From flu season to cuts at the Indian Health Service, tune in to get a gauge of the current threats to the health of Native people.
Greenland hasn’t had this much attention from America since the William Taft Administration. Where are the voices of the Inuit people?
For Cherokees, agriculture has always been more than another industry.
The House Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs holds a legislative hearing on February 5, 2025.
The House Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs is taking up four tribal bills at its first hearing of the 119th Congress.
Native people already have the highest uninsured rate among homeowners. Changes in the industry could make it even worse.
The Department of the Interior, the federal agency with the most trust and treaty responsibilities in Indian Country, officially has a new leader.
For centuries, the Cherokee people have lived by the principle of Gadugi — the idea that everyone helps each other by working together.
The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation are exercising their treaty rights.
A TV show with a Mohawk chef, a Native cookbook for kids and a change in power in federal government are on The Menu.
“It is time for the state to take repatriation seriously,” said Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs (D).
The new administration of President Donald Trump continues to send conflicting messages about a controversial freeze on federal funds, resulting in ongoing uncertainty for tribal nations.
President Donald Trump’s sudden freeze on federal funds rattled tribes and Indian organizations that depend on the trust and treaty relationship.
Before taking office this week, President Donald Trump promised swift and decisive actions. How are Native people being affected?
The legislative panel with jurisdiction over Indian issues is meeting for the first time in the 119th Congress.
U.S. presidents have used the Antiquities Act to protect sacred and important tribal sites. The law is once again under attack with Donald Trump in office.
The city of Nashville granted a request to change the name of Cumberland Park to Wasioto Park in honor of Indigenous history in Tennessee.
President-elect Donald Trump has promised to issue at least 100 executive orders on his first day in office. How will Indian Country be affected?
Wildfires have killed at least 24 people and destroyed thousands of homes in southern California. Tribes and urban Indian organizations are stepping up.
A newcomer is leading the House subcommittee with jurisdiction over Indian issues.
Members of the U.S. Senate are busy with confirmation hearings for a number of president-elect Donald Trump’s nominees. Here’s the schedule.
The Republican-led Senate is busy with a slew of confirmation hearings for Donald Trump’s nominees — including one of the most consequential for Indian Country.
The Department of Interior awarded grants to help tribal communities prepare for climate-related threats on their homelands.
Despite a lack of interest from the energy industry, Republicans from Alaska think president-elect Donald Trump will help them open Arctic lands to development.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs has a new chair for the 119th Congress now that Republicans are in control of the chamber.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is resigning after nearly 10 years in office. What is his legacy among Indigenous peoples?
The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians is starting off the new year with a new government-to-government agreement.
The 119th Congress is scheduled to begin on January 3, 2025, with both chambers of the legislative branch of the U.S. government coming under Republican control.
What’s on The Menu? Join Native America Calling for the last food show of 2024, hosted by Andi Murphy.
Rebecca Jim was a school counselor when she witnessed Tar Creek in Oklahoma run orange with pollution.
Another batch of Indian Country bills is making its way through the 118th Congress, with only about a week left for tribal nations to see success.
A bill to protect the Ocmulgee Mounds in Georgia is making progress in Congress.
Tribal leaders and federal officials participate in a panel titled “Investing In Indian Country” at the 2024 White House Tribal Nations Summit.
“We are still here,” the first Native person to serve in a presidential cabinet said at the fourth and final White House Tribal Nations Summit of the Joe Biden era.
Respect for Tribal Nations is a cornerstone of the Biden-Harris Administration’s policies for Indian Country, the White House said.
The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians announced $1 million in grants to support recovery, conservation, and wildfire prevention efforts throughout California.
The Oneida Indian Nation has reclaimed the remains of seven ancestors who were being held by the Peabody Museum in Massachusetts.
Arizona State Museum is still not in compliance with NAGPRA, more than three decades after repatriation became the law.
The proposed Maah Daah Hey National Monument would protect sacred lands in North Dakota.
The Canadian government apologized to the Inuit people of Nunavik for the mass killing of sled dogs in Quebec.
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