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The newly-signed Inflation Reduction Act will bring more than $720 million to American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian communities, according to the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs.
The Advisory Committee on Reconciliation in Place Names will address racist and derogatory terms across the country.
A Native voting rights lawsuit led by Western Native Voice and four tribal governments is underway in Montana.
Citizens of the Oglala Sioux Tribe overwhelmingly voted to legalize recreational and medical marijuana on their homelands.
Elvis Presley’s profound popularity continues to resonate with many Native music fans.
The nation’s oldest and largest inter-tribal advocacy organization has “parted ways” with its highest-ranking employee, who had been on the job for barely a year.
Federal and state abortion restrictions have been interfering with tribal sovereignty for years.
The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians is welcoming new members to its governing body.
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A long-running political, legal and environmental dispute over a copper mine on sacred Apache land in Arizona shows no signs of ending anytime soon.
We have a responsibility to step up for our farmers and ranchers in their time of need.
There’s a new surge of efforts to ban books by Native authors and other works that challenge colonial conventional wisdom.
Tribes are among those helping to protect the monarch butterfly, for both cultural and environmental reasons.
The Biden administration is working to improve high-speed internet in American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian communities.
U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Michael A. Noline was killed in action in Operation Desert Storm.
For the first time in a century, Native people have a voice in how a massive collection of pottery is treated.
The tribal casino industry has rebounded dramatically despite the ongoing challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, with revenues reaching a record high.
A film crew follows an Inuit and Gwich’in hunter as he builds a traditional Inuvialuit log cabin off the grid.
Tim Giago left an indelible mark on journalism that can never be erased.
Many times over the past 30 years, Tim Giago shared the story behind the founding of Native American Day in South Dakota.
A report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention paints a distressing increase in overdose deaths among Native people.
Dawn Walker has been accused of faking her disappearance and that of her child in a case that attracted widespread attention in Canada.
President Jonathan Nez of the Navajo Nation has a new running mate as he seeks a second term in office. His rival, meanwhile, made a historic announcement of his own.
Democrats are claiming an election season achievement with the passage of a massive bill that includes hundreds of millions of dollars in climate and energy investments in Indian Country.
No Native entity knows the answers and to truly heal we need our children returned to our homes.
NAFOA supports all parts of our community — from students to executive leaders.
All families deserve to live in safety and dignity, without fear of losing their homes.
A group of Native tennis enthusiasts formed their own organization 50 years ago and it’s grown into a collection of competitions, youth tennis camps and regular recreational meet-ups.
The 100th anniversary of the Gallup Intertribal Ceremonial in New Mexico was marred by violence after a car drove into the crowd and parade, causing injuries and wreaking havoc on the opening day of the highly-anticipated event.
“Prey” features Native talent and the Comanche language. It’s now streaming on Hulu.
A new documentary applies a wide-angle lens to a personal story of adoption and assimilation of an Indian child.
The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi is mourning the loss of Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-Indiana) and two of her staffers who were killed in a car crash.
For Native students, attending college is more than just their own personal achievement.
How has another year of COVID-19 affected the Indian gaming industry? We will soon find out with new revenue figures.
The city of Gallup, New Mexico, is marking 100 years of celebrating the region’s Indigenous culture with events like a parade and traditional song and dance.
There’s a widespread and growing mental health crisis among U.S. teachers – a problem so grim that many are leaving the field.
Domestic violence experienced by Native people is an extension of the harmful effects of colonization.
The Cherokee Nation, Chickasaw Nation, Choctaw Nation, Muscogee Nation and Seminole Nation signed treaties that include provisions addressing formerly enslaved persons in their territories.
It has my honor and privilege to be associated with Tim Giago for 17 years.
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