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After months of repeated written questions and public records requests from NPR and the Mountain West News Bureau, Interior Department officials said they now plan to contract with an outside agency to examine the troubles plaguing tribal detention centers.
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The National Congress of American Indians has urged the federal government to place medical personnel in its tribal jails, arguing that the current situation "exacerbates the already challenging problem of health disparities for American Indians."
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"The corrections officers are basically holding these lives in their hands with their decisions."
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Willy Pepion had a cracked skull, and guards at the federal jail on the Blackfeet Reservation dismissed his pleas for help. He died in his cell. Three hours went by until anyone noticed.
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KUNR Today: Interior Sec. Addresses Indian Boarding School History, Regional Unemployment Rates VaryHere are your local news headlines for the morning of Tuesday, June 22, 2021.Interior Secretary Deb Haaland Addresses The Troubled History Of Boarding…
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The Biden administration will restore the White House Council on Native American Affairs, an interagency initiative that coordinates federal services...
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Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has created a new unit to confront the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous people, reflecting the first Native...
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This is the second in a two-part series about the vaccine rollout in Indian Country. Part one looks at the success of the rollout on rural reservations....
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This is the first in a two-part series about the vaccine rollout in Indian Country. Part two looks at the challenges of vaccinating our region's urban...
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Here are your local news headlines for the morning of Tuesday, Mar. 9, 2021.Nevada Nears WHO Test Positivity GoalBy Paul BogerNevada’s COVID-19 test…