State-Tribal Policy

Reports

Medicaid Expansion in Indian Country: Improving the Health of Individuals and Communities

Medicaid is a critical resource for eligible American Indians who either have no insurance or are dealing with inadequate care through IHS’s rationed system. Medicaid expansion provided coverage to...

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Urban Indian Health Funding : An Unmet Need

Urban Indian Organizations (UIOs) emerged to provide urban Indian people with health and social services. UIOs continue to be a critical resource for the communities they serve, including non-Indian...

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2023 State-Tribal Legislative Impacts

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Policy Basics: Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA)

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Indigenous Representation in Redistricting

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Access to the Ballot: Uphold Democracy by Strengthening the Indigenous Vote

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Build Back Better Would Invest in Tribal and Urban Indian Communities

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2021 State-Tribal Legislative Impacts

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Medicaid Expansion in Indian Country: Improving the Health of Individuals and Communities

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Tourism Could Be an Economic Driver in Indian Country, With Focus and Investment

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Blog Posts

Food Sovereignty: Reclaiming Food Systems

The consequences of colonization on indigenous peoples and nations are well-documented and far-reaching, and food is no exception. As colonists and the federal government forcibly removed indigenous...

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International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples 2019: Year of Indigenous Languages

Indigenous peoples make up less than 5 percent of the world’s population but speak a majority of the world’s 7,000 languages. According to the United Nations (UN), the majority of languages...

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MBPC Announces Daliyah Killsback as New State-Tribal Policy Outreach Coordinator

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It is Time to Decolonize Data

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End-of-Session State-Tribal Legislative Updates

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Traditional Tobacco, Commercial Tobacco and I-185

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It takes American Indian women 21 months to earn what white men make in 12

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Guest Blog: 2016 State-Tribal Policy Symposium reflections

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