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The Spokane Tribe’s housing authority building in Wellpinit, Washington, shown here in January 2022, was one of nine public buildings to receive solar power in a project completed in 2019. Other buildings include the longhouse and a fish hatchery, and 23 homes for elders. (Photo by Erick Doxey for InvestigateWest)
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$500 million for solar energy for tribal families

By Joaqlin Estus
Alaska Bureau
Daniel Kennedy has been hired by the Swinomish Tribe of Washington as the first dental therapist in the lower 48 states.
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Washington state expands dental therapist program

By Joaqlin Estus
money, finance, loan, loans, cash, debt
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A clearer roadmap for federal funding for tribes

By Joaqlin Estus
Grass grows tall at an empty playground near the Wounded Knee Massacre Monument on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota on July 21, 2021. In the void between the federal government’s prosecution of major crimes in Indian Country and Native Americans’ limited judicial authority, tribes are taking a variety of approaches to healing and justice. (Isaac Stone Simonelli / Howard Center for Investigative Journalism)
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Victims without justice

By Howard Center for Investigative Journalism