Jacqueline Pata

Crossing the Dental Divide in Indian Country with Dental Therapists

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

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May 18, 2013

Murkowski: Administration Shirking Indian Health Cost Reimbursement

Rob Capriccioso
May 16, 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 ...

Fill Gaps in Keystone XL Draft Environment Report or Reject Pipeline, NCAI Tells Obama Administration

ICTMN Staff
May 02, 2013
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...

Congress Quickly Fixes the Wrong Problem

Mark Trahant
April 29, 2013
Last week was a perfect illustration of the broken structure that is the United States government. Congress cannot pass a budget...

Austerity and Termination Are Twin Ideologies

Mark Trahant
April 22, 2013
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...

Tex Hall Receives Wendell A. Chino Humanitarian Award

Gale Courey Toensing
April 12, 2013
Each year the National Indian Gaming Association presents its highest honor – the Wendell A...

Native American Rights Fund Applauds Sponsors of Proposed Offensive 'Redskins' Trademark Legislation

ICTMN Staff
March 26, 2013
On March 21, H.R. 1278, was introduced in the House by Rep...
Dina Gilio-Whitaker

Preparing for the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples

In 2010, after the United States as the final holdout endorsed the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), the Bolivian government called for a high level plenary meeting of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) to be held in 2014....

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March 26, 2013

President Barack Obama's VAWA Law Signing Spotlights Native Women Warriors

Rob Capriccioso
March 11, 2013
During the March 7 signing ceremony in the offices of the United States Department of the Interior of the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), Vice President J...

NCAI Responds to Sen. Grassley's VAWA Comments

ICTMN Staff
February 27, 2013
Comments made by Iowa Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA) about the tribal provisions of the Violence Against Women (VAWA) this week, are being labeled as “fear mongering” by the Natio...

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