Pamela Johnson The mother of four had stayed home for several years while her daughters were small, and as she started to test the waters of the Anchorage job market, it didn’t take her long to feel like she was getting in over her head. “When you’ve been at home with kids for a while, interacting with another adult is kind of a shock to the system,” Johnson said. “I had applied at a few other jobs, and a few of them I didn’t get. I was feeling so bummed.” On paper, Johnson had picked the worst possible time to look for work.
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Judge Questions HHS Stance On Tribal Health Center Funding
Law360 (May 13, 2021, 10:43 PM EDT) A D.C. Circuit judge on Thursday appeared skeptical of a bid by attorneys for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to overturn a lower court order to reimburse an Alaska-based Native American community for some costs of operating a health facility.
A federal attorney insisted that a D.C. federal judge s order wrongly found that Cook Inlet Tribal Council Inc. should recoup certain facility costs incurred in 2014 under its Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act contract with HHS Indian Health Service to provide substance abuse treatment.
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A lawsuit challenging the Indian Child Welfare Act received a split decision in federal appeals court on April 6, 2021. The law, the lawsuit and the split resulted in a 300-plus-page decision that confounded experts and lay people alike. The decision won’t impact Alaska directly. But legal experts say Alaska should still keep an eye on the case.
The Indian Child Welfare Act, or ICWA, basically provides Tribes with an opportunity to intervene when state child welfare and adoption agencies consider whether or not to remove a Native child from a home. The children can be enrolled citizens of the Tribe or be eligible for membership status.
Dillingham athletes say NYO Games more important than ever April 15th 10:01 am |
Isabelle Ross, KDLG News
This spring, Dillingham sophomore Cadence Dray decided to join the Native Youth Olympics for the first time in years. I felt like I needed it, you know, just to get into the gym more often and not be isolated, she said.
Dray s first events are the Alaska high kick and the scissor broad jump - a series of jumps that was traditionally used to practice balance when jumping on ice floes. Dray said the pandemic has changed how they practice and compete, but she s still happy to participate.
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