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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. 
Chuck Hoskin: Cherokee Nation holds United States to its promises (September 18, 2023)
A top priority throughout my administration has been holding the federal government to its promises to the Cherokee Nation. 
‘A history in the making’: First Navajo Nation citizen leads Indian Health Service (September 27, 2022)
Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez congratulates Roselyn Tso on becoming the next director of the Indian Health Service. 
Cronkite News: Mental health hotline now taking calls at 988 (July 26, 2022)
Among racial and ethnic groups, Native people face the highest rates of suicide in the United States. 
Biden administration releases fiscal year 2023 budget request (March 28, 2022)
It’s that time of the year again. President Joe Biden and his administration have released their fiscal year 2023 budget request. 
It’s been a year since Joe Biden took office as president of the United States and he has yet to name a permanent leader of the Indian Health Service.
Indian Health Service finalizes rule for Buy Indian Act (January 13, 2022)
The Indian Health Service is expanding opportunities for Indian-owned businesses with a new rule for the Buy Indian Act. 
“We thank President Biden for standing behind his policy to honor our Nation-to-Nation Relations,” said President Scott Herman of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe.
A deadline is fast approaching for the Biden administration to live up to its promise to improve the federal government’s relationship with tribes and their citizens.
Cronkite News: Tribal leaders welcome return of White House meeting (November 18, 2021)
Tribal leaders said the White House Tribal Nations Summit “shows promise” for the federal commitment to solving problems in Indian Country and to giving Native people a voice in the process. 
White House Tribal Nations Summit – Day One – November 15, 2021 (November 15, 2021)
The Joe Biden administration opens the White House Tribal Nations Summit on November 15, 2021. 
Biden administration announces Native language initiative (November 15, 2021)
The U.S. Departments of the Interior, Education and Health and Human Services launched a new initiative to preserve, protect, and promote the rights and freedom of Native Americans to use, practice, and develop Native languages. 
Health insurance coverage has improved dramatically among American Indians and Alaska Natives, according to a new report.
We must continue to make it a priority for health care to be universally accessible for our citizens.
Tribes and their advocates are breathing a sigh of relief after the nation’s highest court protected a key Indian health care law from a Republican attack.
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals: Brackeen v. Haaland (April 7, 2021)
A federal appeals court finally issued a long-awaited decision in a closely-watched Indian Child Welfare Act case. 
Michael Weahkee will be stepping down as director of the Indian Health Service on January 20.
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