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Significant changes are in development at the Social Security Administration. What does that mean for Native elders?
Native America Calling: Sometimes, COVID doesn’t go away (March 26, 2025)
Long COVID affects as many as 23 million Americans, including many Native people. 
The unpredictable availability of salmon and other fish is putting additional pressures on the subsistence rights of Alaska Natives.
Native Hawaiian writer Norma Kawelokū Wong tells us our current reality is “drifting haphazardly in the riptide of collapse.”
What’s on your Native Playlist? Tune in for new music from Morgan Toney, Tanaya Winder and The Reztones.
Native America Calling: Native women who made history (March 20, 2025)
Tune in to hear about the contributions of Athabascan elder Katie John, Chickasaw aviator Eula Pearl Carter Scott and other notable Native women. 
Programs that help Native students succeed are already shutting down thanks to the Donald Trump administration.
Two Ojibwe authors, Marcie Rendon and Dennis Staples, are exploring Native worlds.
Native America Calling: Science excellence among Native students (March 17, 2025)
Two Native high school students are among the recent winners of one of the most prestigious science research competitions. 
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? 
For more than a quarter century, the state of Alaska has devoted only a fraction of the funds needed to maintain schools serving Native students.
The death of a 14-year-old girl from the San Carlos Apache Tribe is raising questions about what could have been done to prevent the tragedy.
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.
Tribal and state public health efforts are credited with reducing the suicide rate among Native people in New Mexico.
Efforts continue at all levels to address the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous relatives.
After years of progress, Native trans relatives are facing a major rollback of favorable laws and policies.
Native America Calling: Native shows and Native content to watch (March 4, 2025)
The Dark Winds crime series is coming back. And the acclaimed Sugarcane is streaming. What else is on your Native screening list? 
The vast majority of Native students attend public schools. What happens if the Department of Education is eliminated?
Native America Calling: The Trump administration, endangered fish and a new book (February 28, 2025)
Federal staff layoffs, spending freezes and other orders from the Donald Trump administration jeopardize food pathways for tribes and federal grants and loans for Native farmers. 
Native America Calling: The game is changing for student athletes (February 27, 2025)
Compensation for college athletics is changing fast. How are Native students affected?
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. 
Native America Calling: Trump job cuts hit Native education and sacred sites (February 25, 2025)
Haskell Indian Nations University lost nearly a quarter of its staff in President Donald Trump mass terminations. 
Native America Calling: Repatriation is a human rights issue (February 24, 2025)
Repatriation advocates have had some recent progress in both policy and practice when it comes to getting important items returned to tribes. 
Native America Calling: Traditional Indigenous instruments (February 21, 2025)
What keeps Native people moving? Learn about the flutes, harps and other instruments in Native music. 
Native America Calling: Tribal broadcasters brace for federal funding fight (February 20, 2025)
Public and tribal radio and television stations are fortifying their defenses ahead of what could be the biggest funding threat they’ve ever faced. 
Native America Calling: Assessing current health threats to Indian Country (February 19, 2025)
From flu season to cuts at the Indian Health Service, tune in to get a gauge of the current threats to the health of Native people. 
As Leonard Peltier is set to be released from federal prison, Native activists are reflecting on nearly five decades of work to win his freedom.
Native America Calling: What Indigenous people in Greenland really want (February 17, 2025)
Greenland hasn’t had this much attention from America since the William Taft Administration. Where are the voices of the Inuit people? 
Native America Calling: Traditional love stories (February 14, 2025)
There’s more Valentine’s Day than flowers and chocolates in heart-shaped boxes. 
Native America Calling: Honoring artists who demonstrate community spirit (February 13, 2025)
A traditional violin maker, a regalia maker, and basket weavers are the recipients of the Jennifer Easton Community Spirit Award. 
Native America Calling: The State of Indian Nations in 2025 (February 10, 2025)
The nation’s oldest and largest tribal advocacy group is shaping its strategy for carrying a unified voice to a fractured government and divided public. 
Native America Calling: Native in the Spotlight with Tatanka Means (February 7, 2025)
Tatanka Means maintains a busy schedule as a stand-up comedian, all while portraying serious roles on television and movie screens. 
Native America Calling: Medicaid’s next chapter in Indian Country (February 6, 2025)
Medicaid provides direct support to at least one million Native Americans and proposed cuts have tribal advocates concerned. 
Native people already have the highest uninsured rate among homeowners. Changes in the industry could make it even worse.
Native America Calling: Native Bookshelf with Ann-Helén Laestadius (February 4, 2025)
Samí journalist and author Ann-Helén Laestadius offers readers a glimpse into the government-backed school system for Indigenous children in Sweden. 
Tribes operate lending businesses under their own sovereignty. But they still face struggles.
Native America Calling: A Mohawk chef on TV and a Native foods cookbook (January 31, 2025)
A TV show with a Mohawk chef, a Native cookbook for kids and a change in power in federal government are on The Menu. 
Native America Calling: Federal funds under fire from President Donald Trump (January 30, 2025)
President Donald Trump’s sudden freeze on federal funds rattled tribes and Indian organizations that depend on the trust and treaty relationship. 
Tune in to hear from the 2025 Champions for Change from the Center for Native American Youth.
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