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Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Center starts construction on affordable housing in Minneapolis
'I’m hoping that through this project, we can also be helpful to the community and curb further tragedies from happening and helping individuals, families and communities live long, healthier, happy lives'
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A Native-led Program on the White Earth Reservation is Rewriting the Rules on Opioid Treatment for Parents
For almost ten years, the MOMS program in Minnesota has helped dozens of women and their partners to rebuild their lives, stay sober and thrive as parents. Experts say its lessons could help other communities struggling with opioid abuse.
New lawsuit in Standing Rock’s fight against DAPL
Documents filed in GreenPeace vs. Energy Transfers revealed a drilling mud spill during the initial construction of the pipeline. Tribe sues Corps for allowing the pipeline to operate
The next census will gather more racial, ethnic information
The new census form will collect more detail by allowing free-form answers, including making it possible for people to identify themselves as part of more racial and ethnic subgroups and include alternative names for certain groups, such as writing “Schitsu’umsh,” the ancient language for “Coeur D’Alene Tribe.”
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Rethinking government (again)
What should the government look like? And how much should it cost? Two essential questions for Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy’s government reform project. Two centuries ago, the Bureau of Indian Affairs was created by a War Secretary who didn’t want to wait on Congress.
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'They’re ready to go home': Few answers at school gravesite
Thirty-eight graves uncovered at South Dakota boarding school; Catholic church offers little help in identifying graves
Oklahoma schools get it right on reducing Native absenteeism
School efforts to help students have made the state among the best in the nation for Native student attendance
Indigenous-owned businesses for the holiday season
Gift-giving season is upon us and ICT political correspondent Pauly Denetclaw has curated her top list of businesses to help you find the best ones, plus more to shop from by the newsroom
ICT REPORTS: Opioid crisis devastates Indigenous communities in Canada
An ICT investigation found that Canada’s health care system helped fund a sharp rise in opiate use among younger generations
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