Stories tagged: "US Tribes"

Culture land feud
Culture Tribal Leaders Urge Support for Bills to Protect Cultural, Sacred Sites

Tribal leaders urged lawmakers to pass bills that would protect sacred sites by creating a new tribal designation and require Native input on decisions.

Ryan Knappenberger Ryan Knappenberger September 16, 2022 8:47 am MST
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Government Biden Awards Millions to Expand High-Speed Internet Access to Tribal Communities

Department of Commerce announces $146 million in awards through the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program, with another $1 billion in funding now available.

Araceli Cruz Araceli Cruz August 15, 2022 1:10 pm MST
Climate haaland tribal settlement
Climate Interior Secretary Deb Haaland Announces 16 Tribal Water Settlements Will Get $1.7 Billion

"I am grateful that Tribes, some of whom have been waiting for this funding for decades, are finally getting the resources they are owed," Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said.

Araceli Cruz Araceli Cruz February 23, 2022 10:43 am MST
Coronavirus Photo by Joshua Gerard Gargiulo, Cronkite News
Coronavirus Tribes Are Finally Going to Get the $700 Million They Were Promised

The funds are part of an $8 billion pandemic relief package promised to the Tribes in late March, and were supposed to be distributed by April 26.

Alicia Barrón Alicia Barrón June 17, 2020 8:57 am MST
Coronavirus indigenous communities
Coronavirus Powwows Move Online to Keep Indigenous Communities Together

Many Indigenous communities are taking dance, art, stories, food, and song online as a way to come together during pandemic.

Jennifer Alvarez Dylan Simard May 20, 2020 10:02 am MST

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US President Joe Biden announces student loan relief with Education Secretary Miguel Cardona (R) on August 24, 2022 in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC. - Biden announced that most US university graduates still trying to pay off student loans will get $10,000 of relief to address a decades-old headache of massive educational debt across the country. (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY / AFP) (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images) Education Biden Administration Makes It Easier to Discharge Student Loan Debt Through Bankruptcy
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Arizona tribes waiting for relief
Arizona Tribes Are Still Waiting For Relief. This Judge Says Trump Administration Is Not ‘Twiddling Thumbs.’

Tribes, set to receive $8 billion in COVID-19 relief funding, had delays in payment by more than a week, and 40% of the money is still being withheld.

Associated Press Associated Press May 13, 2020 2:13 pm MST
Coronavirus Tribes
Coronavirus Tribes Are Still Getting Shortchanged in COVID-19 Relief

Tribes face barriers that include health, education, jobs, and housing -- all of which are exacerbated with the coronavirus pandemic.”

McKenzie Sadeghi, Cronkite News April 29, 2020 9:21 am MST