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Conference established by President Obama has not been held since 2016

$2 billion will go toward replacing funds from private insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, and the VA

Billy Frank Jr 'really opened up the eyes of the nation to our fishing rights. That's where it started. Then he opened up the eyes of the nation to the importance of our salmon'

Greater access to COVID-19 vaccine raises ethical questions in sports world

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz.— For the fifth consecutive day, the Navajo Nation reported no deaths related to Covid-19. The total number of deaths remains at 1,262.

Headlines from April 15, 2021

The three women join 23 other people on the council to give recommendations to environmental councils

Native American community colleges serve some of the most rural and remote populations across the U.S., and with the COVID-19 pandemic forcing many of those schools online for the first time, they’ve seen big declines in student enrollment.

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A Montana federal judge handed tribal group Ksanka Kupaqa Xa'lcin and six environmental organizations a win without trial, ruling that the federal government unlawfully approved a decadeslong mine project by only reviewing its environmental impact for the project's first phase.

New Yorkers may soon be able to place sports wagers via their smartphones after state lawmakers legalized mobile and online sports betting, but concerns over the state-run model and potentially onerous revenue-sharing could complicate its rollout. Here, Law360 takes a look at some key questions about New York's mobile and online betting regime.

Affiliated FM Insurance Co. is not required to cover Mohawk Gaming Enterprises LLC's business interruption losses from closing its casino due to a positive COVID-19 test at a nearby college, a New York federal judge ruled Thursday, saying there wasn't any physical loss.

Hope Flanagan from Dream of Wild Health is on the show to speak about the work her organization is doing in Minnesota. Plus Shannon Shaw Duty has an update on the movie 'Killers of the Flower Moon' and why the story is so important.

THUNDER BAY, Canada — New research by anthropologist Dr. Jessica Metcalfe at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario and other researchers provides direct evidence of long-distance connections among precolonial Dene peoples from northern Canada to the southern United States.

Defense contractor Raytheon Co. sued an Alaskan Native corporation in Kentucky federal court, saying the company's field engineers negligently caused a lithium-ion battery fire that cost the contractor $2.7 million and tarnished its reputation with the federal government.

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — At the outset of the Covid-19 pandemic last year, some Indian Country leaders knew it would be difficult, perhaps even impossible, to comply with the CDC’s 20-second hand washing guidance.

Tribal groups have asked the D.C. Circuit to drop their appeals to stop border wall construction through their ancestral lands in Southern California, saying they have reached an agreement with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Michael Pryor and Melissa Thevenot at Brownstein Hyatt discuss some of the federal programs and funding opportunities that may alleviate the challenges rural tribal lands face in gaining broadband access.

Native Americans are changing the way they eat, and Mariah Gladstone, a member of the Blackfeet tribe, is helping lead the way. Gladstone founded an organization called Indigikitchen about five years ago to educate those in Indian Country on where.....

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Washington State’s governor signed a bill to create a statue to honor Billy Frank, Jr. (Photo: Ecotrust via Flickr/CC)

The governor of Washington signs a bill to place a statue of activist Billy Frank Jr. in the U.S. Capitol

A museum in Germany dedicated to author Karl May agrees to return Native American human remains to the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa

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Health care workers who died fighting COVID-19