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With Native people incarcerated at the highest rates in the U.S., what should you do when you encounter law enforcement?
The U.S. House of Representatives is set to approve two bills of interest in Indian Country.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is hosting its first hearing of 2024.
To survive and thrive, Cherokee must grow beyond the classroom, into our daily interactions and the fabric of our lives.
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Tribal communities are on the frontlines of a push to create new, domestic sources for lithium.
Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema raised a fraction of what her leading challengers brought in in the last quarter of 2023, raising new questions about her chances in what could be a bruising, three-way race.
New regulations for the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act are prompting museums to pull some items from public display.
Two of the newest National Book Award winners reinterpret conventional views of their homelands through their unique, Indigenous lenses.
Read a transcript of remarks from Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) about the Native American Graves Protection Act and Repatriation Act.
Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) delivers remarks on the Native American Graves Protection Act and Repatriation Act on February 1, 2024.
The Bureau of Indian Education has launched a 24/7 behavioral health and wellness call line for students and staff.
N. Scott Momaday was a literary force. The groundbreaking Kiowa author died on January 24, 2024, at the age of 89.
The Biden administration was a no-show at a hearing called to examine the future of land consolidation efforts in Indian Country.
The House Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs holds an oversight hearing on January 30, 2024.
Soup, sharp knives and nominations for Native-owned businesses are on The Menu, a regular food feature from Native America Calling.
Tribes and advocates are in a constant battle against human trafficking that disproportionately affects Native people and people of color.
Don’t Forget: Applications for Leading People And Investing To Build Sustainable Communities Program (LPIBSC) due this week.
Cherokee minds can change the world. That’s been true throughout our history, and it’s just as true today.
Native families stand to benefit from a child tax credit that’s still under consideration in Congress. What else is new in tax season?
This month marks 30 years since the Zapatista Army of National Liberation attracted worldwide attention with their rebel uprising in demand of Indigenous rights in Mexico.
After 10 years and more than $1.6 billion put in the hands of Indian Country, a successful program that was designed to address a harmful era in federal policy has finally come to a close.
Kansas City’s NFL team has weathered sustained pressure over its mascot and offensive behavior at games. Will it ever change?
The Biden administration’s renewable energy agenda is being tested in court with a lawsuit from tribes opposed to a $4 billion development that runs through their homelands.
The public, states, tribes, the scientific community and other stakeholders are invited to weigh in on a grizzly bear reintroduction plan.
The Ute Tribe is banning non-members from engaging in hunting, fishing and other outdoor recreational activities on its lands in Utah.
In the 51 years since the U.S. Supreme Court recognized – and then reversed – federal abortion protections, advocates and opponents have fought constantly over reproductive rights.
Tribal cultural resources are being threatened by growing demand for renewable energy projects.
The Osage Nation is celebrating a major milestone for a film that shares an otherwise difficult time in the tribe’s history.
Artists like Fritz Scholder and T.C. Cannon are among the masters who inspired new generations of Native artists to express their stories and images through printmaking.
Tribes and Native entities have more time to submit applications for the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program, a national initiative to improve high-speed internet access on Native lands.
Last call for #NAFOA2024 Session Proposals!
The New Mexico Indian Affairs Department has entered the new year with new leadership following controversy in 2023.
Cherokee Nation is working toward the day when no child ever has to wonder where their next meal is coming from, and no parent ever has to worry that they can’t provide healthy nutrition for their kids.
Congress will have until early March to finish work it was supposed to complete last fall under a bill approved with broad bipartisan support.
The federal government is soliciting input on a plan to open public lands to new solar projects.
The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether the federal government continues to shortchange tribes when it comes to funding health care contracts.
In 2020, more than 18% of people on tribal lands lacked access to broadband, compared with about 4% in non-tribal areas.
“I have never heard of a more brutal, cold-blooded massacre than at Wounded Knee,” an Army general wrote of the killings of more than 400 Lakota people on December 29, 1890.
As dangerously bitter winter weather takes hold of the country, efforts to help unsheltered Native people face closure.
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