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Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
A Listening Session on “The ARTIST Act: Updating the Indian Arts and Crafts Act”
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hosts a listening session on updating the Indian Arts and Crafts Act.
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Native America Calling: Is Twitter worth the trade-off?
Twitter is one of the social media outlets that help individuals connect with each other — but is it worth it for Native users?
NAFOA
NAFOA opens annual economic development conference in nation’s capital
More than 800 tribal leaders and finance professional in Indian Country are in the nation’s capital for NAFOA’s 41st annual conference.
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hosts listening session for Indian Arts and Crafts Act
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is seeking input on proposed updates to the Indian Arts and Crafts Act.
Lac du Flambeau
SCOTUSblog: A ‘simple’ Indian law case before the U.S. Supreme Court
The case is one of the simplest the justices will hear this year, because it involves no constitutional questions and, in truth, only the interpretation of a single phrase of a single statutory provision.
Chuck Hoskin Jr.
Chuck Hoskin: Cherokee Nation continues to rebuild its economy
The growth and prosperity of Cherokee Nation are an example of history repeating itself.
The STEAM Connection
Native America Calling: Robots help teach STEM and Native languages
Ojibwe inventor Danielle Boyer is on a quest to make technology more accessible to interested Native students.
New York State Education Department Building
New York bans use of Native mascots in public schools
Public schools in New York will no longer be allowed to use mascots, symbols or depictions of Native people.
Chelsea Fish
National American Indian Housing Council welcomes new executive director
The National American Indian Housing Council, the largest inter-tribal housing organization, is welcoming Chelsea E. Fish as its new executive director.
Mary Jane Oatman
Native America Calling: Tribal cannabis update from New York to Washington State
Tribes across the nation are exploring new economic development opportunities in places where cannabis is no longer prohibited by state law.
Deb Haaland
Fireworks as Secretary Haaland faces Republican critic on Capitol Hill
A Republican lawmaker who was unable to derail Deb Haaland’s historic rise to Secretary of the Interior had somewhat of a meltdown as he came face-to-face with the Native woman trailblazer.
ICT
ICT won’t post on Twitter due to ‘mistrust’ of social media platform
ICT, the news publication formerly known as Indian Country Today, will no longer be posting new content on Twitter.
‘It’s really meaningful to me’: Omaha Nation students visit site of former boarding school
The Genoa Indian Industrial School was one of the largest Indian boarding schools, drawing students from 40 tribal nations for half a century.
Native America Calling NAC
Native America Calling: Tribal gun laws
As Americans debate gun restrictions amid the mass shooting epidemic, a bill in Congress would make it easier for tribal citizens to acquire guns using only their tribal ID.
South Dakota Education Equity Coalition
Native America Calling: Erasing tribes in South Dakota schools
Tribal nations are opposing new South Dakota social studies standards that exclude them from history in the state.
Inter-Tribal Council of the Five Civilized Tribes
Tribal leaders urge Congress to protect Native artists from ‘fake tribes’
Efforts to strengthen the Indian Arts and Crafts Act are drawing widespread attention as tribes seek a major — and controversial — change to a law designed to protect Native artists from frauds.
Joseph T. Byrd
Leader of Quapaw Nation resigns amid recall effort
The Quapaw Nation will be electing a new chairman following the resignation of Joseph T. Byrd from the tribe’s top executive post.
Chuck Hoskin Jr.
Chuck Hoskin: Cherokee Nation continues to fight the opioid crisis
Access to telemedicine is a lifeline for many Cherokees, and we must protect it to keep up the fight against the opioid crisis.
MY Arctic Sunrise Arrives in Kingston, Jamaica
Native America Calling: Indigenous resistance to deep-sea mining
Researchers and environmental advocates don’t know much yet about mining minerals off the bottom of the ocean floor but the race is on for development.
Elizabeth Reese
New Native adviser set to join President Biden at White House
President Joe Biden is welcoming a new Native adviser to the White House, the third of his administration.
Narragansett Tribe
Brian Lightfoot Brown: Narragansett Tribe still fighting for its sovereignty
Forty years of federal recognition and the Narragansett people are still fighting for what’s rightfully ours.
A Promise Kept
Native America Calling: Assessing McGirt v. Oklahoma
After removal from their home and an arduous and deadly forced march, the Muscogee Nation arrived in Oklahoma with little more than a promise that they could revive and rebuild.
Royal Legacy: Honoring Miss Warm Springs Past and Present
Native America Calling: Reassessing the history of horses
A new study confirms many tribes’ oral histories that Native people utilized horses long before Europeans entered the picture.
White Earth Indian Reservation
White Earth Nation responds to verdict in sexual harassment case
The White Earth Nation says it is developing an ethics code after hearing a “litany of concerns” about a prominent figure who has benefited from the tribe’s name for more than three decades.
NAFOA
NAFOA: 5 Things You Need to Know this Week
NAFOA stays on top of the news so you always start your week informed and ready.
Chuck Hoskin Jr.
Chuck Hoskin: Cherokee Nation works to protect our artists
For too many generations, citizens of tribal nations around the country, including Cherokee Nation citizens, saw their language, their culture and their artistic expression suppressed and eroded by policies of the United States.
Kuskokwim River
Native America Calling: Alaska’s Donlin Gold Mine project
A proposed gold mine in southwest Alaska has been promising riches for investors and Alaska Native workers alike.
White Earth Land Recovery Project
‘Much history to record and more to make’: Winona LaDuke’s environmental efforts set to continue
From growing hemp to fighting pipelines, Winona LaDuke has launched a large number of organizations, businesses and initiatives. Here’s a look at some of her environmental efforts.
Winona LaDuke
‘I failed Molly Campbell’: Winona LaDuke says racism to blame for $750K verdict as board chair calls victim ‘white girl’
Disgraced environmental figure Winona LaDuke and her inner circle are striking a defiant tone as the organization she has led for 30 years seeks to recover from a $750,000 verdict in a sexual harassment and retaliation case.
Geewadin Elliott
Native man struck and killed during RES tribal economic development conference
A Native man from Canada who dedicated his life to economic development in Indigenous communities was killed in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Winona LaDuke
‘Deliberate disregard’: Honor The Earth liable in sexual harassment case
One of Indian Country’s most prominent environmental activists has been ordered to pay $750,000 to a former employee after being found liable for sexual harassment and retaliation in the workplace.
Pope Francis
Catholic Church repudiates legal doctrine used against tribal nations
The Catholic Church formally repudiated a religious doctrine that was used to justify the theft of lands from indigenous peoples in North America.

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