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Part 2 Hearing for IHS Director – Former Pine Ridge Hospital CEO to admit making false statement

Featured, News & AnnouncementsBy gphillips213 February 22, 2018

Greetings Tribal Leaders & members: Link to STORY: Cut and paste in your browser. http://rapidcityjournal.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/former-pine-ridge-hospital-ceo-to-admit-making-false-statement/article_1095b9db-40a6-529d-bc31-6aa1bb463421.html#utm_source=rapidcityjournal.com&utm_campaign=%2Femail-updates%2Fdaily-headlines%2F&utm_medium=email&utm_content=0A33CEEC58D6C544A122FBA8EA47AD37FBD8E22F I am writing to you today, too ask all 350 plus Tribal Leaders and Members…

2018 Tribal Transportation Symposium Invitation

Featured, News & Announcements, Tribal ConsultationsBy gphillips213 February 20, 2018

Please consider this as an invitation to attend/present at this years 2018 Tribal Transportation Symposium, we are the host tribe this year and would greatly appreciated it if you can…

President Trump Releases FY 2019 Budget Request:

Featured, News & AnnouncementsBy gphillips213 February 14, 2018

On Monday, February 12, 2018 President Trump released his fiscal year (FY) 2019 Budget Request to Congress. This is the proposal that the Administration provides the Congress as they will…

Tester to Zinke: Meet with Tribes Before Complicating Interior Department

Featured, News & AnnouncementsBy gphillips213 February 10, 2018

Senator Fights to Make Sure Federal Government Doesn’t Ignore Trust and Treaty Responsibilities to Indian Country (Bozeman, Mont.)—U.S. Senator Jon Tester is pushing Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to meet with tribal governments…

Congress Passes Spending Bill to Fund Government, Renews SDPI

Featured, News & AnnouncementsBy gphillips213 February 9, 2018

Early this morning, both chambers of Congress approved a spending bill written by the Majority and Minority leaders in the Senate. Following the vote, President Trump signed the bill into…

Tester Meets with National Indian Health Board Members

Featured, News & AnnouncementsBy gphillips213 February 5, 2018

(U.S. Senate)— U.S. Senator Jon Tester met with board members of the National Indian Health Board (NIHB), including Sam Moose, Gerald Hill, Lisa Elgin, Donnie Garcia, Stacy A Bohlen, Delvin…

Senate Confirms New HHS Secretary Alex Azar

Featured, News & AnnouncementsBy gphillips213 January 30, 2018

On January 24, 2018, the Senate confirmed Alex Azar as secretary of the U.S. Department of health and Human Services (HHS). Deputy Director, Eric Hargan has been serving as acting…

Native American Children’s Safety Act

Featured, News & AnnouncementsBy gphillips213 January 29, 2018

Tribes work hard to protect the safety and well being of their children, especially when placing a child into foster care under a tribal court order. The Native American Children’s…

How a Government Shutdown Impacts Tribal Healthcare

Featured, News & AnnouncementsBy gphillips213 January 23, 2018

The federal government may be undergoing a shutdown if a Continuing Resolution (CR) is not passed by Congress and signed into law by 11:59PM today, January 19, 2018. Though the U.S. House…

Interior plans to move thousands of workers in the biggest reorganization in its history

Featured, News & AnnouncementsBy gphillips213 January 12, 2018

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke launched an unprecedented effort Wednesday to undertake the largest reorganization in the department’s 168-year history, moving to shift tens of thousands of workers to new locations and change the way the federal government manages more than 500 million acres of land and water across the country.