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A top U.S. opioid distributor is pointing fingers at the government for the deluge of prescription painkillers that have poured into Native American communities at alarmingly high rates. McKesson Corp., one of the country’s three big wholesale drug distributors, is embroiled in litigation brought by Oklahoma-based Cherokee Nation, the country's largest tribal group, which has suffered severely from abuse and overdose. As part of its defense, the company recently pointed to its $31 billion, multiyear contract to supply drugs to the Veterans A...
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — American Indian tribes have taken greater control over prosecuting non-tribal members who commit some violent crimes in Indian Country five years after Congress passed a key law, a new report shows. But gaps remain after the Violence Against Women Act allowed tribes to bring criminal charges against non-Natives in domestic violence cases. For example, it doesn’t extend to violence against children or other family members, and tribal prosecutors are urging lawmakers to expand the law to cover everyone in a household. htt...
The nation's largest Indian education organization is throwing its support behind a teacher strike in Oklahoma, citing the large numbers of Indian students in the Sooner State. More than 100,000 Native students attend public schools in the state, National Indian Education Association President Dr. Jolene Bowman noted in a statement on Monday. They deserve a quality education provided by adequately funded schools, she said. https://www.indianz.com/News/2018/04/02/national-indian-education-association-su.asp...
The top Indian education official in New Mexico was fired from her job last week. Latifah Phillips, a citizen of the Tohono O’odham Nation, served as the Assistant Secretary of Indian Education up until March 19. That's when she said she was "presented with the opportunity to resign" for unexplained reasons, according to a letter obtained by New Mexico In Depth. https://www.indianz.com/News/2018/03/30/top-indian-education-official-in-new-mex.asp...
African American icon Oprah Winfrey discusses a DNA test discovering she had some Native American ancestry. She did the test in 2006 and was surprised by the results. http://www.maoritelevision.com/news/national/oprah-talks-about-her-native-american-blood...