Indigenous Communities

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is launching an Indian Youth Service Corps with new guidelines. The corps was established in 2019 as part of an amendment to the Public Lands Corps Act. Now, Haaland has published actual guidelines. One of its goals is fostering natural resource and land stewardship skills for young tribal members aged 16 to 30, or 35 if you’re a veteran.

Varios eventos recientes conmemoran a mujeres y personas indígenas desaparecidas y asesinadas alrededores de las Praderas de Truckee, entre esos nombres se recuerda a Anna Marie Scott.

Several recent events commemorated missing and murdered Indigenous women and people around the Truckee Meadows. Among those names is Anna Marie Scott.

The first volume in the Interior's investigative report shows that the United States operated or supported 408 boarding schools in 37 states between 1819 and 1969, including 127 in the Mountain West. Editor's note: As a warning for those impacted by the trauma of Native American boarding schools, this story discusses some of what happened there.

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Hospital administrators say they are losing money on their obstetrics programs. But many are keeping these wings open anyway to answer a dire community need.

Netflix and the Indigenous social justice group IllumiNative recently announced their first cohort in a training program for Native film and TV producers. The year-long program provides fellows with training, mentorship and a $25,000 grant to support their work.

The program will focus on breast, colorectal and stomach cancers. It will start in Apache and Navajo communities, but the goal is to find solutions for any tribe.