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Sep 3, 2019 Source: National Indian Health Board To assist Tribal Nations in building systems of support for Tribal children, the National Indian Health Board (NIHB) is working in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on a new initiative . The purpose of this project is to increase the capacity of rural and non-urban Tribal communities for identifying and addressing elevated blood lead levels in Tribal children through interviews with Tribal representatives.

Native American Congressional Internship Link View Program Website Sponsor Morris K Udall and Stewart L Udall Foundation Deadlines Jan 31, 2020 Contact Jason Curley curley@udall.gov 520.901.8564 Purpose The Native American Congressional Internship offers a summer internship for Native American and Alaska Native students who wish to learn more about the federal government and issues affecting Indian country. Interns work in congressional and agency offices where they have opportunities to...

By Curtis Driscoll, Aug 29, 2019, Willits News The Mendocino County Board of Supervisors at Tuesday’s meeting proclaimed that the second Monday in October will now be Indigenous Peoples’ Day in Mendocino County. The move changes the day from its current Columbus Day designation to Indigenous People’s Day. Some county websites still list Columbus Day as a holiday. As part of the proclamation, the supervisors directed staff to begin working toward making the Monday in October an official...

By: Tribal Epi Centers 8/29/29 TEC Blog REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS The National Indian Health Board (NIHB) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are pleased to announce the second cycle of funding for Strong Systems, Stronger Communities (SSSC) for Tribes. The intended outcomes of SSSC are: Increased performance improvement practice Increased innovation in response to system integration challenges, and Progress toward national public health standards. Applications due Friday,...

San Diego officially celebrated it’s 250th birthday Tuesday while also recognizing millennia of Kumeyaay Indian history before the European arrival. O n the hill where Father Junipero Serra blessed the first Spanish mission in California, the Kumeyaay flag was raised alongside those of the United States, Spain and Mexico. “We are establishing the fact that our Kumeyaay friends and neighbors are part of our past and our future,” said Mayor Kevin Faulconer. Faulconer was joined by Tijuana...

WASHINGTON — Senator Elizabeth Warren on Friday proposed a sprawling set of policies relating to Native Americans and indigenous tribes, accusing the federal government of years of neglect and calling for major economic development initiatives and new legal protections that would give tribes more control over criminal justice and development on their land. Warren proposed wholesale changes in the way the federal government interacts with Native American tribes. She pledged to revoke the...

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By Amory Zschach, Aug 9, 2019, ICWA (PORTLAND, Ore. August 9, 2019)— Today, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals published its decision in Brackeen v. Bernhardt , the federal court challenge to the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA). The court’s decision affirmed the constitutionality of ICWA, recognizing the unique political status of tribal nations and upholding the federal law that is so critical to safeguarding Indian child welfare. It is a resounding victory for the law and those who fought...

A new Native American resource center dedicated to serving tribal community members affected by domestic violence opened this week in Ukiah. Tribal Chair Sonny Elliot from the Hopland Band of Pomo Indians came to the event. Also in attendance were Chairwoman Mary Norris and Secretary/Treasurer Kendra Campbell from the Cahto Tribe, Council Member/Historian Richard Campbell of the Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians, Vice Chairwoman Angela James representing the Pinoleville Pomo Nation,...

Native American issues are rarely discussed on the presidential campaign trail, but for the first this year, a candidates’ forum entirely on Native concerns will be held next month in Sioux City, Iowa. So far, five Democratic candidates have confirmed they will attend the August 19 and 20 discussion about the sovereign rights of tribes, housing, and the protection of Native land, among other issues. So far, the candidates who have confirmed that they plan to attend the forum are Vermont Sen.

S en. Kamala Harris announced she was teaming up with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to make sure the Green New Deal would lift up low-income communities, people of color, and indigenous communities. The bill, titled "Climate Equity Act of 2019," would require congressional climate and environmental bills to have an equity score and require additional review for "climate equity" in federal regulations. The bill would additionally require all major federal climate and environmental investments...

Right now, 80 percent of the earth’s biodiversity is protected by indigenous communities who make up only 5 percent of the human population. The most current report from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recommends adding a billion hectares of additional forests to the earth’s surface to help slow the runaway train of atmospheric degradation. Now, new research conducted by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich finds that we have enough space to...