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Why Native Americans Are Dying Sooner
Time via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA funeral is held for Arnold Billy, who was a victim of COVID-19, at Tuba City Community Cemetery in Tuba City, Ariz., on May 22, 2020. Credit - Brian...
In Oklahoma, Native American women struggle to access emergency contraception
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 9 months agoTULSA, Okla. — When Apollonia Piña, a citizen of the Muscogee Nation of Oklahoma, needed Plan B four years ago, she turned to the Indian Health Care Resource Center of Tulsa, where she received ...
The Supreme Court just ruled on Native American adoptions: Why it's a big deal
TODAY via Yahoo News· 11 months agoIn big news for families, the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA),...
American Indian Cancer Foundation Launches Sixth Annual Blue Beads Campaign for National Colorectal...
Native News Online via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe month of March has been designated as National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Unfortunately,...
On a reservation where alcohol is banned, Oglala Sioux Tribe embraces recreational marijuana sales
NBC News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPINE RIDGE, S.D. — In a growing number of U.S. states, people can both drink alcohol and legally...
Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade, Indian Country Responds
Native News Online via Yahoo News· 2 years agoToday, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, a little more than a month after a draft opinion by...
Minnesota Indian Area Agency on Aging reorganizing to better serve Native American elders
The Bemidji Pioneer, Minn. via Yahoo News· 1 month agoApr. 3—Historic changes coming to the Minnesota Indian Area Agency on Aging later this year will improve services for Native American elders across the state. According to a release, starting ...
Native News Weekly (March 26, 2023): D.C. Briefs
Native News Online via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWASHINGTON — In addition to articles already covered by Native News Online, here is a roundup of other news released from Washington, D.C. that impacts...
White Earth man found guilty of producing child porn in Red Lake Nation
The Bemidji Pioneer, Minn. via Yahoo News· 3 months agoFeb. 2—FERGUS FALLS — A White Earth man has been found guilty of producing child pornography after a 13-year-old girl disclosed incidents of sexual abuse to a suicide prevention lifeline in ...
‘Just Get in Those Spaces’ — Muckleshoot Indian Woman Ready to Summit Mount Rainier
Native News Online via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRachel Heaton spent much of her adolescence in the shadow of Mount Rainier, a massive snow-capped...