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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. 
Aaron Payment: Investing in infrastructure in Indian Country (August 4, 2021)
The American Jobs Plan will bring an additional $12 billion in much-needed infrastructure to Indian Country. 
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 Biden administration is seeking more money for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Bureau of Indian Education and other Indian programs at the Department of the Interior.
As the first Americans continue to feel the disproportionate impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, a bipartisan group of lawmakers is seeking to bring more resources to urban Indian communities.
The House of Representatives voted to create a bipartisan commission to investigate the deadly January 6 insurrection at the Capitol, despite the opposition of 175 Republicans.
The Biden administration is taking additional steps to address the crisis of missing and murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives in hopes of putting the focus back on survivors, families and tribal nations.
Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Request for the Department of the Interior (April 21, 2021)
Secretary Deb Haaland presented the Department of the Interior’s fiscal year 2022 budget request during her first appearance on Capitol Hill since joining the Biden administration. 
Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Request for the Department of the Interior (April 20, 2021)
Secretary Deb Haaland is making her first appearance on Capitol Hill since being confirmed as the leader of the Department of the Interior. 
NAFOA: 5 Things You Need to Know this Week (February 8, 2021)
The NAFOA newsletter has something for everyone – from Native students to Tribal Leaders. 
Indian Country finally sees action on diabetes program (December 28, 2020)
A program that has reduced diabetes in Indian Country has been extended for another three years, resulting in a lifetime in the age of COVID-19. 
Congress reaches agreement on COVID-19 relief and federal funding (December 21, 2020)
A bill to provide COVID-19 relief and fund the federal government, including Indian Country programs, has been released. 
Deb Haaland tapped for Cabinet by President-elect Joe Biden (December 17, 2020)
In a historic first, Deb Haaland, one of the first two Native women to serve in the U.S. Congress, has been tapped to serve in the incoming Joe Biden administration. 
Former director of Bureau of Indian Affairs endorses Joe Biden (October 26, 2020)
Joe Biden is the only choice for Indian Country this November, asserts a former official who served under numerous presidents. 
Cronkite News: Supreme Court to hear Trump border wall case (October 20, 2020)
Can President Trump use military funds for the wall along the U.S. border? The Supreme Court is set to decide. 
The fate of the Indian health care system is in the hands of the U.S. Supreme Court in a case where not even the Trump administration is defending the trust and treaty responsibility to tribes and their citizens.
A “life-changing” diabetes program for Indian Country will expire unless Congress takes action.
House panel sets hearing on COVID-19 in Indian Country (September 28, 2020)
The National Congress of American Indians, the National Indian Health Board and the National Council of Urban Indian Health will provide COVID-19 updates at an appropriations hearing. 
Rep. Tom Cole: Racing at warp speed (September 24, 2020)
Over the last several months, the coronavirus pandemic has wreaked unprecedented havoc on the world. 
Indian bills on House schedule for week of September 21, 2020 (September 20, 2020)
It’s a busy week for Indian Country’s legislative agenda on Capitol Hill. 
‘All out war’: Republican lawmaker slams National Congress of American Indians (September 18, 2020)
A powerful Republican lawmaker is accusing the National Congress of American Indians of engaging in “divisiveness” in connection with a bitter dispute over billions of dollars in COVID-19 relief.
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