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Alaska Beacon: U.S. Capitol tree features Tlingit language (December 5, 2024)
Historian and clan leader Mike Aak’wtaatseen Hoyt designed a logo for the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree featuring the Tlingit language. 
Native America Calling: Native gifts make a difference (December 4, 2024)
Native business owners and Native entrepreneurs offer an alternative during the holiday buying rush with unique products and services. 
Residents of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta are mostly Yup’ik, and the rural region is known for high rates of respiratory disease.
The Canadian government apologized to the Inuit people of Nunavik for the mass killing of sled dogs in Quebec.
AUDIO: Republican lawmaker blocks Wounded Knee sacred site bill (November 22, 2024)
The U.S. Senate considers Indian Country legislation on November 21, 2024, during which Sen. Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina) blocked a bill to protect the Wounded Knee massacre site in South Dakota. 
VIDEO: Republican lawmaker blocks Wounded Knee sacred site bill (November 22, 2024)
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina) is blocking a bill that would protect the Wounded Knee massacre site in South Dakota. 
Alaska Native bills on agenda amid limbo in Congressional race (November 19, 2024)
With votes still being counted at home, Rep. Mary Peltola (D-Alaska) is back to work, advancing the interests of Native people on Capitol Hill. 
Native America Calling: Tribal sanctuary push becomes reality in California (November 13, 2024)
Tribes will share management of a new 4,500 square-mile marine sanctuary in southern California. 
The stories Holly Miowak Guise heard from elders inspired her to research and document the experience of Alaska Native veterans of World War II.
Native America Calling: The Native National Humanities Medalists (October 30, 2024)
Four Native people just received the nation’s highest honor recognizing work and dedication to enriching the community. 
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs: ‘Now Congress must act’ (October 25, 2024)
“For more than a century, the federal government’s Indian Boarding School policies and practices stole hundreds of thousands of Native children from their homes in an effort to destroy Native languages, cultures, and identities,” said Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii). 
Alaska Federation of Natives: A significant step towards healing and justice (October 25, 2024)
“This apology is an important step forward, but it must be accompanied by meaningful actions addressing these historical injustices’ ongoing impacts,” said AFN President Benjamin Mallott. 
President Joe Biden is highlighting his administration’s Indian Country achievements as he prepares to visit a tribe in Arizona.
Native America Calling: Ways to improve rural Native voting access (October 23, 2024)
With less than two weeks before the November 2024 election, join Native America Calling to discuss progress — and continuing hurdles — for Native voters. 
The U.S. Navy is formally apologizing to Alaska Native residents of Angoon, more than 140 years bombarding the Tlingit village.
Chitina Diversified Services, an Alaska Native corporation owned firm, has won a $7.4 million contract from the General Services Administration.
Native America Calling: Expecting the unexpected when disaster strikes (October 9, 2024)
Join Native America Calling to hear from tribal emergency management officials about their evolving disaster plans. 
Native America Calling: Invasive small rodents make big trouble (October 7, 2024)
A possible rat sighting on a remote island in Alaska has Native people and scientists on alert. 
The U.S. Navy formally apologized to the Village of Kake for a devastating bombardment of the Tlingit community more than 150 years ago.
VIDEO: Business Meeting to consider S.465, S. 2908 & S.4370 (September 26, 2024)
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hosts a business meeting on September 25, 2024. 
AUDIO: Business Meeting to consider S.465, S. 2908 & S.4370 (September 26, 2024)
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hosts a business meeting on September 25, 2024. 
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs schedules business meeting (September 24, 2024)
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is taking up three bills at a business meeting. 
President Biden issues proclamation on Violence Against Women Act (September 12, 2024)
The Violence Against Women Act has reached a milestone. 
Native America Calling: Federal help for tribal small business (September 10, 2024)
Millions of dollars are flowing into tribal nations right now as a means to encourage small business development. 
‘Once in a generation investments’: Funding helps tribes with energy needs (September 5, 2024)
The Biden administration is on the road as the November presidential election quickly approaches, touting historic levels of funding going to Indian Country. 
The federal government has reversed course, paving the way for an Alaska tribe to open a Class II facility on an allotment.
“The Department’s concluding report on its investigation into federal Indian boarding school policies is an important next step toward a full accounting of the United States’ systemic effort to erase Native identities, languages, and cultures for its own gain,” said Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii).
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs takes testimony on tribal forestry management and tribal water rights at a hearing on July 25, 2024.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs approves four bills at a business meeting on July 25, 2024.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs takes testimony on tribal forestry management and tribal water rights at a hearing on July 25, 2024.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs approves four bills at a business meeting on July 25, 2024.
Five members of the U.S. Senate took to the floor to call for passage of S.1723, the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is taking testimony on tribal forestry management and tribal water rights.
Members of the U.S. Senate speak in support of S.1723, the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act, on July 24, 2024.
The House Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs holds a legislative hearing on July 24, 2024.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs has added a business meeting to its schedule in what’s turning out to be a busy week for tribes in the nation’s capital.
Legislative Hearing on H.R.6489, H.R.8942, H.R.8955 & H.R.8956 (July 22, 2024)
The House Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs is taking up four bills at a legislative hearing. 
NAFOA: 5 Things You Need to Know this Week (July 22, 2024)
Make California your next trip for #NAFOAFall2024, NAFOA’s fall conference! 
Indian Country set for big and busy week on Capitol Hill (July 22, 2024)
Indian Country is set for a busy week in the nation’s capital, coming after the GOP convention and the end of Democratic President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign. 
Tourism is big money for many tribes and individual entrepreneurs. But it also has the potential to diminish people’s quality of life.
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