Schatz leads Indian Affairs oversight hearing to examine federal COVID-19 response in Native education systems
American Rescue Plan played critical role in mitigating federal shortcomings that left Native students and schools exposed to severe COVID-19 impacts
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U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
Yesterday, U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, led an oversight hearing, “
Examining the COVID-19 Response in Native Communities: Native Education Systems One Year Later.” The committee heard from the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO’s) Education-Workforce-Income Security Director Melissa Emrey-Arras, Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) Director Tony Dearman, Schurz Elementary School Principal and Pyramid Lake Junior/Senior High School Board of Education Vice President Lance West, Ke Kula ʻO Nāwahīokalaniʻōpuʻu Principal Kauanoe Kamanā, and Belcourt School District Superintendent Miche
Schatz, Murkowski introduce bipartisan bill to support Native American languages
Bill ensures federal efforts meet the goal of respecting and supporting the use of Native languages
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Bill ensures federal efforts meet the goal of respecting and supporting the use of Native languages
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U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
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, introduced the
th anniversary of the
Native American Languages Act by ensuring federal efforts meet the goal of respecting and supporting the use of Native languages.
2Centre for Indigenous Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
3Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States
4American Indian Studies, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States
Throughout the Americas, most Indigenous people move through urban areas and make their homes in cities. Yet, the specific issues and concerns facing Indigenous people in cities, and the positive protective factors their vibrant urban communities generate are often overlooked and poorly understood. This has been particularly so under COVID-19 pandemic conditions. In the spring of 2020, the United Nations High Commissioner Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples called for information on the impacts of COVID-19 for Indigenous peoples. We took that opportunity to provide a response focused on urban Indigenous communities in the United States and Canada. Here, we expand on that response and Indigenous and hu
Schatz leads Indian Affairs oversight hearing to examine COVID-19 response in Native communities
Native health systems have worked hard over the past year to fight the pandemic in their communities with limited federal resources
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Native health systems have worked hard over the past year to fight the pandemic in their communities with limited federal resources
News Release
U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
Yesterday, U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, led an oversight hearing, “
Examining the COVID-19 Response in Native Communities: Native Health Systems One Year Later.” The committee heard from the Indian Health Service’s Chief Medical Officer Michael Toedt, National Indian Health Board Chairperson William Smith, National Council of Urban Indian Health Board President Walter Murillo, Papa Ola Lōkahi Executive Director Sheri-Ann Daniel
Federal bill seeks to preserve Native American languages
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Federal legislation could enhance Ute language education efforts By Shannon Mullane Durango and Pine River Valley reporter
Thursday, April 8, 2021 1:58 PM Updated 2 days 4 hours ago
Federal bill seeks to preserve Native American languages Rocco Fuschetto, Ignacio School District superintendent, supports a federal bill proposing a nationwide Native American language resource center. The district teaches Ute language classes in partnership with the Southern Ute Indian Tribe. Jerry McBride/Durango Herald file
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