: New law protects tribal regalia at school graduations (November 24, 2021)
Just minutes before her high school graduation, Dakotah Harvey was told to remove the eagle feather from her mortarboard or she would be escorted out of the ceremony and her diploma would be withheld. 
National Park Service: More tribes sign historic preservation agreements (November 24, 2021)
Seven new tribal historic preservation agreements were completed and signed with tribes in seven states in 2021. 
A $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill that includes billions of dollars in investments for Indian Country is finally over the finish line on Capitol Hill.
Cronkite News: Tribes welcome restoration of Bears Ears National Monument (October 19, 2021)
“Bears Ears is home to many of our historical and cultural sites, plants, water, traditional medicines, and teachings for our people,” said Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez. 
The Bears Ears landscape has supported indigenous people of the Southwest from time immemorial and continues to be sacred land to tribal nations, the White House said in a proclamation.
President Biden delivers remarks on national monuments (October 8, 2021)
President Joe Biden delivers remarks on national monuments at the White House on October 8, 2021.
President Joe Biden is restoring the original boundaries of the Bears Ears National Monument in Utah.
President Biden is once again making history with his choice to lead the National Park Service, the federal agency that oversees millions of acres of ancestral tribal territories and treaty lands.
News21: Navajo Nation addresses challenges in law enforcement (August 10, 2021)
The increased demands of the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated long-standing issues within the Navajo Nation’s police department. 
Health insurance coverage has improved dramatically among American Indians and Alaska Natives, according to a new report.
Native America Calling: Preparing for COVID-19 variants (July 6, 2021)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning of a rise in COVID-19 cases as a highly contagious virus starts to take hold, including in Indian Country. 
“As Navajo people, we all have parents, grandparents, and other elders who were subjected to boarding schools and that has contributed to many of the modern-day monsters in our society,” said Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez.
Dozens of decisions that affected tribes during the Trump years are awaiting scrutiny by the new Biden administration.
Native people ‘lead the way’ on COVID-19 vaccinations (March 30, 2021)
The Indian Health Service is set to meet its goal of 1 million COVID-19 vaccinations but progress is being threatened by the rest of the nation. 
Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland addresses the Navajo Nation Spring Day of Prayer on March 19, 2021.
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.
Day 1 of the Joe Biden administration: Actions affecting Indian Country (January 20, 2021)
From re-examining the boundaries of the Bears Ears National Monument to helping tribal nations restore their homelands, the Joe Biden administration will hit the ground running. 
With a shortage of beds, oxygen and staff, the Navajo Nation can no longer depend on regional aid and is sending critical patients farther afield for health care.
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