A Busy Week
It's going to be a big week for Indian Country in the nation's capital, with a slew of hearings focusing on everything from tribal water rights to the Indian Health Service. Keep track of the action and stay tuned!
TUESDAY, JULY 23• 10:15am - Hearing on 12 Indian water rights bills | AUDIO
• 3:15pm - Joint hearing on Haskell Indian Nations University | AUDIO WEDNESDAY, JULY 24
• 10:15am - Hearing on IHS bills | AUDIO
• 6:30pm - Speeches on Indian Boarding Schools | AUDIO
VIDEO: Sen. Warren | Sen. Murkowski | Sen. Hickenlooper | Sen. Markey | Sen. Schatz THURSDAY, JULY 25
• 2pm - Senate Committee on Indian Affairs: Business Meeting | Legislative Hearing ALL WEEK
• Consideration of Indian Country funding bill | Approved on July 24!
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The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs takes testimony on tribal forestry management and tribal water rights at a hearing on July 25, 2024.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs approved four bills at a business meeting on July 25, 2024.
The Indian Pueblo Cultural Center is preparing for the grand opening of a new development.
Two new albums feature Native languages front and center, incorporating traditional storytelling and themes of resilience.
Five members of the U.S. Senate took to the floor to call for passage of S.1723, the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is taking testimony on tribal forestry management and tribal water rights.
Members of the U.S. Senate speak in support of S.1723, the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act, on July 24, 2024.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gives a shout-out to the Catawba Nation at a campaign rally on July 24, 2024.
A citizen of the San Carlos Apache Tribe has been arrested in connection with a fire that led to significant destruction on the reservation in Arizona.
The House Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs holds a legislative hearing on July 24, 2024.
The House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations and the House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development meet for a joint hearing on Haskell Indian Nations University.
Native voting rights advocates continue to fight efforts to restrict access to polling places. Join Native America Calling for the latest.
The House Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries holds a legislative hearing on 12 Indian water rights bills on July 23, 2024.
Even before colonial contact, tribal leaders faced life and death decisions, challenges to their authority, and the judgements of their constituency.
Indian Country is set for a busy week in the nation’s capital, coming after the GOP convention and the end of Democratic President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs has added a business meeting to its schedule in what’s turning out to be a busy week for tribes in the nation’s capital.
The House Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries is taking up 12 Indian water rights bills at a legislative hearing.
The House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations and the House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development are looking into Haskell Indian Nations University.
The House Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs is taking up four bills at a legislative hearing.
Cherokee culture is best protected when it’s celebrated and shared.
Make California your next trip for #NAFOAFall2024, NAFOA’s fall conference!
Joe Biden just dropped out of the 2024 presidential race. What’s next?
In response to increasing COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation (TCRHCC) will reinstate its mask mandate across its health care facilities.
If Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colorado) gets her way, she will be the next Secretary of the Interior.
Among the Earth’s most genetically pure buffalo herds in Yellowstone National Park, a rare white buffalo calf is born.
What does another Donald Trump presidency mean for Native America?
Native talent is being recognized with high-profile nominations at the primetime Emmy Awards.
The public safety theme on the second evening at the Republican National Convention included a message from Forest County Potawatomi Chairman James Crawford.
“Native people are facing real threats to ensure our safety,” the leader of the Forest County Potawatomi Community told Republicans gathered in his tribe’s homelands.
Watch James Crawford, the chairman of Forest County Potawatomi Community, address the Republican National Convention.
Listen to James Crawford, the chairman of Forest County Potawatomi Community, deliver remarks at the Republican National Convention.
A federal judge is weighing a decision that the Winnebago Tribe hopes will set a strong precedent at one of the most infamous Indian boarding schools in the nation.
What does the display of Republican values on the national stage look like to Native voters?
“Just because a scientist says something doesn’t mean it’s true,” a first-term Republican lawmaker said.
A Republican politician who derided Indigenous Peoples’ Day as “fake” is Donald Trump’s running mate.
The fact that Native people in Oklahoma have a 17-year shorter life expectancy than our non-Indigenous neighbors is more than a statistic — it represents countless lives cut short.
Uplifting voices and opportunities from our community members and partners.
Native America Calling is in Wisconsin to hear from tribal leaders and tribal citizens as the Republican Party opens its presidential nominating convention.
Watch testimony from the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on July 10, 2024.
Listen to testimony from the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on July 10, 2024.
Tourism is big money for many tribes and individual entrepreneurs. But it also has the potential to diminish people’s quality of life.
From the mid-seventeenth century till the early twentieth century, Indian boarding schools were used as a tool to assimilate Native children away from their rich culture.
The U.S. Supreme Court issued some big rulings before going on break for the summer. How do the cases impact tribes and Native people?
Three members of a family with multi-state and international connections have been sentenced for selling over $1 million in fake Alaska Native goods.
More than half of Native elders from rural areas have some sort of cognitive impairment, a condition that ranges from mild memory loss all the way to dementia.
A federal judge who was once praised for his work in understanding Native issues resigned following an investigation into sexual misconduct.
A bill to create a Truth and Healing Commission on Indian boarding schools is moving forward in Congress.
“Indigenous communities and Native communities do not publicly humiliate their elders the way the media has,” said April Ignacio from the Tohono O’odham Nation.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is getting back to work with a hearing on four bills.
Your latest news on tribal finance and economic development.
George Lepine and Chebon Marks have been infusing Indigenous philosophy and methods into martial arts.
A federal program to compensate people exposed to fallout from U.S. nuclear testing expired, leaving countless Navajo Nation residents in limbo.
A Lakota man is developing an archive of music by Native artists one record and cassette tape at a time. Listen to the encore presentation.
The Klamath Tribes are seeking justice following the deaths of two young sisters from their community in Oregon.
