Tribes lacking water see glimmer of hope with massive bill
Erland Suppah Jr. doesn't trust what comes out of his faucet.
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Erland Suppah Jr. doesn't trust what comes out of his faucet.
A massive infrastructure bill signed last month includes what White House officials say represents the largest single infusion of money into Indian Country. It includes $3.5 billion for the federal Indian Health Service, which provides health care to more than 2 million Native Americans and Alaska Natives, plus pots of money through other federal agencies for water projects.
WARM SPRINGS, Ore. (AP) — Erland Suppah Jr. doesn’t trust what comes out of his...
It includes $3.5 billion for the federal Indian Health Service.
WARM SPRINGS, Ore. (AP) — Erland Suppah Jr. doesn’t trust what comes out of his faucet. Each week, Suppah and his girlfriend haul a half-dozen large jugs of water from a distribution center run by the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs to their apartment for everything from drinking to cooking to brushing their teeth for their family of five.