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According to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the rates of drug overdose deaths among Black, American Indian and Alaska Native people increased significantly in the U.S. in 2020 over the previous year.

The University of Arizona will provide tuition-free education for Native American undergraduates in the state. U of A on Monday said the program is the first of its kind for a public Arizona university and will cover tuition and fees for full-time undergrads from the state’s 22 federally recognized tribes on its main campus in Tucson.

U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has rolled out guidelines for a new youth service program meant to create job opportunities for Native Americans while boosting cultural connections to nature through conservation projects on tribal and public land.

Native American students in southern Utah donned beaded caps and eagle feathers at high school graduations this week, months after the state passed a law enshrining their right to wear tribal regalia at the ceremonies.

Arizona is the only state where rural vaccine rates outpaced more populated counties according to a recent report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland on Thursday announced the members of a commission that will craft recommendations on how the federal government can better tackle unsolved cases in which Native Americans and Alaska Natives have gone missing or have been killed.

The U.S. Supreme Court has reinstated, for now, a Trump-era rule that curtails the power of states and Native American tribes to block pipelines and other energy projects that can pollute rivers, streams and other waterways.

The U.S. Senate has unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution honoring the accomplishments of Indigenous women.

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland says her department is on the verge of releasing a report on its investigation into the federal government's past oversight of Native American boarding schools.

Navajo Police say Gary Anderson's last known location was in Klagetoh, on the Navajo Nation, when he left his home on foot to assist his elderly mother.