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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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Good old-fashioned Indian humor is used in a recently released public service announcement (PSA) to drive home the requirement to wear seat belts.

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Native American children make up more than a third of the foster care caseload in Montana, despite representing less than 10% of the state’s child population. While there’s a broad consensus among child welfare experts that this outsized representation is a problem, there exists no collective strategy to address it. The Montana Free Press series Keeping the Kids, supported by a data fellowship through the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism, explores the available data and highlights examples of local solutions around the state. This article focuses on one specialized recovery court working with families in Billings.

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March 20 is National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NNHAAD). Organized by the National Native HIV Network, the day was first observed in 2007 to promote education, prevention, screening and treatment for HIV in Indian Country. 
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