Happy Friday and welcome to this week’s News You Can Use! The first local level results of the 2020 Census are in and the data shows promising news for Native communities; progress on the proposed $1 trillion infrastructure bill includes billions of dollars of support for Indian Country; states move to include more Native American history in their curricula and more!
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