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November, 2021
Lawmakers are set to approve another round of Indian Country bills, including a long-anticipated yet controversial measure that will help tribes restore their homelands.
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Robert McGhee, Vice Chair of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians, discusses the need to protect tribal homelands at the White House Tribal Nations Summit.
Indigenous students have been rendered virtually invisible in higher education.
I thank my ancestors, whose collective decisions are the reason we still have a Cherokee Nation and why I have the good fortune to be its elected chief centuries later.
Native America Calling will hear more about efforts to uncover the truth about the 300 Indian boarding schools aimed at forced assimilation of Native children.
It is with deep sadness that I write this small tribute to my friend of 80 years, Pat Lee.
A National Congress of American Indians survey concluded that the lack of access to adequate funding, equitable curricula, and professional development hinders suitable Native lessons in schools.
Native children continue to be overrepresented in state foster care systems, taken from their homes at high rates.
A viral video of a teacher resorting to objectionable Native stereotypes in the classroom begs the question: What will it take to get the message across?
The scourge of slavery was an unfortunate reality for Indigenous peoples in the history of North America.
A Washington man who claims to be a Native artist has been charged with violating the Indian Arts and Crafts Act and for illegally possessing eagle feathers and other bird parts.
Just minutes before her high school graduation, Dakotah Harvey was told to remove the eagle feather from her mortarboard or she would be escorted out of the ceremony and her diploma would be withheld.
Now that we know a chemical in our car tires is killing salmon, we have to act urgently to keep it out of the water.
“The appearance of the European green crab is a serious threat to our treaty fishing rights,” said Chairman Willie Jones Jr.
Seven new tribal historic preservation agreements were completed and signed with tribes in seven states in 2021.
Join Native America Calling to explore the latest developments in Indigenous food and food sovereignty.
A bipartisan bill to enable the Seminole Tribe to exercise greater control over its lands has finally become law.
The $1 trillion infrastructure bill just signed by President Biden is an unprecedented infusion of federal funds for thousands of projects across the country, including those in tribal communities.
The self-described ‘QAnon Shaman’ who became the face of the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol was sentenced to 41 months in prison for his role in the assault.
The Nez Perce Tribe teamed up with the Idaho National Guard as part of a larger effort to recover from a surge of COVID-19 cases plaguing northern Idaho.
The workers employed by Cherokee Nation take care of all of us.
The COVID-19 epidemic has taken its toll on Native people across America.
Nineteen states now observe Indigenous Peoples’ Day, following the early lead of South Dakota’s Native American Day. Tribes are joining in too.
From the Coushatta Tribe to the Red Lake Nation’, dozens of tribes are devoting emergency federal relief to projects to preserve traditional language and culture.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs meets for a legislative hearing on November 17, 2021.
The Fort Belknap Indian Community, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes and the Ksanka Elders Advisory Committee are fighting two silver and copper mines.
The Mapuche people continue to struggle peacefully for their rights and the recovery of their ancestral land in the face of increased repression.
Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Arizona) will no longer serve on the House Committee on Natural Resources, where he regularly objected to efforts to protect tribal territories.
“Racist terms have no place in our vernacular or on our federal lands,” said Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland.
At a time of the year when the bird plays a big role on the dinner table, Native America Calling will look at the significance of turkeys from a Native perspective.
A new consultation policy in Virginia requires free, prior and informed consent of tribal nations before any state permits are approved.
“The Commonwealth has an important and unique government-to-government relationship with Virginia’s Tribal Nations,” said Gov. Ralph Northam (D).
I have just finished sitting through the White House Tribal Nations Summit and I am not impressed.
Tribal leaders said the White House Tribal Nations Summit “shows promise” for the federal commitment to solving problems in Indian Country and to giving Native people a voice in the process.
Indigenous people, youth and women clamored to have their voices included in the climate discussions at COP26.
The Joe Biden administration concludes the White House Tribal Nations Summit on November 16, 2021.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs meets to consider pending legislation and receive testimony on four bills.
Using digitized records and newspaper clippings, researchers pieced together the history of the Genoa U.S. Indian Industrial School, a government-run institution that closed in 1934.
The Aanjibimaadizing, a program of the Mille Lacs Band, is committed to keeping Indigenous language thriving.
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