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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- Internet access, health care and basic necessities like running water and electricity within Indigenous communities have long been at the center of congressional debates. But until recently, Congress didn't have many Indigenous members who were pushing for solutions and funding for those issues. Hope is growing after the Native delegation in the U.S. House expanded by two on Election Day: Yvette Herrell, who is Cherokee and prevailed in New Mexico's 2nd Congressional District, and Kai Kahele, a Native Hawaiian who won that...
"Why not provide dental care outside?" That's the idea that Dr. Ray Dailey and dental hygienist Leah Thibert brainstormed when the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community's dental clinic had to limit patient visits due to COVID-19. The staff had split into two teams, which were staying separate from each other in case one became sick. The clinic was focusing its efforts on emergency care. Dailey and Thibert realized that outdoor dental services would be a way to get both teams working at the same...
Recent action on the tribal front regarding marijuana saw the first tribal-owned MJ business open in Michigan and, in Oklahoma, the Muscogee (Creek) Nation passed a law protecting licensed medical cannabis operators and patients. Northern Light Cannabis Co. and dispensary, located in the Bay Mills Indian Community in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, is the first of its kind in the state. “Now we’ve seen here with the legalization of cannabis in Michigan that a lot of the people who are benefiting from this industry are wealthy investors,” Bryan N...
