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Two years ago, Native News Online covered a devastating week of overdoses in the Lummi Nation.  Lummi Chairman Anthony Hillaire testified last week at a House subcommittee in Washington, D.C., about the reverberating effects of cartel drug trafficking in his community. As Tribal Nations continue to bear the weight of the fentanyl crisis, with high overdoses, limited resources for healthcare and the jurisdictional maze of Indian Country, Hillaire and other Tribal leaders urged lawmakers to act.

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 Tribes could be getting more resources to combat two of the most pressing public safety threats in Indian Country: fentanyl trafficking and Missing and Murdered Indigenous People. That's thanks to a new bill introduced last week by  Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), Representative Dan Newhouse (R, WA-04) and Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA).
 
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As Indian Country braces for the impact of sweeping federal cuts, the Indian Health Service may receive advanced appropriations next year. The House Appropriations Committee last week passed the Fiscal Year 2026 appropriations bill for Interior, Environment and Related Agencies. Included in the $8.41 billion earmarked for IHS is $6.05 billion in advance appropriations for FY 2027.
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On Thursday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order called “Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets” that aims to rid American cities of homelessness.

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On Wednesday, Rep. Dr. Raul Ruiz (D-CA) and Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) reintroduced the Urban Indian Parity Act, renewing bipartisan support for health equity in Indian Country. The bill aims to permanently extend key federal benefits to Urban Indian Organizations (UIOs), helping close dangerous gaps in care for Native Americans living in cities.

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ANCHORAGE — Federal agencies spend billions on roads and energy systems in Alaska, but nothing on fish camps and traditional trails that Jackie Qatalina Schaeffer calls “Indigenous infrastructure” — the subsistence systems that keep Alaska Native communities fed and healthy. As climate change threatens both types of infrastructure, she argues one is being ignored.  

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EAGLE BUTTE, SD — The Cheyenne River Youth Project and the OneSight EssilorLuxottica Foundation will offer a free five-day Vision Clinic on Aug. 4-8 at CRYP’s campus in Eagle Butte. The clinic will serve up to 900 people ages 5 and older on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation.
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The health of Native Americans who get their healthcare at rural hospitals could be at risk as health systems in remote areas brace for potential closures from massive Medicaid spending cuts.

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 The International Association for Indigenous Aging (IA²) has launched a comprehensive resource to help American Indian and Alaska Native communities protect elders with dementia who may wander away from their homes and become lost.

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A government program that compensates victims of radiation exposure from federal uranium mining and nuclear testing has been reauthorized and expanded as part of the newly signed tax bill dubbed "The Big, Beautiful Bill."

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