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Biden administration announces new additions to Indian Affairs team (October 13, 2021)
Two tribal citizens are joining the Indian Affairs team at the Department of the Interior. 
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hosts a legislative hearing on October 6, 2021.
The House Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States hosts a legislative hearing on October 5, 2021.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is getting back to work with a hearing on tribal water rights settlements that are being supported by the Biden administration.
The House Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States is getting back to work with a legislative hearing.
A Native woman is speaking out after a video showing her confronting Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Arizona) has drawn millions of views, and sparked outrage, on social media.
The U.S. Senate voted 50-45 to approve the nomination of Tracy Stone-Manning to lead the Bureau of Land Management.
Republican opposes Native nominee at Department of the Interior (October 1, 2021)
A prominent Republican tried to derail the nomination of Bob Anderson to serve as the Solicitor at the Department of the Interior. 
Cronkite News: Sen. Sinema faces pressure to back Democratic agenda (October 1, 2021)
Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s refusal to back the Biden administration’s $3.5 trillion social and clean-energy spending package has made her a target. 
Chuck Hoskin: Cherokee Nation works to protect Native voting rights (September 27, 2021)
Today we continue the fight for our rights, until everyone in Indian Country can freely cast their ballot. 
“Water is a sacred resource, and water rights are crucial to ensuring the health, safety and empowerment of Tribal communities,” said Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland.
Cronkite News: Sen. Sinema seen as key vote in trillion-dollar agenda (September 22, 2021)
“Where are you, Senator Sinema, now that we need you?” asked activist Dolores Huerta. 
Gaylord News: Voting rights bill addresses long-standing obstacles in Indian Country (September 17, 2021)
“There was a time, not long ago, where Indigenous people were supposed to be terminated,” said attorney Victoria Holland. 
Gaylord News: Chickasaw citizen secures top legal post at Department of Agriculture (September 16, 2021)
For the first time in history, an Indigenous woman is overseeing U.S. agriculture law – but Janie Simms Hipp is just the latest in a number of Native people nominated to top posts in the Biden administration. 
House Committee on Natural Resources markup on budget reconciliation (September 2, 2021)
The House Committee on Natural Resource is meeting to consider billions of dollars of investments in Indian Country. 
News21: COVID-19 pandemic exposes many challenges in Indian Country (August 30, 2021)
Indigenous nations across the country have experienced chronic federal underfunding, which has led to disproportionate impacts tied to COVID-19 through housing, employment, public safety, food security, health care and economic outcomes. 
Advocating for our tribal nations and our people through participation in the political process is one of the most important choices we can make.
If the National Environmental Policy Act is weakened, so is the safety of me, my family, and my people.
President Biden is once again making history with his choice to lead the National Park Service, the federal agency that oversees millions of acres of ancestral tribal territories and treaty lands.
Cronkite News: Hearing tackles legacy of coal mining on tribal lands (August 11, 2021)
Navajo and Hopi leaders addressed the need to move away from economic dependence on coal, but specific proposals on how to get there remain elusive. 
The U.S. Senate finally confirmed Bryan Newland, a citizen of the Bay Mills Indian Community, to serve as the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs.
NAFOA: 5 Things You Need to Know this Week (August 9, 2021)
NAFOA supports Indian Country – from Native youth to tribal entities. 
Rodney Bordeaux: Indian Country can’t afford to wait for Medicaid (August 3, 2021)
Medicaid is a lifeline for Indian Country, plain and simple. 
Lawmakers rejected a proposal that would have added $154 million to the Bureau of Indian Affairs budget to address a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is meeting to advance Native language legislation.
The House Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development and Insurance holds a hearing entitled “NAHASDA Reauthorization: Addressing Historic Disinvestment and the Ongoing Plight of the Freedmen in Native American Communities.”
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs has rescheduled its hearing on Indian health and Native youth legislation.
House subcommittee takes testimony on Indian health bills (July 20, 2021)
The House Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States is meeting for a legislative hearing. 
Federal officials and Indian Country leaders are testifying about Indian health and Native youth legislation.
The nomination of Bryan Newland to serve as the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs is slowly moving forward in the U.S. Senate.
Bill introduced in Senate to reauthorize key Indian housing law (July 13, 2021)
Sen. Mike Rounds (R-South Dakota) introduced legislation with Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) and other members of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, to reform and reauthorize the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act. 
The Shoshone-Paiute Tribes are asking Congress to make some technical changes to their water rights settlement.
Alaska Native corporations will finally be able to receive COVID-19 funds after the nation’s highest court ruled in their favor in one of the most heated Indian law and policy disputes in decades.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs will be hearing from experts in housing, telecommunications and federal policy at a roundtable on infrastructure.
Cronkite News: Republicans block passage of voting rights bill (June 23, 2021)
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Arizona) repeated her refusal to end the filibuster on the same day Republicans used the maneuver to block debate on voting rights legislation. 
Tribal Health Data Improvement Act back on agenda (June 21, 2021)
A bipartisan bill to ensure that tribes have access to the same public health data as states is once again moving forward on Capitol Hill. 
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is taking another look at infrastructure in Native communities.
House committee sets hearing on Tribal Coastal Resiliency Act (June 21, 2021)
The Tribal Coastal Resiliency Act is up for its first hearing in the 117th Congress. 
Schools, hospitals and other facilities in Indian Country need billons of dollars in investments.
Examining Federal Facilities in Indian Country (June 17, 2021)
The House Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States hosts an oversight hearing titled, “Examining Federal Facilities in Indian Country.”
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