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The San Carlos Apache Tribe will soon begin construction on a $34.7 million wastewater treatment facility after securing the remaining $4 million in funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), according to an announcement by the tribe.
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A major win for tribes at the Supreme Court last week could come with a hefty price tag for the federal government and a funding headache for Indian Health Service.
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The Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine at the Cherokee Nation (OSU-COM at Cherokee Nation) achieved a historic milestone on May 16, 2024, as its inaugural class of 46 medical students graduated. This marks the first graduating class from a tribally affiliated medical school in the United States.
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Pawnee County in northern Oklahoma grapples with a 20% mental illness rate, with patients facing a five-week wait time for appointments as existing facilities struggle to keep up with staffing, necessary treatments and responses.
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Raven Indigenous Capital Partners said it invested $3.2 million in Tribal Diagnostics LLC, an Oklahoma City-based medical diagnostics laboratory serving medical providers in and around Indian Country.
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Alanna Nulph wanted to be a helper when Indigenous people went missing in her region.
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A new program aimed at fighting diabetes in Indian Country is creating real change for participants. The 4D/Apollo Diabetes Prevention Program is designed to transform more than a diet; it’s designed to transform lifestyles.
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President Joe Biden's nominee Patrice H. Kunesh for Commissioner of the Administration for Native Americans (ANA) was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, March 8, 2023 by a 57-35 vote.
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An Arizona company has won a $3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for a mental health app that aims to reduce suicide by military veterans on the Navajo Nation.