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The unpredictable nature of federal funding and other factors — including the Donald Trump administration — has tribal colleges scrambling.
Native America Calling: Short films taking on big stories (December 2, 2025)
Elise Aachix̂ Qağaduug Beers and Elias Gold are bringing Native stories to light as a new initiative seeks to elevate representation in film and television. 
Despite promises to address the disproportionate number of Native people who are murdered or go missing, advocates are facing new setbacks.
Native America Calling: For all its promise, AI is a potential threat to culture (November 25, 2025)
How will Artificial Intelligence (AI) affect Native peoples, languages and culture? 
Native America Calling: Native candidates make strides in local elections (November 24, 2025)
Political newcomer Sierra Yazzie Asamoa-Tutu will soon be the first Navajo city council member in Gallup, New Mexico. Other Native candidates are finding success at the local level. 
As 200 nations meet on the edge of the Amazon rainforest to hammer out cooperative goals on climate change, Indigenous peoples are making their presence known.
Access to land for hunting, fishing and gathering are foundational provisions in many treaties between tribes and the U.S. government.
A surprise provision in the bill to end the federal government shutdown has thrown Native hemp producers into chaos.
A new exhibition honors Tewa people and their art, culture and landscapes in an area once claimed by the painter Georgia O’Keeffe.
A relentless offensive against minority student recruiting and retention threatens more than Native participation in school.
Native America Calling: The race to protect cultural treasures (November 12, 2025)
The storm that ravaged villages along Alaska’s west coast may have washed away thousands of artifacts that promised to provide valuable insights into early Yup’ik settlements. 
A film by veteran Ryan Begay brings the stories of Native service members to light. And a new publication by veteran Steven Sibley is providing valuable information to veterans and their families.
Four groups claiming to be Abenaki have gained state recognition in Vermont. A First Nation in Canada has objected to their status.
Native America Calling: PIQSIQ, Blaine Bailey and LOV on the Native Playlist (November 7, 2025)
From the Inuit sisters who perform as PIQSIQ to the United Keetoowah Band singer Blaine Bailey, find out what’s on the Native Playlist. 
Aboriginal people in Australia are on the precipice of cementing a historic agreement, the first treaty of its kind for the country.
Native America Calling: A new archive tells the story of Indigenous slavery (November 5, 2025)
A team of researchers are sifting through archival documents, artifacts even artwork to expand the story of Indigenous slavery. 
As the federal government shutdown drags on, tribes are feeling the brunt more than the general population.
Native America Calling: The looming wildfire crisis in the Arctic (November 3, 2025)
Researchers are documenting more and longer-lasting wildfires in the Arctic, affecting Native peoples in Alaska and Canada.
The practice of celebrating the ancestors started long ago among Indigenous peoples in what is now known as Mexico.
Native America Calling: SNAP running out and Alaska traditional relief foods (October 29, 2025)
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program that low-income Native families rely on for food is about to run out of money. 
The Northern Cheyenne Tribe is consumed in a nasty political dispute. Meanwhile, President Buu Nygren continues to face questions over his leadership at the Navajo Nation.
The Cowichan Tribes have scored a major victory in court for their land rights in British Columbia. What’s next?
Among the thousands of staff cuts and billions of dollars eliminated from federal programs is support to prevent and respond to domestic violence.
Native America Calling: Leonard Peltier calls for unity, vigilance (October 22, 2025)
Tune into Native America Calling to hear from Leonard Peltier about his life following his release from federal prison. 
The cuts continue as President Donald Trump plans to eliminate another $500 million dollars for tribal housing, business development and infrastructure projects.
More than 1,000 Native people in Alaska have been uprooted from their tribal communities following disastrous storms.
It’s been almost a full century since Ojibwe hockey player Taffy Abel first set foot on the ice for the New York Rangers.
At least 40 tribes in Alaska are opposing a controversial road that President Donald Trump himself approved during the government shutdown.
Native America Calling: Shifting the balance in historical scholarship (October 14, 2025)
The stories and written documentation on boarding schools, Indian agents and even the fictional character, Paul Bunyan, all have an influence on how we view history. 
After an intensive two-year adult immersion program, the number of fluent Spokane Salish language speakers nearly doubled.
In the Tara Moses play, “Haunted,” two Native ghosts are caught in a seemingly endless cycle of haunting the prospective owners of a house. But there’s a twist.
Native America Calling: Walrus management in a changing Arctic (October 9, 2025)
Tune into Native America Calling to talk with Indigenous people who are connected to the Pacific walruses and learn how they are working to protect them.
A loss of billions of dollars in foreign aid is affecting Indigenous peoples around the world.
Native America Calling: Protecting sacred sites in urban areas (October 7, 2025)
Sacred sites sometimes get lost in urban settings as cities prioritize the needs of non-Native residents and commercial interests. 
People looking to move to their tribal homelands often have a hard time finding a home.
Two Native women from Oklahoma are carving distinct and inviting paths through the musical world.
Payments to tribes, law enforcement in tribal communities and health care for tribal citizens are all impacted by the shutdown of the federal government.
The National Museum of the American Indian is under review for exhibits and materials deemed derisive or partisan.
Native America Calling: Native in the Spotlight with Tina Kuckkahn (September 30, 2025)
For more than three decades, Tina Kuckkahn has centered her work on supporting Native culture and the arts. Join her for the Native in the Spotlight. 
Native America Calling: How will Native people fare in redistricting? (September 29, 2025)
An action by Republican lawmakers in Texas to redraw boundaries to favor their own candidates has implications for Native voters.
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