by Kristen Axtman | Nov 9, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Tribal leaders on Wednesday urged the federal government for more money and law enforcement support to help them tackle the spread of fentanyl – a synthetic opioid that is up to 100 times as potent as morphine – in Native communities. At a Senate Indian...
by Jaclyn Skurie | Jan 25, 2012 | Environment
WASHINGTON–The nation’s Alaska Native and American Indian population has increased by 26.7 percent since 2000, a rate that is nearly three times as large as the overall population growth rate, Census Bureau officials said Wednesday. “In all likelihood, there are...
