Mark Trahant

Tribal leaders went to Capitol Hill last week to make the case to protect American Indian and Alaska Native programs from the deep federal spending cuts that are about to hit....

October 20, 2011
Beginning this week Indian Country Today Media Network is introducing a weekly roundup from court cases that have been heard by the U.S...
Mark Trahant

It’s nearly impossible to know when a new political era has begun for certain....

September 21, 2011
Although the Indian Health Service has found homes at a trailer park on the Yakama Nation in Toppenish, Washington to be unhealthy, residents told the The Yakima Herald-Republic th...
Cheyenne River Sioux members dedicated a new $100 million hospital on the Eagle Butte, South Dakota-based reservation on August 26, reported Keloland Television ...
WASHINGTON – On August 18 President Barack Obama issued an executive order that calls for federal agencies to create plans that would increase federal workforce diversity, particul...
Laura Waterman Wittstock

Indian viewers who tuned in and listened to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie give his keynote speech on August 28 at the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida, would have heard him tell stories of his immigrant family....

August 31, 2012
Kevin Earle

Recent postings at Indian Country Today Media Network have highlighted roadblocks that stand in the way of many Native Americans receiving quality oral health care....

August 17, 2011
Labeled “a silent epidemic,” suicide is a leading cause of death for 15-to-24-year-old American Indians...
Alaskans can now receive a home-test kit for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in an anonymous envelope—complete with instructions, a unique identification number and a prepaid ...

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