Pandemic continues to affect food security rates throughout the nation’s Indigenous communities

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to increased food insecurity within Indigenous communities nationwide according to a recent report …

Build Back Better Framework includes rural capacity and housing investments    

Today President Biden announced the Administration’s updated Build Back Better Framework, detailing several capacity building and affordable housing investments targeted to rural communities.

California’s Yurok Tribe reintroduces condors into the wild

California condors, which are vital to the Yurok Tribe’s culture, are considered critically endangered species. But this year, after nearly a century, they will be reintroduced to the Pacific Northwest.

Indigenous knowledge contributes to climate change report

As California communities face new challenges including wildfires and ocean level change brought on by climate change, the state will incorporate Indigenous knowledge and experience in a report due out in December.

Tribal nations reflect on high vaccination rates

A recent “Rural Assembly Roundtable” featured Tribal leaders from Coeur d’Alene, Gila River, Walker River Paiute and the Navajo Nation. Discussions during the roundtable focused on Indigenous peoples’ response to the pandemic, the challenges the health emergency placed on Tribes, and the growing success in Tribal vaccination rates.