CSKT expands tribal health clinic in Polson
(MONTANA) -- The new three-story, 23,000-square-foot Tribal Health Clinic the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes built here is impressive, perhaps most so to those familiar with the little 1,800-square-foot facility it replaced.
Treatment center talk draws hundreds
(CALIFORNIA) -- Probably more than 300 people opposing and supporting a proposed Indian Health Services Youth Regional Treatment Center southwest of Oroville attended a meeting about the project Tuesday night.
Police find baby gagged with baby wipe
(NEW MEXICO) -- A pair of Albuquerque police officers checking on a mother who failed to pick her kids up from school found a baby covered in feces in their home, a police spokesperson said Wednesday.
Native American numbers on rise in North Dakota foster care system
(NORTH DAKOTA) -- Statistics show that minorities are overrepresented in the foster care system in all states. The most recent Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System report shows that Caucasian children represent 40 percent of all foster children. African-American children make up 31 percent, Hispanic children 20 percent, and Native American children about 2 percent.
Tuesday Conversation: Begay driven to make a difference
(NEW YORK) -- Notah Begay is the lone full-blooded Native American on the PGA Tour and is the official ambassador for the Turning Stone Resort Championship. His annual NB3 Foundation Challenge is today at Atunyote Golf Club. Begay and several of his PGA and LPGA peers come together yearly to raise money to help combat childhood health problems among American Indians.
CDC funds Bay Area Collaborative to deliver HIV prevention to Asians and Pacific Islanders
(CALIFORNIA) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention awarded Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center, Asian Americans for Community Involvement and Asian Health Services $1.9 million over five years to fund a collaborative HIV prevention project specifically targeting Asian and Pacific Islander (A&PI) men who have sex with men (MSM) in the Bay Area.
Funding application for youth center approved
(OKLAHOMA) -- The Tribal Council at its Aug. 16 meeting authorized the Department of Children, Youth and Family Services to submit an application for funding to the Oklahoma Office of Juvenile Affairs for emergency youth shelter services and prevention and diversion services.
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