Nation Jul 22 Government hospitals put Native Americans at opioid risk, audit says A federal audit has found hospitals run by the Indian Health Service failed to follow their own protocols for prescribing and dispensing the drugs…
Nation Feb 01 National parks still recovering after partial government shutdown Many parks went unstaffed, while others had skeleton crews with local governments and nonprofits contributing money and volunteers.
Nation Oct 20 Warren ancestry highlights how tribes decide membership The clash between the Massachusetts Democratic senator and President Donald Trump over her Native American heritage highlights the varying methods tribes use to determine who belongs — a decision that has wide-ranging consequences.
Nation Mar 19 Uber suspends self-driving car tests after first fatal pedestrian crash Uber's testing was halted after police in a Phoenix suburb said one of its self-driving vehicles struck and killed a pedestrian overnight Sunday.
Politics Dec 11 Native American tribes call Trump’s revamp of tribal advisory commission a ‘slap in the face’ President Donald Trump's proclamation on Bears Ears National Monument contains a little-known plan that changes the makeup of a tribal advisory commission for the remote monument filled with canyons, plateaus, rivers and rust-colored rock formations.
Nation Dec 10 Head of U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs announces resignation The head of the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs announced Thursday that he is resigning and will return to New Mexico as a law professor. Kevin Washburn, a member of the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma, said issues confronting Indian Country,…