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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Two pieces of bipartisan legislation have been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives to federally recognize the Patawomeck Indian Tribe of Virginia and the Grand River Bands of Ottawa Indians in Michigan.
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) yesterday said it opened the application process for a new grant program to help tribes shore up their defenses against cyber-attacks.
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Authorities raided an unlicensed dispensary on the White Earth Reservation last Wednesday, just days after the state legalized the cultivation, possession, and consumption of cannabis by individuals 21 and older.
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A bipartisan bill to place sacred Indian land in Southern California into federal trust is heading to President Joe Biden’s desk.
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The federal official who helped deploy $2 billion to Indian Country through the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program is heading to the private sector, Tribal Business News has learned.
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The Red Lake Nation’s tribal council voted on Tuesday to legalize recreational marijuana on the reservation and plans to begin selling it to tribal and non-tribal members on August 1.
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The U.S. Department of Transportation announced a new pilot program to help tribal and rural communities advance their infrastructure projects.
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Alaska's congressional delegation last week announced plans to reintroduce legislation that would allow five landless Native communities to claim thousands of acres of federal land.
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The nation’s second-oldest Native American nonprofit has a new executive director. The Albuquerque-based National Indian Youth Council, founded in 1961, said it hired Darius Lee Smith (Diné) to lead the nonprofit organization, which has focused on workforce development and empowering Indigenous youth for six decades.
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WASHINGTON—The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs convened earlier this month to discuss matters of land access, ownership and acquisition during a hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building.