Indian Health Services

The Supreme Court sided with Native American tribes in a dispute with the federal government over the cost of health care when tribes run programs in their own communities.

Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren told a congressional subcommittee that chronically underfunded programs represent a failure of the federal government to uphold its trust obligation to tribes for equity and socioeconomic justice.

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments this week on whether the government is responsible for covering more healthcare costs for Native American tribes.

The U.S. Supreme Court will weigh the San Carlos Apache tribe’s claim that the federal government isn’t reimbursing it enough for tribal health services.

The doctor who led the successful COVID-19 response in the Navajo Nation is returning to Maine to serve as director of the state Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

Roselyn Tso is a member of the Navajo Nation and began her career with the IHS in 1984.

The Hopi Tribe is celebrating the completion of the Hopi Arsenic Mitigation Project. The project was created in 2010 to address high levels of arsenic in the Tribe’s drinking water supply.

Native American communities across the country are pressing the federal government for more resources to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus.In the…