Jacqueline Pata

The “dental divide”—the absence of services and access to dental health services in low income communities—is real, especially in Indian country....

May 18, 2013
One of the leading senators focused on Indian affairs says the Obama administration is shirking its responsibility to reimburse Indian tribes for contract support costs they incur ...
Noting a lack of “critical information” about potential impacts to water supply, sacred sites and other aspects of tribal life governed by treaty and environmental stewardship, the...
Last week was a perfect illustration of the broken structure that is the United States government. Congress cannot pass a budget...
If you look at the failed history of termination – the idea of ending the federal-treaty relationship with tribal governments – there were two distinct motives...
Concerned Indian country leaders are saying that President Barack Obama, in his proposed budget for 2014, is not doing as strong a job at upholding the nation’s trust responsibilit...
Each year the National Indian Gaming Association presents its highest honor – the Wendell A...
The National Congress of American Indians, which has been part of the Native suffrage struggle since its inception in the 1940s, cites Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act in a March...
Sarah Schilling, of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, is one of five 2013 Champions for Change chosen by the Center for Native American Youth...

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