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Native America Calling: The trouble finding safe drinking water (November 21, 2023)

There is no more basic need than clean drinking water. That’s a need that the Santee Sioux Nation in Nebraska has been lacking since 2019.

Cronkite News: Senate committee takes up water infrastructure in Indian Country (September 21, 2023)

The infusion of federal money for infrastructure projects is only a first step toward fixing deep problems with water systems on tribal lands.

NAFOA: 5 Things You Need to Know this Week (August 28, 2023)

Summer is ending soon. Have you registered for the Fall Conference?

Lisa DeVille: U.S. Supreme Court decision means disaster for Mother Earth (July 6, 2022)

Once again, Indigenous communities like mine are treated as a commodity to be extracted rather than human beings in a natural world, both deserving of respect and protection.

NAFOA: 5 Things You Need to Know this Week (June 6, 2022)

NAFOA provides resources on every aspect needed for thriving tribal communities.

New ‘roadmap’ helps tribes access historic levels of infrastructure funding (May 31, 2022)

With over $13 billion on the table, the Biden administration is making sure tribes get access to historic levels of funding for infrastructure in Indian Country.

Biden administration releases Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Tribal Playbook (May 31, 2022)

The White House hosts a press call to announce the release of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Tribal Playbook.

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Moapa Band of Paiute Indians moves ahead with another solar development (March 3, 2022)

The Moapa Band of Paiute Indians is on a roll when it comes to solar energy on tribal homelands in Nevada.

White House Fact Sheet: Building A New Era of Nation-to-Nation Engagement (November 15, 2021)

From the missing and murdered crisis to sacred sites, the Biden administration is touting its Indian Country agenda as it hosts the White House Tribal Nations Summit.

Cronkite News: Tribal nations win court ruling for clean water rule (September 2, 2021)

Six tribes from all regions of the country have secured victory against a Trump-era rule that rolled back protections for water.

President Biden submits first budget request in age of COVID-19 (April 9, 2021)

President Joe Biden has submitted his first budget to Congress, showing increases in investments for Indian Country.

Cronkite News: Navajo Nation to see cleanup of more uranium sites (February 16, 2021)

The Environmental Protection Agency will award $220 million in contracts to clean up some of the hundreds of abandoned uranium mines on the Navajo Nation.

Native women land key leadership and policy roles in Biden administration (February 5, 2021)

A citizen of the Winnebago Tribe will be leading the Indian Country legal team at the Department of the Interior and is among a growing number of Native women in the Biden administration.