by Emma Richman | Nov 21, 2024 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Native American tribal leaders urged lawmakers to increase federal funding and implement national reporting systems to help solve the crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women on Wednesday. At a House Appropriations Subcommittee meeting, lawmakers...
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 Jeanne Kuang | Feb 26, 2014 | Education
WASHINGTON – Early childhood education programs in Native American communities need to expand child care and improve mental health services, members of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee said Wednesday. At an oversight hearing, Chairman Jon Tester, D-Mont., told Lisa...
