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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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Native American kids less likely than others in Washington state to be offered second chance in juvenile court, data shows

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Gabe Galanda, an Indigenous rights lawyer and citizen of the Round Valley Tribe, says systemic ...
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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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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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Domestic violence in Native communities is focus of new survey

Abigail Echo-Hawk, director of the Urban Indian Health Institute, recalled a Native mother in her 30s who started having memory loss and other dementia-like symptoms. The woman had suffered multiple ...
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Water tensions rise on both sides of the Cascades

This article was first published by TVW. An unprecedented ban on surface water usage in the Yakima Basin shut off irrigation early and disrupted city water services this month. It was the first time ...
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Oglala Sioux Tribe leaves two major Native advocacy organizations

The Oglala Sioux Tribe, one of the largest tribes in the United States, has decided to leave two national tribal advocacy organizations, asserting those groups no longer represent its interests. In a ...
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ICT NEWSCAST: Air sovereignty, fashion for warmth, remembering Link Wray’s Rumble and more

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X The ICT Newscast for Friday, November 14, 2025, covers a congressional hearing for the federal ...
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New Mexico Public Education Department submits final Yazzie/Martinez plan for court review

Following community input and critique, the New Mexico Public Education Department last week submitted its final draft of the court-ordered remedial plan for a long-running educational equity lawsuit, ...
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‘We can’t have this happen again’: Salt River Pima citizen nearly deported

When Leticia Jacobo was booked into the Polk County Jail in Des Moines, Iowa, for a traffic violation, the 24-year-old Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community citizen didn’t know she’d later be ...
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Northern California tribes sign treaty to restore Eel River, fish populations, after dams removed

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X FILE - The Eel River twists next to the Lone Pine Ranch in Mendocino County, Calif., on Monday, ...