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The Interior Department will allocate more than $120 million to tribal governments to fight the impacts of climate change. The funding is designed to help them adapt to climate threats, including relocating infrastructure.
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A recent report highlights the difficulty of getting bank loans on the Navajo and Hopi nations. It found a lack of access to banking services has profound effects on housing, business, and public health.
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The White Mountain Apache and the San Carlos Apache tribes have intervened in an ongoing court case that seeks to outlaw ballot drop boxes in Arizona. They say such a ban would disproportionately affect the state’s Native American voters.
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Top U.S. officials say they are entering a new era of collaboration with Native American and Alaska Native leaders in managing public lands, water and other resources.
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An iconic chief of the Cherokee Nation, Wilma Mankiller, inspired countless Native American children as a powerful but humble leader who expanded early education and rural healthcare. Mankiller is now being honored with a Barbie doll in her likeness as part of toymaker Mattel's “Inspiring Women” series.
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Many Native American tribes won't get the full suite of detailed demographic data from the 2020 census they had in the previous census.
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The U.S. Interior Department unveiled a new program to bring electricity to more homes in Native American communities as the Biden administration looks to funnel more money toward climate and renewable energy projects.
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Native American leaders testified Friday before a House committee in support of creating a special $50 million trust fund to help finance educational programs within New Mexico's tribal communities.
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The Biden administration is making new commitments to Native American nations at the first in-person summit on tribal affairs in six years.
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The US Department of Justice will allocate nearly 5 million dollars to several community policing initiatives in Arizona. The goal is to support collaborative approaches to law enforcement in tribal and rural communities in the state’s first congressional district.