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Republicans left tribes out of their $50B Rural Fund. Now it’s up to states to share

Tribes aren't allowed to apply for a share of the Rural Health Transformation Program, which is the largest-ever U.S. investment in rural health care, and must rely on states to share funds with them ...
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Tribal radio funding flows, but future remains uncertain after clawback of public media money

PORCUPINE — For the past few weeks, Oitancan “Oi” Zephier has labored among piles of vinyl records nearly 2 feet high. KILI-FM, the Porcupine, South Dakota-based tribal public broadcasting station ...
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The Pacific won a landmark climate case at the world’s top court. Now they want countries to act.

In January 2004, Cyclone Heta pummeled the shores of the island nation of Niue, uprooting trees and flooding homes with 184 mile-per-hour winds and 164-foot waves. As dawn approached, after an intense ...
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Makah Tribe’s treaty-protected whaling rights remain blocked more than two decades later

SEATTLE — Despite the Makah Tribe’s success in getting a waiver to carry out their exclusive treaty right for whaling, the permitting process that had dragged on for over 20 years has now been ...
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Longest government shutdown in history strains already thin reserve funds for many tribes

The 2025 government shutdown has reached a new record, and tribal leaders are beginning to run out of patience and funds, with many dipping into their own already strained reserve funding with no ...
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Tribes look toward loans as reserve funding runs dry, Senate hearing reveals

Only five days remain before the current 2025 shutdown becomes the longest in history, and tribes, especially those in Alaska, are feeling the burden of ignored trust and treaty obligations, leaders ...
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Communities across Indian Country brace for potential SNAP loss

RAPID CITY, South Dakota – For many tribes, access to food is a treaty right, meaning the potential loss of funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Nov. 1 is yet another violation ...
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‘Going to get tougher’: Tribes grapple with ongoing government shutdown

The United States is 21 days into the third-longest federal government shutdown in history and Indian Country is bracing for an unstable future ahead as reserve funding for many tribes could begin to ...
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Hidden secrets: Domestic violence in Native communities

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Domestic violence research found that more than 80 percent of Native American women have ...
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Native tourism is big business

It’s a big business and getting bigger. From coast to coast, the adobe dwellings, herds of buffalo, majestic carved totems, pulsating powwows, dark sky viewing, pre-contact Native food and vibrant ...
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For Indigenous communities, AI brings peril — and promise

When the United Nations marked the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples last week, it signaled a growing recognition of a new kind of extraction. Artificial intelligence, or AI, systems ...