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The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments in U.S. v Cooley, No. 19-1414, on March 23, 2021.
Despite successful vaccine roll-outs by many tribes, some Native people living in urban areas are finding access to the vaccine elusive.
Individuals, institutions, public monuments and works of art and literature are all facing new accountability over current or past actions and statements that don’t align with modern sensitivities.
Detached from reality. That’s the way a federal judge has described a Donald Trump supporter who took part in the violent riot in the nation’s capital.
For years, candidate Marie Crabb has claimed to be Mescalero Apache. Those claims cannot be verified.
Here’s a column that few people under the age of 40 will read.
“Are you an Indian, sir?” The answer to the question is at the heart of a closely-watched case before the nation’s highest court.
NAFOA supports tribal leaders, Native professionals, and Native youth.
Native America Calling is continuing its celebration of historic Native women with a program about warrior women who shook things up to improve people’s lives.
Darren Parry, a former chairman of the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation, has worked to tell the story of the Bear River Massacre.
Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland takes part in a ceremonial swearing-in at the White House complex on March 18, 2021.
“The confirmation of Deb Haaland is amazing,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) said after the historic vote in favor of the Pueblo trailblazer.
Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland addresses the Navajo Nation Spring Day of Prayer on March 19, 2021.
Native America Calling will hear from Native role-playing gamers who are passionate about playing these types of games.
For more than six years, the San Carlos Apache Tribe and allies have been holding camps, rallies, relay runs and other demonstrations to resist mining on sacred land at Oak Flat.
Every Republican senator voted against the Covid Relief Bill. What did they vote against?
Native America Calling will highlight recent examples about how tribes are helping the land with traditional ecological knowledge, science and environmental justice work.
Secretary Deb Haaland is making history in more ways than one, as the first Native person to lead the Department of the Interior and the first Native person to serve in a presidential cabinet.
The Choctaw Nation is now facing a fight pitting sovereignty against formal recognition for Choctaw Freedmen.
Native America Calling will catch up on the major issues in Canada and how Indigenous people are setting the course to influence change.
“The acknowledgement of the suffering and abuse while honoring survivors’ resiliency is long overdue,” said South Dakota Rep. Peri Pourier, a citizen of the Oglala Sioux Tribe.
Being born in a time when Lakota was spoken by nearly everyone around me allowed me to become fluent within 6 years.
Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-Arizona) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) have once again introduced legislation to permanently protect a sacred Apache site from development.
Native veterans and allies are stepping up to support Deb Haaland ahead of her final historic vote as Secretary of the Interior.
The Cherokee Nation’s most iconic and historic documents and artifacts are moving to a new, temporary home.
NAFOA stays on top of the news so you always start your week informed and ready.
For Women’s History Month, Native America Calling is celebrating prominent Native women leaders.
“I do this memorial in the Lakota way for my husband,” says Lula Red Cloud.
On their newest album, Sunburnt Stone invites listeners into soulful stories that travel from the dustiest rez roads to the hardest pavement.
Sen. Steve Daines (R-Montana) discusses his opposition to the historic nomination of Rep. Deb Haaland (D-New Mexico) to serve as Secretary of the Interior.
“For too long, tribal nations have been denied a seat at the table where decisions were made that impacted their lives and their land,” a key Democrat said in discussing the historic nomination of Deb Haaland.
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?
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