Infrastructure Invoice to Assist US tribes with Water, Plumbing
By GILLIAN FLACCUS, FELICIA FONSECA, and BECKY BOHRER, Associated Press
WARM SPRINGS, Ore. (AP) – The massive Infrastructure Act, signed earlier this year, promises to bring change to Indian tribes, who lack clean water or sanitation, through the largest single infusion of money into Indian land.
That includes $ 3.5 billion for the Indian Federal Health Service, which provides medical care to more than 2 million Native Americans and Alaskans.
It also provides funding for water projects through other federal agencies.
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MOENKOPI, ARIZONA – DECEMBER 17: The Hopi community of Moenkopi will host a grocery and Christmas gift baskets distribution on December 17, 2021 in Moenkopi, Arizona. The event, at which food and other items were distributed to over 250 families, was organized by the “Walking in Beauty” foundation and consisted of several groups of different religious denominations. The proportion of residents living in poverty in neighboring Tuba City in 2020 was 26.9%, making the region one of the most economically disadvantaged regions in the United States. (Photo by Spencer Platt / Getty Images)
Tribal leaders say funding is welcome but won’t make up for decades of neglect by the U.S. government.
A list of sanitary shortcomings spans more than 1,500 tribal projects, from sewage treatment plants to pipelines.
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