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This year, the Native Cinema Showcase at the National Museum of the American Indian features 35 films from six different countries.
The nation’s largest inter-tribal advocacy organization is at a major crossroads as it celebrates a milestone anniversary.
Tribes are working to reduce the spread of chronic wasting disease, a fatal neurological disorder that affects deer, elk, and other big game animals.
As Head Start approaches its 60th year, federal funding for the pre-kindergarten program remains well short of the need in Indian Country and beyond.
After reaching out to Cherokee leaders and citizens, the museum on the home of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians re-launched with a new name and purpose.
The nation’s largest inter-tribal advocacy organization is marking a milestone event with an election of new leaders and debate on a controversial issue.
A state-recognized tribe is not an Indian tribe. And a member of one of these groups is not an Indian.
Is the state of Louisiana making it more difficult for local groups to gain state recognition? Check in with Native America Calling.
Parades and powwows are gearing up to honor Native veterans around the country.
Native activists are speaking out in solidarity with Palestine as the United States supports Israel’s right to defend itself.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hosts an oversight hearing titled, “Fentanyl in Native Communities: Native Perspectives on Addressing the Growing Crisis” on November 8, 2023.
Wilma Mankiller, who was the first woman to lead the Cherokee Nation, is once again making history, this time on toy shelves.
Buffy Sainte-Marie’s stated connections to any tribe in Canada or the United States appear to be completely made up. What’s next?
Through the Inflation Reduction Act, the U.S. Forest Service will receive $5 billion over 10 years, including $1.8 billion that will be used to increase forest treatments in Western states.
The Institute of American Indian Arts is getting ready for its 2023 holiday art market in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
With only eight weeks left in the year, members of Congress certainly have our work cut out for us
Eleven days left until appropriations funding runs out for Indian Country programs.
With more than 11,000 active patients, Cherokee Nation operates the country’s largest Special Diabetes Program for Indians.
“This victory is long overdue,” lead plaintiff Leslie Wilkie Peltier (Turtle Mountain Chippewa) said of a $59 million trust settlement with the United States.
A national commission of federal and tribal experts is calling for a “Decade of Action and Healing” to help address the crisis of missing, murdered and trafficked people in Indian Country.
The work of the legendary Apache artist Allan Haozous (Houser) is being honored as search engine giant Google celebrates Native American Heritage Month.
The increase in unprecedented damage from wildfires knows no boundaries and international Indigenous fire management experts see global participation as a solution.
The leader of the Tohono O’odham said construction of a border wall on his tribe’s territory has caused irreversible damage.
Since time immemorial, the Kuskokwim River in Alaska has fed Native families. But years of failed salmon runs are threatening their lives and livelihoods.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is heading to Alaska for a field hearing and listening session.
The National Congress of American Indians is speaking out after a Republican lawmaker made derogatory remarks about Native people.
A non-Native in Alaska refuses to abide by a tribal court order to turn a Native foster child over to the girl’s family members.
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.”
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