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The scourge of slavery was an unfortunate reality for Indigenous people in the history of North America.
The House Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States is getting back to work with a legislative hearing.
Elders are already at risk for isolation. The COVID-19 pandemic only worsens the problem.
A Native woman is speaking out after a video showing her confronting Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Arizona) has drawn millions of views, and sparked outrage, on social media.
“There are probably few American Indians that haven’t been touched by MMIW,” said Patricia Hibbeler, chief executive officer for the Phoenix Indian Center.
NAFOA values our community—thank you for being a part of it.
The opioid crisis affected every facet of Cherokee society, including our economy, our health system, our schools and our families.
Newly discovered fossilized human footprints issue another blow to the conventional scientific theory about when humans came to North America.
The U.S. Senate voted 50-45 to approve the nomination of Tracy Stone-Manning to lead the Bureau of Land Management.
The nation’s highest court is running into snags that have plagued other institutions grappling with the ongoing health crisis.
Hundreds of years ago, Point Spencer served as a traditional meeting point and trading market for Native peoples along the Bering Sea.
A prominent Republican tried to derail the nomination of Bob Anderson to serve as the Solicitor at the Department of the Interior.
Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s refusal to back the Biden administration’s $3.5 trillion social and clean-energy spending package has made her a target.
Native America Calling will talk about the origins and science that made its way into the historical and contemporary culinary traditions.
The loss of an Indigenous woman’s life is all too familiar in our communities.
Violence against Indigenous women is preventable and will end when Indian Nations have the full authority of self-government.
“We serve a lot of families on the Crow Reservation, and last year they were hit harder than anybody,” said a funeral home owner.
“My life has completely changed over the past year,” Kristin Urquiza said of the loss of her father to COVID-19.
Pearline Kirk, the former controller for the Navajo Nation, is accused of using her position to defraud the tribe out of $3 million in COVID-19 funds.
Multidisciplinary artists like Preston Singletary are drawing inspiration and support from their culture and each other to keep their creativity thriving.
The latest wave of COVID-19 cases, coupled with a shortage of health care workers, has stretched Montana’s emergency care system increasingly thin.
The education system needs to help teachers address, repair and heal education towards and beyond reconciliation.
The Cherokee Nation announced a $75 million settlement in a lawsuit filed against opioid manufacturers.
September’s Book of the Month is a creative effort that showcases work by Native artists and stimulates the brain, providing entertainment in the process.
Joy Harjo, the first Native woman to serve as the nation’s poet laureate, has begun her historic third term — an honor previously bestowed only once.
New projections show that Lake Mead and Lake Powell could reach “critically low reservoir elevations” sooner than expected, spurring experts to say that “bold actions” will be needed to change course.
The Treaty of Bird’s Fort was the result of years of conflict and bloodshed between Native nations and the onrushing tide of settlers who later called themselves Texans.
Land stewardship is at the core of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, also known as ANCSA.
“How are non-Native people playing on our land? Are they being respectful?” asks Adesbah Foguth, a tribal park ranger.
Alaska Native corporations are figuring out how to distribute the funds more than a year after the CARES Act lawsuit started.
When I opened an office of my newspaper in Rapid City back in the 1980s one of my frequent visitors was Lloyd Goings.
Today we continue the fight for our rights, until everyone in Indian Country can freely cast their ballot.
After two years, we’re excited to see our community in person.
This year marks the 50th Anniversary of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, also known as ANCSA.
The documentary film Alaskan Nets follows the quest by a pair of athletes from Alaska’s only reservation.
Experts say intergenerational trauma, dating to the colonization of North America, adds to the problem of child sexual abuse in Indian Country.
A planned hunt of bison in the Grand Canyon appears to be moving forward despite last-minute pleas to relocate the animals to safety.
“Water is a sacred resource, and water rights are crucial to ensuring the health, safety and empowerment of Tribal communities,” said Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland.
Native people are over-represented in the number of people with disabilities.
“Where are you, Senator Sinema, now that we need you?” asked activist Dolores Huerta.
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