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‘It’s really time’: Speculation grows about leadership at Indian Health Service (January 26, 2022)

It’s been a year since Joe Biden took office as president of the United States and he has yet to name a permanent leader of the Indian Health Service.

Indian Health Service finalizes rule for Buy Indian Act (January 13, 2022)

The Indian Health Service is expanding opportunities for Indian-owned businesses with a new rule for the Buy Indian Act.

Great Plains Tribal Chairmen's Association

Rosebud Sioux Tribe thanks Biden administration for honoring victory in treaty rights case (December 20, 2021)

“We thank President Biden for standing behind his policy to honor our Nation-to-Nation Relations,” said President Scott Herman of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe.

‘No one else needs to die’: Biden administration faces another test of commitment to Indian Country (December 17, 2021)

A deadline is fast approaching for the Biden administration to live up to its promise to improve the federal government’s relationship with tribes and their citizens.

Cronkite News: Tribal leaders welcome return of White House meeting (November 18, 2021)

Tribal leaders said the White House Tribal Nations Summit “shows promise” for the federal commitment to solving problems in Indian Country and to giving Native people a voice in the process.

White House Tribal Nations Summit – Day One – November 15, 2021 (November 15, 2021)

The Joe Biden administration opens the White House Tribal Nations Summit on November 15, 2021.

Biden administration announces Native language initiative (November 15, 2021)

The U.S. Departments of the Interior, Education and Health and Human Services launched a new initiative to preserve, protect, and promote the rights and freedom of Native Americans to use, practice, and develop Native languages.

Health care coverage improves in Indian Country amid toll of COVID-19 (July 22, 2021)

Health insurance coverage has improved dramatically among American Indians and Alaska Natives, according to a new report.

Chuck Hoskin: Cherokee Nation welcomes Biden health care team to reservation (July 22, 2021)

We must continue to make it a priority for health care to be universally accessible for our citizens.

‘I wanted to cry’: Tribes welcome ruling in long-running health care dispute (June 21, 2021)

Tribes and their advocates are breathing a sigh of relief after the nation’s highest court protected a key Indian health care law from a Republican attack.