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Native America Calling: Celebrating the life of musician Jesse Ed Davis (November 14, 2024)
Kiowa guitarist Jesse Ed Davis was in high demand as a session player and a touring musician. His legacy is finally being spotlighted. 
As anticipated, Kristi Noem of South Dakota plans to focus on border and immigration issues as a member of Donald Trump’s administration.
The stories Holly Miowak Guise heard from elders inspired her to research and document the experience of Alaska Native veterans of World War II.
‘Dark Winds’ returns for expanded third season (November 1, 2024)
Dark Winds, a television series set on the Navajo Nation, is coming back!. Get your first look at the upcoming season. 
Native America Calling: New Native books offer hauntings, murders and curses (October 31, 2024)
Halloween is the right time to dive into new spooky books by Native authors. 
Indian boarding schools notoriously worked to stamp out Native languages, religions, and cultures — along with traditional foodways.
President Biden celebrates Native winners of National Humanities Medal (October 22, 2024)
As his time in the White House winds down, President Joe Biden continues to celebrate and champion Native artists and Native cultures. 
AUDIO: National Arts and Humanities Reception at White House (October 22, 2024)
President Joe Biden and Dr. Jill Biden host a National Arts and Humanities reception at the White House on October 21, 2024. 
Native America Calling: Native Bookshelf with Rebecca Nagle (October 15, 2024)
Native land is the medium Cherokee journalist and writer Rebecca Nagle uses to convey the long fight for justice and accountability. 
Native America Calling: Native in the Spotlight with Dr. Duke Redbird (October 14, 2024)
Duke Redbird’s activism initially rose from hardship, and he turned to writing after encountering racism and discrimination in school. 
Native America Calling: Overcoming barriers to workplace mental well-being (October 10, 2024)
The Indian Health Service finds Native people are two and a half times more likely to report serious psychological distress. 
With her debut book, award-winning journalist Rebecca Nagle is taking a look at one of the most consequential U.S. Supreme Court decisions in Indian Country.
VIDEO: ‘By the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land’ (September 17, 2024)
Rebecca Nagle reads from her debut book, “By the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land,” on September 16, 2024. 
Danica Nava, Karen Kay and Christina Berry write about Native romance. Learn more about their work on Native America Calling.
Kennedy Center hosts discussion on missing and murdered Indigenous women (September 4, 2024)
The Kennedy Center is hosting a discussion on the crisis of missing and missing Indigenous women. 
Native America Calling: Encounters with Little People (September 3, 2024)
Ircenrraat, Gadázhe or Yunwi Tsunsdi. Most tribes have traditions that fit under the umbrella of “little people.” 
Native America Calling: Anarchy and Native American political activism (August 28, 2024)
With a basis in resistance to institutional authority, anarchy appeals to some politically minded Native people. 
Native America Calling: Native Bookshelf with Anton Treuer (August 13, 2024)
As an Ojibwe language teacher and expert on Native issues, Anton Treuer has penned more than a dozen books. He’s out with his first work of fiction.
Even before colonial contact, tribal leaders faced life and death decisions, challenges to their authority, and the judgements of their constituency.
Native America Calling: Native Bookshelf with Conor Kerr (July 3, 2024)
A herd of stolen bison get tangled up in a scheme orchestrated by a fiery Indigenous activist and her aimless young companion in a new book by Metis author Conor Kerr. 
Indigenous scientists often have a foot in two worlds: modern science and the wisdom that comes from sacred and traditional knowledge.
Native America Calling: Your summer Native reading guide (May 21, 2024)
There’s something for everybody on the summer reading lists by our expert panel of Native super-readers. 
Ten years since a world-changing blackout, an Anishinaabe community must embark on a mission of discovery in the next chapter from First Nations author Waubgeshig Rice.
We are in the midst of a new surge of Native writing talent.
Native America Calling: New Native voices in poetry (April 12, 2024)
Join Ojibwe writer Marcie Rendon, Lakota humorist Tiffany Midge, author Kimberly Blaeser and poet Kinsale Drake in celebration of National Poetry Month. 
Native America Calling: Protecting the night sky (April 5, 2024)
Most tribes have important traditional connections to the stars and other celestial bodies in the night sky. 
Bestselling Blackfeet writer Stephen Graham Jones caps off his horror trilogy with The Angel of Indian Lake.
Native America Calling: Native Bookshelf with Tommy Orange (March 5, 2024)
In his new novel, Tommy Orange weaves together the complex history of the Indian boarding school era as witnessed by the ancestors to the characters in his best-selling debut. 
Two of the newest National Book Award winners reinterpret conventional views of their homelands through their unique, Indigenous lenses.
Native America Calling: Remembering literary great N. Scott Momaday (February 1, 2024)
N. Scott Momaday was a literary force. The groundbreaking Kiowa author died on January 24, 2024, at the age of 89. 
Native America Calling: The power of an Indigenous uprising in Mexico (January 26, 2024)
This month marks 30 years since the Zapatista Army of National Liberation attracted worldwide attention with their rebel uprising in demand of Indigenous rights in Mexico. 
Osage Nation celebrates historic Oscar nominations (January 23, 2024)
The Osage Nation is celebrating a major milestone for a film that shares an otherwise difficult time in the tribe’s history. 
Native America Calling: Native in the Spotlight with Daniel Wildcat (January 18, 2024)
Author, historian and Haskell Indian Nations University professor Daniel Wildcat believes in the power of Indigenous knowledge to counter big problems. 
Native America Calling: The road to healing the Fort Robinson Massacre (January 16, 2024)
In January 1879, U.S. soldiers hunted down and killed Northern Cheyenne men, women and children who attempted to escape unbearable conditions at Fort Robinson in Nebraska. 
Native America Calling: The Year in Pop Culture (December 18, 2023)
Tune in as Native America Calling recalls the highlights of the Native stories that connected with audiences in 2023. 
Native America Calling: A Native food memoir and tribal buffalo management (December 1, 2023)
The memoir of the late educator, writer and artist Thomas Pecore Weso was just published. Join the conversation on Native America Calling. 
Native America Calling: Colonization and the Wampanoag Story by Linda Coombs (November 24, 2023)
The full picture of how the earliest colonists interacted with Native people is clouded by the myths constructed by those writing history. 
Native America Calling: Buffy Sainte-Marie and the weight of the truth (November 7, 2023)
Buffy Sainte-Marie’s stated connections to any tribe in Canada or the United States appear to be completely made up. What’s next? 
Native America Calling: Indigenous creepy reads on the bookshelf (October 31, 2023)
You never know what spirits you might summon when you whistle in the darkness. 
Native America Calling: A new cookbook, fresh food and NFL eats (October 30, 2023)
What’s on The Menu at Native America Calling? A new cookbook, a new cafe and a new spotlight on a catering business.
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