MONTANA – The Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded $1.2 million to Montana’s Crow Tribe to construct a veterans cemetery in Crow Agency. Veterans Affairs Interim Undersecretary Ronald Walters said in a letter to members of Congress that the Apsaalooke…
COLORADO – As several American Indians looked on, the Colorado House on Monday approved a bill designed to eliminate public school mascots and names deemed offensive to Indians. House Bill 1165 would create a subcommittee in the Colorado Commission of…
SOUTH DAKOTA – Thirty South Dakotans went through training this week in Pierre on how to help American Indians in the state buy their own homes. The South Dakota Native Homeownership Coalition sponsored the financial education.
OKLAHOMA – The rate of American Indians diagnosed with HIV or AIDS nearly doubled in one year, state Health Department data shows. Lisa Toahty, a prevention specialist at the Oklahoma City Indian Clinic, said the reason for this increase is…
U.S. – March 20, 2015, is National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. This day is an opportunity for Native people across the United States to learn about HIV and AIDS, encourage HIV counseling and testing in Native communities, and help decrease…
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