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Native America Calling: Tribes ponder blood quantum alternative (December 9, 2025)
Tribes are looking down the road and mapping a future away from the blood quantum requirements. 
The National Congress of American Indians is winding down its 82nd annual convention following a busy election for leadership.
National Congress of American Indians chooses leadership at big convention (November 20, 2025)
Election season kicked into high gear at the National Congress of American Indians, with a last-minute addition shaking up the field. 
The nation’s oldest and largest inter-tribal organization opened its annual convention with a competing set of messages about the challenges facing Indian Country.
Cronkite News: National Indigenous Domestic Violence Hotline begins service (October 10, 2025)
Seven days a week, 365 days a year, the StrongHearts Native Helpline provides care and services for Indigenous people experiencing domestic violence. 
A warrior. A friend. A mentor. A family man. Indian Country is remembering the late Ernie Stevens, Jr., who passed on at the age of 66.
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. 
Indigenous Two-Spirit and LGBTQ+ artists often add another layer of expression to their work and stories.
Native America Calling: Native educators grapple with burnout (August 4, 2025)
Talk with Native educators about what it will take to recruit and retain Native teachers in the face of growing pressures. 
It’s been 35 years since the Mohawk resistance at Oka in Canada. Has anything changed?
Tribal green energy initiatives are no more in the era of President Donald Trump.
The violent attacks on lawmakers in Minnesota are a shocking reminder of the pervasive threats that disproportionately target women and people of color.
Tribes in Minnesota have entered into a new era with cannabis compacts and operations.
Thousands of Native people stand to lose eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program through the Big Beautiful Bill touted by President Donald Trump.
Five years after the murder of George Floyd by a police officer, the Trump administration is ending oversight of law enforcement despite violations of civil rights.
Tribes have once again been left out of a decision to open up to 112 million acres of federal forest lands to development.
Tribal wildlife officials are trying to get a handle on the seemingly unstoppable increase in chronic wasting disease among large game animals.
Regulatory activity has ground to a halt at the Bureau of Indian Affairs but one pro-tribal action has made it over the finish line in the era of Donald Trump.
Native America Calling: Five years of COVID-19 (March 14, 2025)
It’s been five years since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. How have Native people fared? 
Native America Calling: How federal cuts affect Native veterans (March 11, 2025)
Native people serve in the U.S. military at the highest rates per capita. The Donald Trump administration is making massive cuts that affect their lives.
American Indians and Alaska Natives have the second highest rate of skin cancer in the United States.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is moving quickly to advance Indian Country legislation amid a dramatically changed political environment.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs holds a business meeting to consider pending legislation on March 5, 2025.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs holds a business meeting to consider pending legislation on March 5, 2025.
A whopping 26 bills are on the agenda as the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs advances pending legislation.
The House Committee on Appropriations hears from American Indian and Alaska Native witnesses on the afternoon of February 26, 2025.
The House Committee on Appropriations hears from American Indian and Alaska Native witnesses on the afternoon of February 25, 2025.
Native America Calling: Native people left out of progress on overdose deaths (February 26, 2025)
Overdose deaths have dropped significantly — except among Native people and other people of color. 
The House Committee on Appropriations hears from American Indian and Alaska Native witnesses on the afternoon of February 26, 2025.
The House Committee on Appropriations hears from American Indian and Alaska Native witnesses on the afternoon of February 25, 2025.
AUDIO: The 2025 State of Indian Nations in Washington, D.C. (February 10, 2025)
Listen to the 2025 State of Indian Nations, delivered by National Congress of American Indians President Mark Macarro. 
RECAP: National Congress of American Indians hosts State of Indian Nations (February 10, 2025)
Catch up with the State of Indian Nations, delivered by National Congress of American Indians President Mark Macarro. 
Tribes operate lending businesses under their own sovereignty. But they still face struggles.
Tribal justice office gains new leader amid big changes in Washington (January 15, 2025)
An award-winning government employee is leading the Office of Tribal Justice at the Department of Justice. 
Native America Calling: Healing and reconciliation for the Dakota 38 + 2 (December 26, 2024)
After a hiatus, horse riders resumed a tradition to remember the Dakota men hanged by the U.S. government in Mankato, Minnesota, on December 26, 1862. 
NAFOA: 5 Things You Need to Know this Week (December 2, 2024) (December 2, 2024)
Remember to Give Native this #GivingTuesday. 
Native America Calling: Native Bookshelf with Louise Erdrich (November 29, 2024)
Louise Erdrich’s latest novel draws its name from a river flowing through Ojibwe territory. 
Native America Calling: Turkey stories, Finding Manoomin and more on The Menu (November 27, 2024)
What’s on The Menu? Navajo origin stories, wild rice, salmon runs and more! 
‘We’re going to get this done’: Time running out for Indian Country legislation (November 25, 2024)
With time quickly running out in the 118th Congress, a leading Democratic lawmaker is laying down the law when it comes to advancing Indian Country’s legislative interests. 
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.
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