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The Trump administration’s highest-ranking Indian Country official is serving double duty with a new appointment at the federal agency overseeing the $43.9 billion tribal gaming industry.
“When we’re talking about sacred places and Mother Earth, these are our relatives,” said Navajo advocate Leona Morgan.
Tribal agricultural producers in Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming have lost out on millions of dollars previously promised by the U.S. government.
The Federal Transit Administration announced a $19 million investment for tribal transit projects.
The Trump administration is moving to undo a ban on oil and gas drilling near Chaco Canyon, a site of major cultural significance in New Mexico.
Tribal leaders say desecration of sacred sites is happening at a record pace after the Trump administration sidelined cultural and environmental barriers.
The MAGA figure once known as the “QAnon Shaman” said that President Donald Trump’s new Anti-Weaponization Fund is an abuse of power by a would-be “king.”
The U.S. Supreme Court continues to upend the voting rights landscape amid a crucial election cycle that already has tribes and their advocates worried about their power at the polls.
The Trump administration is changing course when it comes to bison on federal lands, a shift that affects tribal recovery efforts.
The Winnebago Tribe has scored a precedent-setting legal victory that paves the way for the repatriation of children buried at the infamous Carlisle Indian boarding school.
Secretary Doug Burgum is headed to Capitol Hill to testify about the proposed fiscal year 2027 budget for the Department of the Interior.
Advocates for missing and murdered relatives say police didn’t act fast enough when an Alaska Native woman went missing.
Tom Cole: Political rhetoric has gotten out of hand (April 27, 2026)
Political violence is never acceptable – and I truly do believe the majority of Americans instinctively reject political violence. 
For National Library Week, tune into Native America Calling to get an update from tribal library advocates about efforts to keep their doors open.
An extraordinary public feud between President Donald Trump and Pope Leo XIV has driven speculation about whether the American-born pontiff could run for president himself.
The Seminole Nation and the Muscogee Nation are among the growing number taking a stand against data centers in Indian Country.
A new report finds 4 in 10 Americans now use pay later loans for groceries, an increase from the previous year.
“I was looking forward to serving more people,” said Misty Pipe, a doula on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation.
President Donald Trump’s threat that “a whole civilization will die tonight” unless Iran complies with his demands left MAGA supporters and other Republicans deeply divided.
President Donald Trump’s budget proposal includes a 75 percent funding cut for Native diabetes prevention and treatment.
The Trump administration has terminated millions of dollars in grants that were promised to tribal projects.
The Indian Health Service is charged with providing care to about 2.8 million American Indians and Alaska Natives.
Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request: Department of the Interior (April 3, 2026)
The Department of the Interior includes the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Bureau of Indian Education and the Bureau of Trust Funds Administration. 
Questions about American Indians came up repeatedly as the highest court in the land took up birthright citizenship, an issue at the center of Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda.
Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin is quickly following orders as the first Native person in President Donald Trump’s cabinet.
Markwayne Mullin is on his way — just barely — to being the first Native person in the Donald Trump cabinet following a testy confirmation hearing in which tribal issues were only briefly discussed.
Native Muslims are among those marking the end of Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar.
Statement: Markwayne Mullin to be Secretary of Homeland Security (March 18, 2026)
“We say in our family: we are all one tribe,” Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Oklahoma) says in his written statement to become the new leader of the Department of Homeland Security. 
The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs holds a nomination hearing for Markwayne Mullin, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, to be Secretary of Homeland Security.
Tune into Native America Calling to get an update on clean energy infrastructure and development trends in the absence of federal dollars.
Tribal water rights settlements are expensive — and the Trump administration is balking at the cost of fulfilling the U.S. government’s trust and treaty obligations.
A 300-page report details Michigan’s role in the genocidal Indian boarding school era. But the state doesn’t want to release it.
Voting rights advocates say a bill to overhaul elections could disenfranchise millions of Americans, including Native voters.
Native Republican tapped for Cabinet post in surprise shakeup (March 6, 2026)
Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Oklahoma) is poised to make history as the first Native person in the Donald Trump cabinet following a shake-up in Washington, D.C. 
Advocates working to accurately portray Native history in the K-12 education system recently scored a victory in Texas amid shifts in the national landscape.
The 119th Congress is slowly but surely taking action to advance Indian Country’s legislative agenda following a less than stellar start to the session.
Cronkite News: Tribal and American citizens caught up in anti-immigration agenda (February 23, 2026)
“If you’re Venezuelan, Mexican or Apache, it doesn’t matter at the end of the day,” said one resident. 
Native America Calling: Assessing the outlook for domestic violence prevention (February 23, 2026)
Tune into Native America Calling get a picture of the current trends for domestic violence prevention. 
Bureau of Indian Affairs considers first Tribal Energy Resource Agreement (February 18, 2026)
The Bureau of Indian Affairs is finally getting a chance to help expand tribal self-determination over energy development. 
With help from Congress, the Donald Trump administration stripped some $1.5 billion in federal funds previously promised to tribes.
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