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Native America Calling: Increasing Native representation in the information technology industry. Native people are significantly underrepresented in the information technology workforce. The divide is even wider for Native women.
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As providers turn to telehealth during COVID-19, calls rise for more resources in Indian Country. As the coronavirus pandemic wears on, medical providers are moving to telehealth – prompting calls for more funding for infrastructure and technology in Indian Country to remedy disparities that can make long-distance care impossible.
Native America Calling: Tribal sanctuary push becomes reality in ...
7 hours ago · Tribal sanctuary push becomes reality in California. Local southern California tribes will share management of a new 4,500-square-mile marine sanctuary. The designation from the Biden Administration cites the need to protect at-risk plants and animals, including whales, dolphins, and sea turtles. Establishing the Chumash Heritage National ...
NC Newsline: Kamala Harris backs federal recognition for Lumbee …
Nov 4, 2024 · In the final push of a tight campaign, Harris pledges federal recognition of Lumbee. Monday, November 4, 2024. By Clayton Henkel, NC Newsline. On Saturday, Vice President Kamala Harris voiced support for full federal recognition of the Lumbee Tribe, which is comprised of more than 50,000 people in North Carolina.
‘Supercharged’ for Indian Country: Kamala Harris and Tim Walz …
Aug 12, 2024 · Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and her running mate Tim Walz wrapped up a whirlwind week of rallies, making history with the first campaign event opened by a tribal leader.. Speaking on Saturday, Harris singled out the tribal leaders in the massive audience at the Desert Diamond Arena in Arizona. During remarks carried live by news stations across the nation, she uttered words ...
Indian Country set for big and busy week on Capitol Hill
Jul 22, 2024 · An appropriations bill with record levels of funding for most Indian Country programs is slated to advance in the U.S. House of Representatives this week.. H.R.8998, the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2025, includes $8.56 billion for the Indian Health Service, representing a 23 percent increase, or $1.6 billion, in funding from ...
Native America Calling: What can federal investment in food …
Dec 12, 2023 · What can federal investment in food sovereignty accomplish? The Biden Administration just announced more than $4.3 million in federal money for a handful of tribes to bolster meat processing. Officials say the Indigenous Animals Harvesting and Meat Processing Grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture are designed to improve connections to ...
Indian Country Today: Repatriation law marks major milestone
Nov 23, 2020 · According to O’Loughlin, 93 percent of ancestors who have still not been repatriated by institutions because they’ve been declared unaffiliated do in fact have enough associated information to be repatriated. “The only requirements for repatriation under the law are geography and tribal consultation,” she said.
Native America Calling: Safeguards on Artificial Intelligence
Apr 23, 2024 · Dr. Ian Her Many Horses (Lakota), assistant teaching professor at the University of Colorado Boulder. Michael Running Wolf (Lakota and Cheyenne), Ph.D student studying computer science and a language advocate using AI . Dane Malenfant (citizen of Métis Nation Saskatchewan), AI researcher in Montreal . Robbie Jimerson (member of the Seneca Nation), Ph.D candidate at the Rochester Institute of ...