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From seafood to information technology to staffing consultation, tribes are finding additional markets in foreign countries.
The Bureau of Indian Affairs has finalized changes to federal probate regulations that are aimed at streamlining the process.
As of December 4, only 17.8% of pregnant people in the U.S. were fully vaccinated, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The competition is stiff in the gaming business and it is not going to get any easier for tribes.
I raise my coffee cup to Lakota elders who taught me so much.
Tribal leaders are welcoming the historic nomination of Sunshine Suzanne Sykes, a citizen of the Navajo Nation, to the federal bench.
A deadline is fast approaching for the Biden administration to live up to its promise to improve the federal government’s relationship with tribes and their citizens.
“The Diné Reader: An Anthology of Navajo Literature” brings together many voices to speak about the life and culture of the Diné Nation.
Families nationwide may have seen the last – for now – payment under an expanded child tax credit program that advocates say has been a “game changer” for low-income families.
Secretary Deb Haaland addresses the Alaska Federation of Natives annual convention on December 14, 2021.
The National Park Service has a permanent leader for the first time in five years and it’s a historic one thanks to President Joe Biden.
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic continues to make global headlines and require constant vigilance by tribal health officials.
President Joe Biden continues to make history with his judicial nominations, announcing another Native woman to serve on the federal bench.
Vanita Gupta, the Associate Attorney General at the Department of Justice, addresses the Alaska Federation of Natives on December 14, 2021.
At least 44 percent of Native caregivers surveyed say they are the only person available to tend to their loved one.
“Native people are resilient, resourceful, kind, and most of all hopeful,” a sign on the Navajo Nation reads.
Native America Calling will look back at 2021 from an Indigenous perspective.
The all-Native “Reservation Dogs” is up for a major television award after its debut season.
Our “5 Things” Newsletter gives you the info you need to start your week well!
The court order temporarily bars a COVID-19 vaccine requirement for federal workers in Montana and nationwide.
There is a growing movement to identify and call-out people who have fraudulently held positions by claiming indigeneity like Cheyanne Turions, Joseph Boyden, Michelle Latimer and Carrie Bourassa.
In our mission to save the Cherokee language, we cannot and we will not fail.
“It’s like the heart of the Navajo Nation here,” coach Francine McCurtain says of basketball on the largest reservation in the United States.
Leadership, initiative, dedication. Those are the three words inscribed on the National Center for American Indian Economic Development’s 40 Under 40 badge.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs holds an oversight hearing titled “Restoring Justice: Addressing Violence in Native Communities through VAWA Title IX Special Jurisdiction” on December 8, 2021.
Growing up on the Navajo Nation, Ahsaki Baa LaFrance-Chachere says she could not have guessed she would one day open the first Native luxury cosmetics storefront.
Academic studies continue to find much higher rates of brain injuries among Native people than any other group.
A draft discussion of legislation to help tribes protect Native women has been released by the leaders of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs.
Indian Country is making another push to restore tribal jurisdiction over non-Indians who commit violence in their communities.
Native America Calling will talk with Indigenous scholars about acceptance and recognition of Indigenous knowledge and science in academia in light of so many past efforts to suppress them.
Districts with predominantly Native voters are targets as states start redrawing boundaries.
Leo Killsback, associate professor at Montana State University, has won the Western History Association’s 2021 Donald Fixico Book Award for his two-volume history of the Cheyenne Nation.
Republican state officials have succeeded in blocking a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers.
Oak Flat, a sacred Apache place in Arizona, faces desecration from a large copper mine.
She had a bright voice like liquid gold, a luminous heart and a magnetic smile. Joanne Shenandoah-Tekaliwakwa was a multi-talented musician, humanitarian and matriarch.
As soon as Jo entered the room, I knew with certainty we would marry, but she did not.
The Cherokee Nation has always prioritized education.
Militarization of the Hawaiian islands have had deep and pervasive effects on the culture and sovereignty of Kanaka Maoli.
“Preserving Native languages is fundamental to preserving all aspects of tribal cultures and traditions,” said Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bryan Newland.
The U.S. House of Representatives meets on December 1, 2021, to consider Indian Country legislation.
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