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The money is equal to about $31 billion and is also intended to reform Canada's child welfare system.
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Indian Country Today collaborated with the Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health to provide comprehensive data and maps to the public.
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Thursday marks Canada's first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation – a day meant to acknowledge the enduring impacts that residential schools had on Indigenous people.
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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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"The corrections officers are basically holding these lives in their hands with their decisions."
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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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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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Learning Indigenous languages became even harder during the pandemic. In some communities, language learning ground to a halt. And many tribal communities saw the tragic deaths of native speakers. The latest federal relief package includes $20 million in emergency funding for Indigenous language programs, but advocates say it’s not enough.
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Since 2016, at least 19 people have died in tribal detention centers overseen by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Several died after correctional officers failed to provide proper medical care.
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The U.S. Supreme Court is weighing whether to further limit the authority of tribal officers to police non-Natives committing crimes on reservations.