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Turtle Mountain Band Chairman Jamie Azure testified last week before the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs about the epidemic of fentanyl among North Dakota's Indigenous populations

Turtle Mountain Band Chairman Jamie Azure testified last week before the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs about the epidemic of fentanyl among North Dakota's Indigenous populations

Turtle Mountain Band Chairman Jamie Azure testified last week before the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs about the epidemic of fentanyl among North Dakota's Indigenous populations

Turtle Mountain Band Chairman Jamie Azure testified last week before the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs about the epidemic of fentanyl among North Dakota's Indigenous populations

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. On Wednesday, U.S. 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, led an oversight hearing titled, “Fentanyl in Native Communities: Native Perspectives on Addressing the Growing Crisis.” “Fen...

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 …

Ramon and Bernadette, White Mountain Apache tribal members, trace the Little Colorado River's headwaters to their sacred mountain.

Native voices share their personal and cultural connections to the Little Colorado River from its headwaters to the Grand Canyon.