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Native America Calling: Balanced lessons on missions and the gold rush in California (September 23, 2024)
There is a flip side to the narrative about the cultural richness that colonization supposedly brought to California. 
Chuck Hoskin: Cherokee Nation comes together for Labor Day celebration (August 26, 2024)
Every Labor Day weekend marks a special time for reflection and celebration by the Cherokee people. 
National Museum of the American Indian hosts Native Cinema Showcase (August 12, 2024)
The National Museum of the American Indian is once again showcasing Native and Indigenous films from all over the world. 
The Cherokee Nation’s story contains more than our fair share of chapters where we struggled for survival.
The American Museum of Natural History is repatriating remains of 124 relatives and almost 100 cultural items that were taken from Native communities.
For the first time, the federal government has acknowledged the historic and ongoing devastation caused to tribes by dams in the Pacific Northwest.
Smithsonian celebrates Indigenous cultures in nation’s capital (June 27, 2024)
For the first time in the history of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, the multi-day celebration in the nation’s capital focuses entirely on Indigenous peoples. 
Secretary of the Deb Haaland delivers remarks at the opening of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival on June 26, 2024.
Chuck Hoskin: Cherokee Nation celebrates Juneteenth (June 24, 2024)
Juneteenth marks a joyous moment in American history — the final emancipation of enslaved African Americans. 
More than 30 pieces of century-old Hopi pottery, baskets, and other items are making a return visit to the their community of creation.
Join Andi Murphy for The Menu, Native America Calling’s regular feature on Native food!
Native America Calling: Finding Sasquatch (May 27, 2024)
Sasquatch, also known as Bigfoot, carry a deep meaning in many Native cultures. 
PHOTOS: Tunica-Biloxi Tribe celebrates at annual powwow (May 20, 2024)
“Each year, Pow Wow strengthens the bonds within our community and among our guests from afar,” said Chairman Marshall Pierite. 
Native America Calling: Indiginerds descend on Oklahoma City (April 11, 2024)
It’s the time of year when Native nerds, cosplayers, comic geeks and gamers assemble for the first and biggest convention devoted to them. 
A crime spree by two Ute youths in 1923 escalated into a mob of settlers bent on suppressing the nearby Ute and Paiute populations in what is now Utah.
The Conversation: First Nations left out of NAGPRA framework (March 28, 2024)
We are First Nations historians and professors working in Canada. Our communities are also impacted by the loss of cultural patrimony to museums in the U.S. and the laws covering repatriation. 
Each year, Alaska honors the U.S. government official who negotiated the acquisition of Alaska, largely ignoring Indigenous peoples who still live there.
Native America Calling: Finding Sasquatch (March 1, 2024)
Sasquatch, also known as Bigfoot, carry a deep meaning in many Native cultures. 
NAGPRA enforcement enters new era after more than 30 years (February 7, 2024)
Museums and educational institutions are facing new pressures to comply with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act amid high-level attention to the decades-old law. 
Native America Calling: Why are museums taking down Native exhibitions? (February 5, 2024)
New regulations for the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act are prompting museums to pull some items from public display. 
Read a transcript of remarks from Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) about the Native American Graves Protection Act and Repatriation Act.
Cronkite News: Projects document Indian boarding school experience (January 18, 2024)
A national oral history project aims to document the experiences of Indigenous children who attended federal boarding schools. 
Native America Calling: Tribal museums make a difference (November 30, 2023)
Tribal museums are on the forefront of representing Native culture and information accurately and effectively. 
San Manuel Band donates $1 million to non-profits on Giving Tuesday (November 28, 2023)
The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians announced $1 million in donations to 10 non-profit organizations across the nation. 
Native America Calling: NMAI’s Native Cinema Showcase online (November 17, 2023)
This year, the Native Cinema Showcase at the National Museum of the American Indian features 35 films from six different countries. 
Native America Calling: When to know it’s time to re-brand (November 14, 2023)
After reaching out to Cherokee leaders and citizens, the museum on the home of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians re-launched with a new name and purpose. 
Native America Calling: Celebrating Native veterans (November 10, 2023)
Parades and powwows are gearing up to honor Native veterans around the country. 
Native America Calling: Native baby food and a new Native cookbook (September 28, 2023)
Native baby food, a new Native cookbook and Hispanic heritage are on The Menu. 
Native America Calling: Native in the Spotlight with Frank Buffalo Hyde (September 5, 2023)
Onondaga painter Frank Buffalo Hyde’s work meshes Native themes with pop culture images, such as sports mascots, corporate logos, celebrities, and fast food. 
Native America Calling: Kickoff for Pathways Indigenous Arts Festival (August 17, 2023)
New Mexico is the center of arts celebrations this weekend, starting with the music, art, fashion, dances, and panel discussions at the Pueblo of Pojoaque. 
Indian Country is breathing a huge sigh of relief after the highest court in the land delivered a surprising victory in one of the most closely-watched cases in decades.
Native America Calling: Reassessing the history of horses (April 11, 2023)
A new study confirms many tribes’ oral histories that Native people utilized horses long before Europeans entered the picture. 
The highest court in the land is once again taking up a case that will determine whether the United States lives up to its promises to tribal nations.
Lakota citizens met to discuss the return of items taken from their ancestors during the Wounded Knee Massacre of December 1890.
Native America Calling: Culture, athleticism and stickball (January 2, 2023)
Stickball is the older, rougher cousin of lacrosse, developed many centuries ago as both a game and a training exercise. 
Native America Calling: The importance of tribal museums (December 1, 2022)
Tribal museums offer a Native voice for Native history and bring the promise of economic development. 
Native Sun News Today: Tim Giago joins Native American Hall of Fame (November 29, 2022)
“Write to your people,” the legendary Native journalist Tim Giago would say. “Others will read it too, but your people are your audience.” 
Native Sun News Today: Wounded Knee descendants left out of repatriation process (November 28, 2022)
The descendants of Chief Spotted Elk, a Lakota leader who was murdered at Wounded Knee in 1890, are speaking out.
‘Long overdue’: Senate passes bill for Native veterans organization (November 21, 2022)
A bipartisan bill to advance the work of a Native veterans organization is inching toward final passage as the 117th Congress winds down. 
Oneida Indian Nation reclaims cultural property in repatriation ceremony (November 11, 2022)
The Oneida Indian Nation has reclaimed more than 1,500 funerary objects and cultural artifacts, as well as a long-overdue apology, from Colgate University.
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