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Montana State University will host an Indigenous storytelling event focused on the role horse painting has historically played for tribes.
Promises of federal funding remain just that – promises – for smaller tribes for whom the money is inaccessible because of bureaucratic and financial hurdles.
You never know what spirits you might summon when you whistle in the darkness.
Boo — only 18 days until funding for Indian Country programs runs out.
Sara Hill’s nomination is exciting for Cherokee Nation and all of Indian Country, and not only because it is a historic milestone.
What’s on The Menu at Native America Calling? A new cookbook, a new cafe and a new spotlight on a catering business.
Celebrated singer and songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie is still in doubt about her origins in a new statement issued in advance of a Canadian documentary that explores her ever-shifting Native identity claims.
A Canadian news documentary focuses on the Native identity claims of one of the most celebrated performers in entertainment history.
The Tohono O’odham Nation issued missing persons bulletins for two tribal citizens who were last seen at the Arizona State Fair.
The Louisiana Purchase ushered in Manifest Destiny, the Indian Removal Act and other actions that favored European settlement at the expense of Native peoples.
Space explorers, hip-hop musicians, artists, and housing activists are among the diverse list of characters who make up season two of the PBS series “Native America.”
Did you know you can feature your job in the NAFOA newsletter and on the NAFOA website?
We believe that access to the best care possible is a right, not a privilege, and we especially want to make this a reality for the men and women who have bravely served our country.
Tribes are getting their applications in for funds from the second round of the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program.
Declaring Washington “broken,” four-term Rep. Debbie Lesko (R-Arizona) made the surprise announcement that she will not seek reelection in 2024.
Teachers, librarians, authors, and literary advocates are struggling to keep books about Native issues in public classrooms and libraries.
The Picayune Rancheria of the Chukchansi Indians is donating more than $15,000 to support the Fresno American Indian Health Project and the Fresno Veterans Administration Medical Center.
Sara E. Hill, the former attorney general of the Cherokee Nation, is making history as a nominee to the federal bench.
Native physicians and public health advocates are looking at ways to recruit more medical professionals and train them on culturally-grounded methods to help improve Native patient outcomes.
The Department of Education has awarded more than $10 million in grants to support Native languages, Native teachers and Native students.
Debates over what “mapping” means show how Indigenous communities still have to advocate for and defend their cartographic methods in order to uphold their connections to the land.
Government records shed new light on how state opposition hindered tribes from claiming their rightful shares of the Colorado River.
The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe is making history with a new housing project in the state of New York.
The nonprofit ICT opened a news bureau in Montana in 2023 to focus on Native issues.
Arizona regulators have finalized long-awaited rules that allow expanded access to over-the-counter hormonal contraceptives for women over age 18 in the state.
A new PBS documentary called “The American Buffalo” chronicles the history of the buffalo – from its sacred connection to tribes to its almost complete demise.
The Coalition of Large Tribes is hosting a training session to address the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous people.
At the center of all life is water. But, for wildlife in the hot deserts of Arizona, finding it isn’t so easy.
Jonathan Nez, a former president of the Navajo Nation, is running for Congress in one of the most Native-populated districts in the United States.
We’re already looking forward to the next conference. Be sure to save the date!
A New Mexico man is accused of a near fatal shooting and an assault at a Native-led protest on Pueblo homelands.
Language has always been essential to our culture as Cherokee people, as it serves as the unbroken chain connecting us to our ancestors.
More teachers and administrators are turning to trauma-informed practices in the classroom.
Join Native America Calling to shine a light on some of the tribal traditions surrounding the partial solar eclipse.
For the past six months, the nation has been undergoing an “unwinding,” as millions of Americans who were enrolled in Medicaid during COVID-19 are being disenrolled.
Tribes must be included “from the very beginning” of the redistricting process in order to ensure American Indian and Alaska Native voices are heard at the polls.
Speaking a Native language is one thing. Reading and writing it often takes another level of effort.
The U.S. Army finalized its sixth disinterment project, returning four Native children to their families.
In “The Unknown Country,” starring Lily Gladstone, a young Native woman goes on a thought-provoking road trip.
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. It’s also the 29th anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act.
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