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.
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.
Join Native America Calling to shine a light on some of the tribal traditions surrounding the partial solar eclipse.
Henry Boucha (Ojibwe) served as an inspiration for many Native hockey athletes and fans. He passed away on September 18, 2023, at the age of 72.
Criminal charges have been laid against three family members who lied about being indigenous for personal and monetary gain.
As the hottest summer on record winds down, join Native America Calling to get an assessment of what Native emergency management officials view as the path ahead.
A quarry in Minnesota has been a reliable source for the stone used in ceremonial pipes for dozens of tribes throughout the central U.S. and Canada.
A Native man from Canada who dedicated his life to economic development in Indigenous communities was killed in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The Native American Journalists Association announced changes in leadership following the resignation of the board president.
Efforts to strengthen and improve the Indian Arts and Crafts Act are coming amid criminal cases and renewed claims to Native identities.
Native-owned galleries and organizations are working to ensure Native artists get full value for their works.
The International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity warns Indigenous priorities may not be heard or heeded at the COP15 UN Biodiversity Conference.
Cedar is an important part of many tribal cultures.
Forty years after four brothers first came together as Northern Cree, they are releasing their first fully self-published and owned record.
Today on Native America Calling, Shawn Spruce talks with Indigenous female powerlifters about what draws them to the sport and what keeps them going.
The Łutsël K’é Dene First Nation has protected Thaidene Nëné under their own law since time immemorial.
A scholar who has made a name for herself in Native food sovereignty has vowed to stop claiming to be of “Mohawk/Mi’kmaq descent” despite doing so for decades.
A group of Inuit teenage girls face off against murderous aliens that inhabit the bodies of people and animals in a new film.
The lack of baseline data on the scale and scope of Indigenous involvement in agriculture continues to be an obstacle to effective engagement of Indigenous communities.
A new documentary tackles a topic that continues to generate controversy. Why are so many people claiming to be Indian?
Many Canadians are coming to terms with the nation’s history of schooling and settler colonialism.
Richard Thasriwasatse Oakes changed our culture, our politics, our economies.
Indigenous leaders are among those reflecting on the legacy of Queen Elizabeth II.
A film crew follows an Inuit and Gwich’in hunter as he builds a traditional Inuvialuit log cabin off the grid.
Dawn Walker has been accused of faking her disappearance and that of her child in a case that attracted widespread attention in Canada.
No Native entity knows the answers and to truly heal we need our children returned to our homes.
The pictures of Pope Francis wearing a headdress spurred controversy across the globe — and across social media.
Today on Native America Calling, Andi Murphy hosts the Indigenous food show The Menu.
Pope Francis, the leader of the Catholic Church, delivers remarks at Maskwacis Park in Alberta, Canada.
Religious communities, bishops and popes were variously complicit in a system that dispossessed Indigenous peoples and cruelly oppressed their children at Native residential schools.
One of the intents of the Canadian and U.S. governments in creating the boarding-residential schools was to alienate indigenous people from their ancestral lands.
Nothing will be done for us without us. No one may speak on our behalf without our express approval.
Pope Francis is set to visit with First Nations leaders again, this time on their own homelands.
Three young Indigenous people died under mysterious circumstances in Prince Rupert in British Columbia. The investigations into their deaths were inadequate.
The government of Canada will pay $20 billion dollars to Indigenous children and their families following a historic settlement.
The Haudenosaunee Nationals women’s team is on a winning streak at the World Lacrosse games.
For many in Canada, #LandBack means taking back positions as stewards of the land and bringing balance to the community.
An all-Native send-up of the musical turned hit movie “Grease” is connecting with audiences across Turtle Island.
If you know the names Brian Trottier, Reggie Leach, and Theo Fleury, you are a hockey fan.
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