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Two tribal nations have filed a lawsuit accusing major social media companies of contributing to disproportionately high rates of suicide among Native American youth.
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The National Indian Health Boardlaunched the Tribal Environmental Impact Network (TEIN), a cohort of professionals with experience in issues impacting environmental justice in Indian Country. This network of experts will assist NIHB in providing technical assistance to Tribal communities for funding opportunities as part of NIHB's Tribal Environmental Justice Technical Assistance Center (TEJTAC).
NIHB's TEJTAC was established to support underserved and overburdened communities addressing environmental and clean energy concerns by increasing access to federal funds.
The network is open to professionals who work or have worked on environmental health and environmental justice issues in Indian Country. If this is you, please consider joining!
The Tribal Environmental Impact Network seeking experts in the following areas:
- Clean energy
- Climate change
- Geology
- Air quality
- Solid waste
- Environmental health
- Water quality
- Sanitation
- Transportation
- Agriculture
- Emergency response
- Hydrology
- Legal services
- and more!
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April is World Autism Month. Chickasaw Nation Governor Bill Anoatubby, in conjunction with the Autism Foundation of Oklahoma, first declared April Autism Awareness and Acceptance Month within the Chickasaw Nation in 2023.
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Health Warning. The Seneca Nation is warning the public of another dangerous discharge from the City of Olean Wastewater Treatment Plant into the Ohi:yo’ (Allegheny River), which runs through the Nation’s Allegany Territory.
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Two drums sit to the north and south in the Gallery of Nations at the Mid-America All Indian Museum.
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April is World Autism Month and today, April 2, marks the 17th annual World Autism Awareness Day.
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In a rural northeastern Maine county with some of the state’s highest overdose rates, the Mi'kmaq Nation is using a vending machine to save the lives of its citizens and their non-Native neighbors.
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From her base in Gallup, New Mexico, Melissa Wyaco supervises about two dozen public health nurses who crisscross the sprawling Navajo Nation searching for patients who have tested positive for or been exposed to a disease once nearly eradicated in the U.S.: syphilis.
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National Reading Month is celebrated in March to honor Dr. Suess’ birthday. Let’s all celebrate and read every day this month! When we love books, good things happen. Reading strengthens our mental muscles, improves comprehension, increases imagination, and boosts memory. Reading makes us smarter! Who doesn’t want that?
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On March 14, 2024, Pope Francis on Thursday encouraged a closer collaboration between Indigenous and scientific knowledge to address climate change, the loss of biodiversity, and threats to food and health security facing the world today.
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