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.
Navajo student invited to President Biden’s address to Congress
Tuesday, April 27, 2021
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When President Joe Biden delivers his first address to Congress, a young citizen of the Navajo Nation will be there as a special guest.
Virtually, that is. Heleen Archuleta, a 16-year-old student from New Mexico, is attending the speech on Wednesday as the invited guest of Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-New Mexico).
“Heleen is an example of the potential of New Mexico’s youth. She’s a dedicated student with dreams of becoming a nurse technician, and I have no doubt that she’ll become a role model for other students in her community,” Luján said on Tuesday.
Former Ojibwe chairman tapped for Interior s Indian affairs
The president announced nominations for assistant secretary for Indian Affairs and leader of the department s Bureau of Land Management
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Apr 23, 2021
President Joe Biden nominated former tribal chairman Bryan Newland for assistant secretary for Indian Affairs of the Interior Thursday.
Newland was tribal president of the Bay Mills Indian Community in Michigan and served as a policy adviser for Indian Affairs at Interior under former President Barack Obama. He also served as the chief judge of the Bay Mills Tribal Court. Back in February the Interior announced Newland s appointment to principal deputy assistant secretary of Indian Affairs.
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
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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 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
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One year ago, as COVID-19 began to spread across Minnesota, Red Lake Tribal Chairman Darrell Seki Sr. decided to close off the borders of the northern reservation to keep the virus away as long as possible.
Customers, and millions in revenue, dropped off in their stores and casinos. Yet the virus still crept in, infecting one person on the reservation in May and eventually hundreds more. The northern tribe had to dip into reserves to provide basic services.
Now, a package of more than $31 billion for the nation s tribes and urban Indigenous communities through the Biden administration s American Rescue Plan the largest single infusion of aid for tribes in U.S. history aims to help them recover from the devastating toll of the global health crisis.