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The U.S. Senate is slowly but surely moving to confirm Rep. Deb Haaland (D-New Mexico) as Secretary of the Interior.
For Kidney Health Awareness Month, Native America Calling will learn the biggest threats to kidney health and how to avoid them.
The latest feather in the cap of a thriving tribal corporation is an eclectic collection of historic buildings in one of the largest cities in the region.
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky), the Republican minority leader in the U.S. Senate, won’t be voting for Deb Haaland as Secretary of the Interior.
Given Deb Haaland’s ethics, her passion and her record of advocacy on behalf of Indigenous peoples a great new era in our history is about to begin.
Nine Indian Country bills affecting tribal nations and Alaska Natives are taking their first step forward in the U.S. Senate.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is hearing from Native leaders and advocates about the impacts of climate change in their communities.
“Despite Republican obstruction, Representative Haaland will be confirmed by the Senate to be Secretary Haaland,” a leading Democrat said.
The proposed $1.9 trillion COVID stimulus plan includes another $20 billion for tribes and makes other investments in Indian Country. Is it enough?
“We need Congresswoman Haaland on the job without delay,” said Fawn Sharp, president of the National Congress of American Indians.
A key Democratic lawmaker is confident: Deb Haaland will soon be in charge of the Department of the Interior.
Democrats are moving quickly to update the Violence Against Women Act with added protections for women in tribal communities.
The leader of one of the largest tribes in the U.S. is fighting a behind-the-scenes battle with Congress that pits racial justice against tribal sovereignty.
Sports are an important part of life for Native athletes and their parents. How is COVID-19 affecting them?
Gadugi is the Cherokee spirit that lives through the dedication of every Cherokee Nation employee working together for the betterment of our citizens.
The Department of the Interior is hosting the first in a series of tribal consultations mandated by President Joe Biden.
The deadline to submit written comments on the tribal consultation policy at the Department of Defense has arrived.
I am a survivor of the Holy Rosary Indian Mission Boarding School. I do not want to be honored.
A year ago, our community turned virtual — but we’re still standing strong.
Indigenous women in the United States and Canada are leading efforts to reclaim culture and knowledge through matrilineal power.
For too long, American Indians and Alaska Natives have been last in line.
By a vote of 11-9, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee approved the nomination of Deb Haaland to serve as Secretary of the Interior.
For the first time in three decades, the Winnebago Lady Indians have made it to the basketball playoffs in Nebraska.
Sewing was an important tradition for Native Americans long before it became a popular pandemic pastime.
The Biden administration put the brakes on massive copper mine at a sacred Apache site, reversing course after the project was on the verge of final approval.
The 2021 American Indian Council Powwow at Montana State University will go online March 22-28, in adherence to COVID-19 restrictions.
We are the grandchildren of the Creator. With the Creator’s blessing, our Nation’s People are the source of our sovereignty.
The Pueblo of Pojoaque is being led by women for the first time in modern history.
Rep. Deb Haaland (D-New Mexico) is on her way to making history yet again, this time as the first Native person in a presidential cabinet.
The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources meets to consider the nomination of Deb Haaland to be Secretary of the Interior.
A U.S. Supreme Court decision from March 1978 continues to hinder tribal sovereignty on a daily basis.
Tribal nations are lining up behind a Pueblo woman in a crowded field of candidates for New Mexico’s 1st Congressional District.
The country’s oldest Native student newspaper is again fighting to protect its press freedom.
Native healthcare workers provide healing during the most painful and frightening times of our lives.
Nearly four decades ago, a group of Indian journalists met at the Choctaw Nation to talk about a new newspaper organization they were about to form.
Indigenous identity is viewed differently by the Mexican government.
Just days after asking a federal judge to stop a huge copper mine on sacred territory, the San Carlos Apache Tribe is celebrating the Biden administration’s decision to pull back the controversial development.
“Those arrests aren’t surprising but it’s very sad when what you’ve been warning about for years actually comes to light,” said Sheila Lamb of the Minnesota Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women’s Task Force.
Deb Haaland was slammed with questions about the Biden administration’s energy policies at her historic confirmation hearing to be Secretary of the Interior.
From historic floods and damaging winter storms to the COVID-19 pandemic, the past few years have put Cherokee Nation communities to the test.
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