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“Where are you, Senator Sinema, now that we need you?” asked activist Dolores Huerta.
Mark your calendars. The White House Tribal Nations Summit is returning after a four-year absence.
Native America Calling visits with Navajo musician Klee Benally to find out why he’s calling out settler colonial order.
With early morning fanfare, a brand new day dawned in Arizona sports history with the first full day of legalized sports betting.
Indian boarding schools had a dramatic impact upon the lives of thousands of Native children.
Montana State University’s annual American Indian Heritage Day focuses on efforts to recover and return the remains of children who died at Indian boarding schools.
Our collective future is being written today by the investments we make in our youngest children.
American Indians and Alaska Natives are experiencing increases in food insecurity as the COVID-19 pandemic continues.
Native doctors and nurses are in short supply. How are more being recruited into the industry?
A long time ago on Indigenous land far, far away…
One week left until we see you at #NAFOAFall21!
A Lakota mother is trying to understand why a school secretary cut her two little girls’ hair without her consent. And then, days later, did it again.
Long considered by legal experts as the gold standard of adoption law, the Indian Child Welfare Act faces its most significant legal challenge yet.
“There was a time, not long ago, where Indigenous people were supposed to be terminated,” said attorney Victoria Holland.
Fences, cameras and barricades are back up around the U.S. Capitol as supporters of the violent January 6 insurrection return to the nation’s capital for a so-called rally.
After years of start-and-stop planning and construction, the First Americans Museum of Oklahoma is opening to the public.
For the first time in history, an Indigenous woman is overseeing U.S. agriculture law – but Janie Simms Hipp is just the latest in a number of Native people nominated to top posts in the Biden administration.
Native America Calling will get the history and explore the role of Indigenous Mexicans in Mexican Independence Day.
Summer pageants and fairs offer a chance for young Native women to represent their nations as royalty.
The nation’s premier Native journalist’s organization is marking the best of their craft from the past year.
To grow the economy across the Cherokee Nation Reservation, we must be forward thinking, collaborative and willing to work across borders.
NAFOA is here to build and support our community. Join us!
Native America Calling will talk with tribes about how they are coping with two decades of extreme drought and how they’re preparing for a drier future.
The feelings I carry about being in New York City on 9/11 run through me, right under my skin, like mercury.
Indigenous artists from North America and beyond document their relationships with nuclear testing and uranium contamination in a new exhibit.
Native America Calling will hear from health experts and tribal leaders about the COVID-19 messages that are connecting with tribal citizens.
The United States faces an October deadline to respond to concerns about human rights abuses of Native people who are resisting the Line 3 pipeline on Ojibwe treaty territory.
The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation tried early and often to protect citizens from COVID-19.
Although legalized sports gambling is set to begin this week in Arizona, not everyone is happy.
Formal guidance from the Indian Health Service on how and when to give COVID-19 vaccine booster shots still are in the works, but some tribes aren’t waiting.
This year’s fashion show at Santa Fe Indian Market is a reminder of just how hot Indigenous fashion is.
The federal government has never fully met its trust responsibility to ensure that all citizens of tribal nations have quality health care.
When disaster strikes, tribes have to be ready to mobilize response teams, work with surrounding jurisdictions, render aid to community members and help the rebuilding process.
Homelessness is an unfortunate reality for a disproportionate number of Native people, especially those in urban areas.
Many of the original survivors of the Stolen Generations have passed away without seeing justice.
Australia is paying out close to $379 million directly to Indigenous peoples who suffered from the government’s forced removal of children from families.
“Racism and prejudice towards tribes in our states is alive and well,” said a former federal prosecutor.
Six tribes from all regions of the country have secured victory against a Trump-era rule that rolled back protections for water.
The House Committee on Natural Resource is meeting to consider billions of dollars of investments in Indian Country.
A proposed change in the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act would give tribes added muscle to hold museums accountable for the ancestors they continue to keep in their collections.
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