Senators Cantwell and Mullin introduced S. 2695, the 'Parity for Tribal Law Enforcement Act.'
It speaks to the lack of resources for education, for treatment, for preventive services and public safety in Alaska Nat...
I want to thank her for sounding the alarm and asking for today's hearing.
They are targeting these small, remote, rural, vulnerable communities. It is the worst predation there can possibly be.
we have a challenge that is so big and so enormous, it is going to take exactly what you all are doing in Lummi Nation.
Legislative solutions are needed to address the targeting that Tribes are experiencing.
we know that Native Americans, Alaska Natives as a population demographically are dying in the past two years of drug ov...
It is just really disturbing to know that among American Indians and Alaska Native populations we see the highest drug o...
During the COVID pandemic, opioid overdose mortality rate among Alaska Native people doubled.
I think it is really an issue of fairness and it looks like all the panelists would agree with that approach.
Senators Hoeven and Cortez Masto introduced S. 465, the 'Bridging Agency Data Gaps & Ensuring Safety (BADGES) for Native...
we talked about fentanyl. There is a significant increase, significant provision in the supplement to combat fentanyl.
I appreciate your holding this hearing. I think it is a topic that is all too often overlooked.
What about communities with no water and sewer, none? No flush toilets, American citizens.
the leaders from the North Slope Borough are in town right now, the elected leaders, tribal leaders, Alaska Native Corpo...
we need to get the Federal dollars to the places that don't have anything first.
I think that is pretty obvious.
the Federal funding and programs should be focused on the communities that don't have anything?
