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September, 2021
The loss of an Indigenous woman’s life is all too familiar in our communities.
Violence against Indigenous women is preventable and will end when Indian Nations have the full authority of self-government.
“We serve a lot of families on the Crow Reservation, and last year they were hit harder than anybody,” said a funeral home owner.
“My life has completely changed over the past year,” Kristin Urquiza said of the loss of her father to COVID-19.
Pearline Kirk, the former controller for the Navajo Nation, is accused of using her position to defraud the tribe out of $3 million in COVID-19 funds.
Multidisciplinary artists like Preston Singletary are drawing inspiration and support from their culture and each other to keep their creativity thriving.
The latest wave of COVID-19 cases, coupled with a shortage of health care workers, has stretched Montana’s emergency care system increasingly thin.
The education system needs to help teachers address, repair and heal education towards and beyond reconciliation.
The Cherokee Nation announced a $75 million settlement in a lawsuit filed against opioid manufacturers.
September’s Book of the Month is a creative effort that showcases work by Native artists and stimulates the brain, providing entertainment in the process.
Joy Harjo, the first Native woman to serve as the nation’s poet laureate, has begun her historic third term — an honor previously bestowed only once.
New projections show that Lake Mead and Lake Powell could reach “critically low reservoir elevations” sooner than expected, spurring experts to say that “bold actions” will be needed to change course.
The Treaty of Bird’s Fort was the result of years of conflict and bloodshed between Native nations and the onrushing tide of settlers who later called themselves Texans.
Land stewardship is at the core of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, also known as ANCSA.
“How are non-Native people playing on our land? Are they being respectful?” asks Adesbah Foguth, a tribal park ranger.
Alaska Native corporations are figuring out how to distribute the funds more than a year after the CARES Act lawsuit started.
When I opened an office of my newspaper in Rapid City back in the 1980s one of my frequent visitors was Lloyd Goings.
Today we continue the fight for our rights, until everyone in Indian Country can freely cast their ballot.
After two years, we’re excited to see our community in person.
This year marks the 50th Anniversary of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, also known as ANCSA.
The documentary film Alaskan Nets follows the quest by a pair of athletes from Alaska’s only reservation.
Experts say intergenerational trauma, dating to the colonization of North America, adds to the problem of child sexual abuse in Indian Country.
A planned hunt of bison in the Grand Canyon appears to be moving forward despite last-minute pleas to relocate the animals to safety.
“Water is a sacred resource, and water rights are crucial to ensuring the health, safety and empowerment of Tribal communities,” said Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland.
Native people are over-represented in the number of people with disabilities.
“Where are you, Senator Sinema, now that we need you?” asked activist Dolores Huerta.
Mark your calendars. The White House Tribal Nations Summit is returning after a four-year absence.
Native America Calling visits with Navajo musician Klee Benally to find out why he’s calling out settler colonial order.
With early morning fanfare, a brand new day dawned in Arizona sports history with the first full day of legalized sports betting.
Indian boarding schools had a dramatic impact upon the lives of thousands of Native children.
Montana State University’s annual American Indian Heritage Day focuses on efforts to recover and return the remains of children who died at Indian boarding schools.
Our collective future is being written today by the investments we make in our youngest children.
American Indians and Alaska Natives are experiencing increases in food insecurity as the COVID-19 pandemic continues.
Native doctors and nurses are in short supply. How are more being recruited into the industry?
A long time ago on Indigenous land far, far away…
One week left until we see you at #NAFOAFall21!
A Lakota mother is trying to understand why a school secretary cut her two little girls’ hair without her consent. And then, days later, did it again.
Long considered by legal experts as the gold standard of adoption law, the Indian Child Welfare Act faces its most significant legal challenge yet.
“There was a time, not long ago, where Indigenous people were supposed to be terminated,” said attorney Victoria Holland.
Fences, cameras and barricades are back up around the U.S. Capitol as supporters of the violent January 6 insurrection return to the nation’s capital for a so-called rally.
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