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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), a long-time member of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, is calling for federal aid in the fight against fentanyl in tribal communities.

Lummi Nation Chairman Tony Hillaire gave somber testimony Wednesday in Washington, D.C., about an overwhelming crisis of overdose deaths on his reservation, near Bellingham. "How many funerals …

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The Tribal Law Journal (TBJ) at The University of New Mexico School of Law hosts a virtual symposium to discuss the impacts of the Seminal Supreme Court decision Johnson v. M'Intosh. The symposium is scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 9 from 10 a.m. to 2...

The University of New Mexico hosts an entire month of opportunities to learn, create and advocate to commemorate American Indian Heritage Month. Between American Indian Student Services (AISS), Native American Studies, UNM HSC Center for Native...

In addition to articles already covered by Native News Online, here is a roundup of other news released from Washington, D.C. that impacts Indian Country recently. U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), vice chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez-Masto (D-NV),  who sits on the Committee on Indian Affaris, applauded the release of the Not Invisible Act Commission's report on Wednesday, November 1, 2023. The report contains doz...

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President Joe Biden on Tuesday proclaimed November 2023 as Native American Heritage Month. In the presidential proclamation below, the president said during the month, "we recognize the invaluable contributions of Native peoples that have shaped our country and honor the hundreds of Tribal Nations who continue exercising their inherent sovereignty as vital members of the overlapping system of governments in the United States.” President Biden referenced his administration's co...

NĀTIFS, North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems, received the 2023 Julia Child Award in Minneapolis on Tuesday. NĀTIFS was founded by Indigenous chef Sean Sherman (Oglala Sioux Tribe) to address the economic and health crises affecting Native communities by re-establishing Native foodways. Sherman focuses on the revitalization and evolution of Indigenous foods systems throughout North America.

The U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on Wednesday, October 25 at 2pm - EDT will host a roundtable discussion titled, “Implementing the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act in Native Communities. The roundtable will be led by Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai i), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), vice chairman of the Committee. The Committee will hear directly from tribal and Native organization leade...