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Black Hills Land Defenders
As the political landscape changes, the LandBack movement gathers momentum as never before.

Native America Calling NAC
Generational trauma is woven into the fabric of Native life.

Elizabeth Fowler
It’s been a year since Joe Biden took office as president of the United States and he has yet to name a permanent leader of the Indian Health Service.

Native America Calling NAC
“Australia Day” marks the start of colonial oppression of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.


Virginia Timmons, Lorena Butler
We are at a crossroads in United States and Indigenous history.

Cherokee Nation Film Office
The Cherokee Nation is launching a program to provide up to $1 million in incentives for productions filmed on the tribe’s reservation.

Native America Calling NAC
Hawaii is a major vacation destination — and that’s a problem, according to Native Hawaiians who are fed up with the relentless invasion of visitors.

Cherokee Nation
Cherokee Nation families deserve emergency responders who can always bring rapid care in a crisis.

NAFOA
NAFOA looks out for our community — help us grow by forwarding this newsletter!

Corinne Perera
A social media figure who built a following by creating “Native” content is backing away from her tribal affiliation claims.

Native America Calling NAC
Support programs can help Native students pay for and cope with the rigors of graduate school.

Cherokee Nation
The highest court in the land has added another Indian law case to its docket, taking up a contentious sovereignty dispute that pits tribal nations against the state of Oklahoma.

Greg Gianforte
Tribal representatives weren’t at the table when top state officials discussed how to improve handling of human trafficking cases.

Tim Giago
Richard “Sonny” Torres loved to give people nicknames.

Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians
The Little Shell Tribal Health Clinic is slated to open roughly two years after the tribal nation achieved its long-sought federal recognition.

Montana Wilson
Montana Wilson leads a life defined by education and helping others.

Sovereign Table
“Sovereign Table” explores the concepts, challenges and opportunities of the food sovereignty movement in Montana.

Long Line of Ladies
The Sundance Film Festival features a wide range of films from Native creators.

Foundation for America’s Public Lands
Secretary Deb Haaland announces the Foundation for America’s Public Lands on January 19, 2022.

Guadalupe, Arizona
A mix of stigma, misinformation and bad accounting let COVID-19 run rampant through a small town that is home to a large number of Yaqui people.

Clyde Bellecourt
Clyde Bellecourt was a founder of the American Indian Movement. He passed away at the age of 85.

Indigenous Futures
Native America Calling will review the contributions of the Indigenous Futures project and get a look at what else is in store.

Cynthia Chavez Lamar
A Native woman is making history as the new leader of the National Museum of the American Indian.

Clyde Bellecourt
Clyde Bellecourt is among the handful of true giants of the American Indian Movement.

Deb Haaland
Infrastructure and public safety in Indian Country are on the agenda as the Biden administration engages with tribal nations.

NAFOA
The countdown to NAFOA’s 40th Annual Conference is on!

Selso Villegas
Native people are 1.8 times as likely as white Americans to be booked into jail in Pima County, Arizona.

Cherokee Nation
Without doubt, the Cherokee Nation is home to one of the best and most creative language departments in the world.

Native America Calling NAC
Native America Calling will talk about some steps you can take to get yourself financially ready for 2022.

National Indian Impacted Schools Association
A bipartisan bill that will help school districts with Indian Country students preserve their Impact Aid funding is set to clear the 117th Congress.

Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial
Dr. Martin Luther King often included Native people in his push to end racial oppression and segregationist policies.

U.S. Supreme Court
With COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations reaching a new record high, the U.S. Supreme Court put the Biden administration’s vaccine-or-test mandate for large employers on hold, while litigation continues over its legality.

Navajo Nation
Many tribal nations did not have the broadband access needed to apply for the funding that would let them improve broadband access, the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs was told.

Native America Calling NAC
Join Native America Calling to get tips from the pros about what it takes to be a face in the movie crowd.

Indian Health Service Buy Indian Act
The Indian Health Service is expanding opportunities for Indian-owned businesses with a new rule for the Buy Indian Act.

Sophie Sergie
A trial has opened into the long-unsolved case of Sophie Sergie, an Alaska Native woman who was killed at the age of 20 nearly three decades ago.

Lumbee Tribe
A supporter of federal recognition for the Lumbee Tribe made a special presentation during a hearing on Capitol Hill.

Nooksack 306
The Nooksack Tribe’s efforts to expel 306 former citizens has reached a breaking point again.

Aaron Payment
Aaron Payment, the prominent leader of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, is losing his national positions after being censured by his board of directors.