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Native America Calling: Starting the New Year in the right direction (January 2, 2025)
The new year is good time to look forward to the promises and concerns that lie ahead. 
Native athletes are working hard to make their names known at the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Cronkite News: Winter surge of COVID-19 impacts Indigenous communities (November 26, 2024)
As COVID-19 is expected to surge this winter, communities across the Southwest face rising hospitalizations and new, resilient variants. 
Native America Calling: Remembering those who stood up to boarding schools (November 20, 2024)
A new film shares the story of a Navajo father who refused to send his daughter back to the boarding school she ran away from. 
Tribal legitimacy debates far from settled in Indian Country (November 8, 2024)
Concerns about legitimacy continue to be a significant source of contention within the nation’s largest inter-tribal organization. 
Ron Lee: Let’s vote to move America forward with Harris and Walz (November 4, 2024)
Vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz for a bright future in America. 
President Joe Biden is highlighting his administration’s Indian Country achievements as he prepares to visit a tribe in Arizona.
Cronkite News: Experts examine climate crisis and cancer disparities (October 23, 2024)
Indigenous communities across the Southwest face adversities that stem from historical marginalization. 
Native America Calling: Ways to improve rural Native voting access (October 23, 2024)
With less than two weeks before the November 2024 election, join Native America Calling to discuss progress — and continuing hurdles — for Native voters. 
Native America Calling: Candidate Native voter outreach in the home stretch (October 18, 2024)
In the final days before the November 2024 election, campaigns are working at a feverish pace to reach Native voters. 
Kamala Harris campaign targets Native voters in bid for White House (October 3, 2024)
With a little over a month before the election, Native advocates are working to ensure Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris wins the race for the White House. 
Tribes are urging President Joe Biden to designate three new national monuments in California in order to protect natural and cultural treasures.
Tribes lobby Biden administration for another national monument (August 14, 2024)
With just a few months left in Biden administration, tribal nations are hoping to score one more win for the protection of their sacred places. 
Native voting rights advocates continue to fight efforts to restrict access to polling places. Join Native America Calling for the latest.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs holds an oversight hearing on public safety in Native communities.
Native America Calling: Meet the 2024 NCAIED 40 under 40 (March 14, 2024)
The National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development is celebrating young leaders at the Reservation Economic Summit. 
Doing business on a global scale means understanding the competitive advantages tribes and First Nations bring to the table.
Small business serve as building blocks for tribes, providing jobs and circulating revenue within the community.
Rhonda LeValdo: Kansas City team continues to mock Native people (February 11, 2024)
The Kansas City football team must change its name and imagery. 
Witness list and testimony for Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hearing (February 8, 2024)
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is taking testimony on five bills. 
Howard Center: Tribes in uphill battle against lithium mining (February 5, 2024)
Tribal communities are on the frontlines of a push to create new, domestic sources for lithium. 
Montana Free Press: Plans call for more solar development on public lands (January 22, 2024)
The federal government is soliciting input on a plan to open public lands to new solar projects. 
A national commission of federal and tribal experts is calling for a “Decade of Action and Healing” to help address the crisis of missing, murdered and trafficked people in Indian Country.
Government records shed new light on how state opposition hindered tribes from claiming their rightful shares of the Colorado River.
Native America Calling: Native domestic violence spotlight (October 11, 2023)
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. It’s also the 29th anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act. 
The Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe is speaking out after a viral video showed outsiders being removed from a highway in an incident that took place during one of the busiest times on the reservation.
The Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation has spent over $115 million on properties along the famed Las Vegas Strip. Tribal citizens are upset.
Former Indian housing leader lands in jail on Navajo Nation (July 7, 2023)
A once prominent leader in Indian housing was arrested at an event on the Navajo Nation. He’s blaming the tribe’s news president. 
As dangerous smoke cast an ominous shadow over the nation’s capital, tribes and their advocates continue to wait for a series of monumental decisions from the U.S. Supreme Court.
Tribes across the nation are exploring new economic development opportunities in places where cannabis is no longer prohibited by state law.
A Native man from Canada who dedicated his life to economic development in Indigenous communities was killed in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Tribal leaders are calling on the Biden administration to re-examine its commitment to the nation-to-nation relationship following “shocking” arguments in a closely-watched U.S. Supreme Court case.
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.
NAFOA: 5 Things You Need to Know this Week (February 13, 2023)
Uplifting voices and opportunities from our community members and partners. 
Auction under fire for sale of items from Battle of Little Bighorn (January 10, 2023)
A non-Native collector who claims to know a secret tribal language is selling items that supposedly came from Little Bighorn and other battles. Some have doubts. 
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. 
Underscore.News: Young Native runner honors family legacy (November 3, 2022)
Ku Stevens’ great-grandfather escaped an Indian boarding school by running 50 miles through the desert to get home. Decades later, Ku runs to honor that legacy. 
Navajo Nation leader apologizes for off-reservation incident (October 27, 2022)
A leader of the Navajo Nation is apologizing for an incident that took place off the reservation — though he isn’t detailing exactly what he’s sorry for. 
Former Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke is back in the news but it’s not because of his campaign for public office.
Indian gaming revenues hit record $39 billion despite COVID-19 (August 10, 2022)
The tribal casino industry has rebounded dramatically despite the ongoing challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, with revenues reaching a record high.
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