National Resource Center on Native American Aging

10/15/2026

10/15/2026

Where could your leadership help make a difference? The IHS is seeking experienced leaders for six Area Director positions across the Indian health system. In this role, you’ll guide Area operations, address critical issues, and work closely with Tribes, urban Indian organizations, and other partners to advance the IHS mission.

Openings in six IHS Areas: Alaska, Billings, California, Nashville, Oklahoma City, and Phoenix.

Apply by October 30 to join the IHS team: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/887214100

10/12/2026

Have a great Indigenous Peoples' Day everyone!

10/06/2026

Fifty bison are coming home to 40,000 acres of Badlands prairie in a landmark Lakota-led restoration effort. See how the Oct. 6 release will heal the land and revive native plants at the link in the comments.

10/01/2026

10/01/2026

IHS has awarded $166.65 million in grants to eight Tribes and Tribal organizations and one urban Indian organization for the Tribal Epidemiology Centers (TEC) program over the next 5 years.

The TEC program was authorized by Congress in 1996 to provide enhanced public health support to Indian Country. TECs are uniquely positioned within Tribal and urban Indian communities to effectively conduct disease surveillance, public health research, prevention and control of disease, injury or disability, and to assess the effectiveness of health delivery and public health programs.

Overall, the TECs work in partnership with IHS to provide a more accurate national picture of Indian health status. Through sustained partnership, the TEC program will continue to enhance the ability of IHS and the overall Indian health system to collect and manage data more effectively and to better understand and develop the link between public health problems and behavior, socioeconomic conditions, geography, and other risk factors.

Annual funding distribution:

• Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (Anchorage, Alaska) – $3,100,000
• California Rural Indian Health Board, Inc. (Roseville, California) – $3,500,000
• Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council, Inc (Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin) – $4,150,000
• Great Plains Tribal Leaders Health Board (Rapid City, South Dakota) – $3,850,000
• Inter-Tribal Council of Arizona (Phoenix, Arizona) – $3,500,000
• Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board (Portland, Oregon) – $3,500,000
• Seattle Indian Health Board (Seattle, Washington/Urban Sites) – $3,950,000
• Southern Plains Tribal Health Board Foundation (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) – $3,930,000
• United South and Eastern Tribes (Nashville, Tennessee) – $3,850,000

09/24/2026

Registration is open!

Please join the South Dakota Office of Indian Education for the 2026 Indian Education Summit.

For more information or to register, please visit https://www.southdakotaies.com/

09/23/2026

09/21/2026