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Tim Giago wore many hats in his long, eventful life. He was a son, a brother, an uncle, a grandfather, a sailor, a poet, a businessman, an entrepreneur, a talk show host, a journalist, an editor, an author, and a publisher.
The U.S. government is in a state of “moral paralysis” on the recurrence of mass shootings.
Heat, COVID and monkeypox are all health threats that are looming this summer.
Landowners from the Fort Belknap Indian Community have until August 12 to accept offers from the Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations.
Uplifting voices and opportunities from our community members and partners.
The Cherokee Nation Film Office has continued to break barriers and bring significant transformations to Indian Country.
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.
The House Subcommittee on Indigenous Peoples of the United States holds a legislative hearing on H.R.5549, the Indian Health Service Advance Appropriations Act.
The son of a single mother on Isleta Pueblo, Miguel Trujillo became an important figure in civil rights history.
The Republican governor of South Dakota has once again been turned away in court over efforts to set off fireworks in the sacred Black Hills.
Pope Francis, the leader of the Catholic Church, delivers remarks at Maskwacis Park in Alberta, Canada.
The House Committee on Natural Resources meets for a markup on H.R.2021, the Environmental Justice For All Act.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs holds an oversight hearing titled “Select Provisions of the 1866 Reconstruction Treaties between the United States and Oklahoma Tribes.”
Today on Native America Calling, Shawn Spruce remembers the Native ’90s as part of the “Through The Decades” series.
Among racial and ethnic groups, Native people face the highest rates of suicide in the United States.
The Oklahoma Indian Gaming Association is getting ready for its conference and trade show.
Advocates for eliminating blood quantum say it’s necessary to ensure future generations of thriving tribal culture.
Religious communities, bishops and popes were variously complicit in a system that dispossessed Indigenous peoples and cruelly oppressed their children at Native residential schools.
The founder of modern Indian journalism has passed on. Tim Giago was 88 years old.
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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.
Whatever our disagreements may be today, nothing compares to what divided the Cherokee people 183 years ago.
Jim Thorpe, from the Sac and Fox Nation, was the first Native person to win gold medals for the United States.
Indian Country’s most celebrated chef is facing calls for greater accountability after hiring a domestic violence offender.
Participating in governing is a time honored and sacred tradition in our Indigenous communities.
A number of Native artists are among those perfecting the growing trend of public murals.
Since tribes are sovereign nations, with their own laws, could they offer abortion services on their lands within states that may soon outlaw abortion?
Getting access to Colorado River water is “the only feasible solution” for the Hualapai Tribe, Chairman Damon Clarke said.
Voters of the Red Lake Nation returned Darrell G. Seki, Sr. to the chairman’s position in a run-off election.
Pope Francis is set to visit with First Nations leaders again, this time on their own homelands.
When a person’s heritage originates from several different tribes and ethnicities, I often wonder how one decides to identify themselves.
“IndigenEyes: Contemporary Native American Art of the Rocky Mountain West” represents a collaboration between Montana State University and the Little Shell Chippewa Tribe.
As the retrograde Supreme Court has taken steps back in time, it has struck a reactionary blow against the tribal sovereignty of this land’s Indigenous nations.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs holds a legislative hearing on three bills on July 20, 2022.
Join Native America Calling for the next installment of a new series called “Through the Decades.” This time, it’s the 1980s!
Native America Calling takes us out to the ballgame as a Cherokee Nation citizen heads into an All-Star game.
Three young Indigenous people died under mysterious circumstances in Prince Rupert in British Columbia. The investigations into their deaths were inadequate.
The legacy of colonialism continues to exist in 2022 through this most recent action by the U.S. Supreme Court to deny Native — and all — women the right to body sovereignty.
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