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Tensions rose on Wednesday at a Senate Committee on Indian Affairs oversight hearing on the ongoing crisis of fentanyl — a deadly synthetic opioid 100 times stronger than morphine — in Indian Country.
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Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland (Laguna Pueblo) announced that the National Park Service will be collaborating with Tribes on a new theme study, which will focus on the Indian Reorganization Period and help the understanding of an important chapter within American history.
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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden spoke to White House Tribal Nations Summit at the Department of the Interior's auditorum on Wednesday afternoon. In the absence of Interior Secretary Deb Haaland (Laguna Pueblo), who was diagnosed with COVID-19 on Monday, Assistant Secretary Bryan Newland (Bay Mills Indian Community introduced the president. The White House released President Biden's remarks on Wednesday evening and Native News Online was there to witness his comments.
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In a historic vote last week, Judge Shanlyn Park was confirmed to the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawai'i, making her the first Native Hawaiian woman to serve as a district court judge.
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WASHINGTON — The third White House Tribal Nations Summit of the Biden-Harris administration is underway at the Department of the Interior in the nation's capital.
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WASHINGTON — Hundreds of tribal leaders are converging on the nation's capital this week for the White House Tribal Nations Summit hosted by the Department of the Interior on Wednesday and Thursday.
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WASHINGTON — In addition to articles already covered by Native News Online, here is a roundup of other news released from Washington, D.C. that impacts Indian Country recently.
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Voting differently than their House leaders, including Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA), 105 Republicans joined 206 Democrats in voting to expel George Santos (R-NY) from the House of Representatives on Friday. In the end, the vote was 311 to 114 on Friday morning. The vote is historic, as Santos is only the sixth member of Congress ever to be expelled from Congress.
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National Native American organizations are praising the U.S. Senate confimation of Judge Shanlyn Park, the first Native Hawaiian woman, to the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawai'i. The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI), the Native American Rights Fund (NARF), and the National Native American Bar Association (NNABA) released a joint press statemtn on Thursday afternoon.
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