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WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky stated on Monday that the country may be at risk of increasing Covid-19 infections due to the spread of Covid-19 variants and reports of some states easing public health measures that help prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

On Feb. 25, Native News Online hosted an online forum on the COVID-19 vaccine rollout in Indian Country, aimed at raising vaccine awareness and addressing vaccine hesitancy throughout tribal nations.

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WASHINGTON — Citing the Presidential Memorandum signed by President Joe Biden on Jan. 26 on tribal consultation and strengthening nation to nation relationships, the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) has put on hold the transfer of 5,439 acres of high-value conservation land in Arizona to Resolution Copper.

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The latest figures from tribal health officials bring the total number of COVID-19 cases to 29,754 cases since the pandemic began

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The Senate energy committee will host a business meeting Thursday to vote on how to process Rep. Deb Haaland’s nomination

Former Houlton Band of Maliseets tribal Rep. David Slagger is seeking state recognition for the Kineo Band of Maliseet

Either one-on-one or before a crowd, Charlie Hill was a champion for Native people and their causes. May we never forget his legacy.

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TCJ Student guest editor and acclaimed author Tiffany Midge (Hunkpapa Lakota) has announced the winners of the 2021 TCJ Student creative writing contest.

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Tribal — and even state — courts turn to ancient practices for better outcomes

Los Angeles Times called out the Globes for no Black members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association - 'But hey, at least Mark Ruffalo and Chadwick Boseman won'

The federal government said Monday that it is withdrawing a last-minute Trump administration environmental impact statement regarding a land swap for the Resolution Copper mine project in Arizona, only hours before its deadline to reply to an Apache nonprofit's emergency Ninth Circuit appeal.

'Oak Flat is still on death row. Essentially, they're just changing the execution date'

On the show Monday is Marlena Myles, a self-taught Spirit Lake Dakota, Mohegan and Muscogee. Her art brings modernity to Indigenous history, languages and oral traditions. Mary Annette Pember is a national correspondent here at Indian Country Today.She joins us to talk about one of her recent stories on the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline.

A Montana federal judge has ruled that a tribal court had authority to hear a dispute between a Crow Tribe member and the utility company he accused of illegally shutting off his power in the middle of winter.

An Alaska Native corporation urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to overturn a D.C. Circuit decision that ANCs can't have a share of $8 billion in COVID-19 relief meant for Native American tribal governments, saying the ruling could upend health services for Alaska Natives amid the pandemic.

The American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) has released findings of a broad survey of tribal college and university (TCU) student experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Federal pandemic relief dollars are speeding up the Little Shell Tribe’s ability to build its own clinic