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Chumash Casino Resort kicked off its annual Project Pink campaign today, Oct. 1, in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Throughout October, the resort will feature an assortment of pink-themed sweets, snacks, and beverages at its dining venues to raise funds for a local nonprofit.
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Advance Appropriations Largely Shield IHS from Shutdown, but Tribal Healthcare Would Feel the Freeze
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Congressional leaders left the White House on Monday afternoon after meeting with President Donald Trump without a deal that would avert a federal government shutdown at midnight on October 1.
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U.S. Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), Vice Chair of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Department of the Interior and Environment, sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. expressing concern over delays in health care delivery within the Indian Health Service (IHS). They attributed the delays to burdensome administrative policies carried over from the Trump administration and urged Secretary Kennedy to reassess these requirements.
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Indigenous people face persistent disparities in access to harm reduction services in the United States. In response, Native American health workers and their allies have worked tirelessly to bring resources like naloxone, medications for opioid use disorder and drug checking to tribal communities.
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Exclusive. The U.S. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced on Wednesday morning a $15 million investment in the nation's first culturally centered domestic violence hotline for Native Americans, addressing the gap in services for the most violence-affected demographic in the United States.
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On September 10, Law and Order Committee Chair Eugenia Charles-Newton met with senior leadership from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), including Mark Cruz, Senior Counselor to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., to discuss critical issues affecting tribal communities during a government-to-government consultation.
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More than 70 Public Health Service officers from the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) Commissioned Corps will be deployed to Indian Health Service (IHS) facilities nationwide, the Department of Health and Human Services announced yesterday.
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The Indian Health Service (IHS) has allocated nearly $2 million through 10 new cooperative agreements to enhance care for individuals affected by Alzheimer’s disease and dementia in tribal and urban Indian health systems. With this latest funding, the agency’s total investment rises to over $5.9 million across three years, extending support to 16 communities. This announcement coincides with World Alzheimer’s Month and supports efforts to strengthen culturally rooted, community-driven models of care.
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Representing the 25th Navajo Nation Council, Speaker Crystalyne Curley and Council Delegate Curtis Yanito joined uranium radiation survivors, their families, community advocates, and tribal leaders at the Southwestern Uranium Convention in White Mesa, Utah, on Friday, Sept. 12. The gathering served as a platform to reaffirm the Council’s ongoing commitment to protecting Navajo communities from the harmful legacy and continued risks of uranium development.
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