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Cronkite News: Native youth lead ride to the polls on Election Day (November 6, 2024)
Arizona was one of the last states to allow voting rights for Native people. 
‘Once in a generation investments’: Funding helps tribes with energy needs (September 5, 2024)
The Biden administration is on the road as the November presidential election quickly approaches, touting historic levels of funding going to Indian Country. 
Cronkite News: Native fish rebounds with help of tribal partnership (September 5, 2024)
Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland declared that Arizona’s state fish, the Apache trout, will be removed from the endangered species list. 
Grist: Rez dogs are feeling the heat from climate change (August 12, 2024)
As global temperatures rise and events like wildfires become more extreme, the stakes are rising for Native communities and their animals. 
Teachers have been in short supply across Arizona. Nowhere is that felt more than at schools run by tribes and the federal government.
The House Committee on Appropriations heard from dozens of Indian Country leaders who testified about their funding needs.
Cronkite News: White Mountain Apache Tribe comes together for basketball (February 8, 2024)
Basketball is revered on all of Arizona’s reservations, and one team from the White Mountain Apache Tribe benefits from that enthusiasm. 
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. 
‘Empower tribal nations’: Indian Country looks to White House for support (December 14, 2022)
With one negative ruling on the books and a potentially devastating one on the way, tribal leaders continue to look to the Biden administration to address the impacts of the U.S. Supreme Court. 
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs schedules business meeting and hearing (November 14, 2022)
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is getting back to work after a lengthy absence. 
Dina Gilio Whitaker: Sacheen Littlefeather was a Pretendian (October 28, 2022)
“Pretendianism” – the act of falsely claiming American Indian heritage – does real harm. 
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs took testimony from tribal leaders whose communities are in dire need of infrastructure and revenue.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs holds a legislative hearing on six bills on March 23, 2022.
Cronkite News: New initiative addresses maternal mortality (July 14, 2021)
In Arizona, Native American women are four times more likely to die during birth than white women – the highest rate across the state. 
A combination of intense contact-tracing, surveillance of high-risk individuals and vaccinations has helped the White Mountain Apache Tribe combat COVID-19.
Tribal leaders discuss COVID-19 at National Tribal Health Conference (October 15, 2020)
Tribal leaders participate in a panel at the National Tribal Health Conference on October 14, 2020. 
Cronkite News: ‘Baby-Friendly’ hospitals tackle health disparities in Indian Country (September 25, 2020)
Hospitals are combating health disparities among Native Americans by teaching new mothers strong breastfeeding practices.
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