A herd of stolen bison get tangled up in a scheme orchestrated by a fiery Indigenous activist and her aimless young companion in a new book by Metis author Conor Kerr.
Republican leaders in Congress are investigating numerous allegations of misconduct at Haskell Indian Nations University.
While candidates for the Republican and Democratic parties reign supreme in headlines, some Native voters aren’t bound by the two-party system.
The Cherokee Nation strives to be a great place to work, because we want the best and brightest to serve our community.
A bipartisan bill would relocate some of the 20,500 buffalo on public lands to tribal lands.
Enjoy some summer savings for a tribal grant management course, courtesy NAFOA.
For the first time, the federal government has acknowledged the historic and ongoing devastation caused to tribes by dams in the Pacific Northwest.
What’s on The Menu? Join Native America Calling for more on Alaska Native food, gardening and a new Bureau of Indian Education program.
For the first time in the history of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, the multi-day celebration in the nation’s capital focuses entirely on Indigenous peoples.
Secretary of the Deb Haaland delivers remarks at the opening of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival on June 26, 2024.
National Museum of the American Indian Director Cynthia Chavez Lamar delivers remarks at the opening of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival on June 26, 2024.
Halena Kapuni-Reynolds opens the Smithsonian Folklife Festival with a Native Hawaiian welcome on June 26, 2024.
Members of Sons of Membertou perform at the opening of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival on June 26, 2024.
The House Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs holds a legislative hearing on June 26, 2024.
Hubert Logan, Mega Bear, Wampum Baggs, and Tad Nugget are all back for Volume 3 of the Super Indian saga.
Efforts continue at the national and local level to return land to tribes, the original stewards.
A chaotic and heated scene played out in the nation’s capital as a Native activist advocated for tribal sovereignty on the steps of the highest court in the land.
Candi Brings Plenty discusses Indigenous womb sovereignty at the U.S. Supreme Court on June 24, 2024.
Candi Brings Plenty delivers a land acknowledgment in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on June 24, 2024.
Phoenix, Arizona, is the latest city to face federal allegation of police discrimination against Native people.
The U.S. Senate considers S.1987, the Fort Belknap Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act, on June 20, 2024.
The U.S. Senate considers H.R.1240, the Winnebago Land Transfer Act, on June 20, 2024.
Juneteenth marks a joyous moment in American history — the final emancipation of enslaved African Americans.
The Blackfeet Nation and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation will work together to address the impacts of a water system failure on the reservation in Montana.
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a ban on gun possession by domestic abusers with a a ruling that came as a huge relief to advocates for survivors.
Did you know you can post your open positions on the NAFOA Job Board?
Two Alaska Native musicians join Native America Calling for the latest edition of Native Playlist.
Skateboarding has become increasingly popular among Native athletes and recreational boarders, as organizers step up their support with places to skate.
Applause broke out on Capitol Hill with the advancement of a bipartisan bill that will finally help address the harmful legacy of the Indian boarding school era.
“For more than a century, the federal government’s Indian Boarding School policies and practices sought to destroy Native languages, cultures, and identities,” said Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii).
Is South Dakota peculiar, or is the state driving a trend in anti-Indian policies, sentiments and behaviors?
An ambitious multimedia project has taken over the campus of one of the world’s leading performing arts centers, located on the homelands of the Lenape people.
Cochiti Pueblo artist and designer Virgil Ortiz discusses his participation in The Dream Machine Experience at Lincoln Center.
The House Committee on Education and the Workforce considers H.R.7227, the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act, at a markup session.
As digital technology increasingly becomes the main infrastructure for information and commerce, tribes will need to create an informed strategy to make sure their voices are included.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hosts a legislative hearing on June 12, 2024.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hosts a legislative hearing on June 12, 2024.
More than 30 pieces of century-old Hopi pottery, baskets, and other items are making a return visit to the their community of creation.
Cherokees are stewards of many proud traditions, from our art, music and festivities to our language, patriotism and spirit of Gadugi.
Teachers have been in short supply across Arizona. Nowhere is that felt more than at schools run by tribes and the federal government.
The best part of Monday mornings is the NAFOA newsletter.
Indigenous scientists often have a foot in two worlds: modern science and the wisdom that comes from sacred and traditional knowledge.
A half dozen Indigenous leaders are getting a boost for incorporating traditional connections with making people and their communities better.
A study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds Indigenous people suffer a higher percentage of heat-related deaths than any other population.
Indigenous LGBTQ+ and Two-Spirit artists discuss the intersection of two driving issues of identity that are both a celebration and a source of contention.
At one point in history, tribes in the Plains region developed a shared universal language.
Mental health conditions tops the list of causes for pregnancy-related deaths in a recent study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Native voters have traditionally supported Democrats, and that has made a significant difference in key races across the United States.
A good playlist makes the summer heat bearable and sets the mood on an invigorating road trip.
Together, we are improving the spiritual, mental and physical health of Cherokee Nation citizens of all ages.
We celebrate Pride Month and the strength of our LGBTQIA+ relatives.
News consumers can choose where they get their facts from — and increasingly those facts are in dispute.
Native basketball fans have a lot to see on the court when it comes to the NBA and the WNBA.
Join Native America Calling to get perspectives from some notable Native Republicans about what they see the party does for their Native constituents.
Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren hosts a press conference on May 28, 2024.
The Remember the Removal Bike Ride is one of the most valuable cultural activities Cherokee Nation supports, deeply connecting youthful Cherokees to our history.
Join Andi Murphy for The Menu, Native America Calling’s regular feature on Native food!
Sasquatch, also known as Bigfoot, carry a deep meaning in many Native cultures.
An exasperated Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-New Mexico) is demanding answers from the Biden administration about public safety in Native communities.
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