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‘Supercharged’ for Indian Country: Kamala Harris and Tim Walz wrap up big first week (August 12, 2024)

Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and her running mate wrapped up a whirlwind week of rallies, making history with the first campaign event opened by a tribal leader.

Cronkite News: Kamala Harris set to pick vice presidential running mate (August 5, 2024)

Of the contenders Vice President Kamala Harris is vetting as a possible running mate, Mark Kelly is the only one who’s been to space. Is he the right stuff for the nation?

Indian boarding school investigation puts billion-dollar figure on genocidal policy (July 30, 2024)

The Biden administration has released the long-awaited final volume of its investigation into the genocidal Indian boarding school era.

‘Bring our kids home’: Winnebago Tribe in court over children buried at Indian boarding school (July 16, 2024)

A federal judge is weighing a decision that the Winnebago Tribe hopes will set a strong precedent at one of the most infamous Indian boarding schools in the nation.

‘A fake holiday’: Trump’s running mate J.D. Vance derided Indigenous Peoples’ Day (July 15, 2024)

A Republican politician who derided Indigenous Peoples’ Day as “fake” is Donald Trump’s running mate.

Native America Calling: Native Bookshelf with Tommy Orange (March 5, 2024)

In his new novel, Tommy Orange weaves together the complex history of the Indian boarding school era as witnessed by the ancestors to the characters in his best-selling debut.

DVIDS: Tribes reclaim children lost at Carlisle Indian boarding school (October 11, 2023)

The U.S. Army finalized its sixth disinterment project, returning four Native children to their families.

News21: States rein in powers of prosecutors when it comes to reproductive rights (October 10, 2023)

“There is now a playbook where the authority is going to continue to be whittled away,” a state prosecutor said of new restrictions on prosecutorial discretion.

Native America Calling: The big game (February 10, 2023)

Today on Native America Calling, let’s survey the good and bad about the Super Bowl.

Native food sovereignty figure admits no tribal connections (October 21, 2022)

A scholar who has made a name for herself in Native food sovereignty has vowed to stop claiming to be of “Mohawk/Mi’kmaq descent” despite doing so for decades.

Roundtable examines ‘toxic workplace culture’ at Washington football team (January 28, 2022)

Leaders of a U.S. Congressional committee will host a roundtable to examine what they are calling the “toxic workplace culture” within the Washington professional football team.

Repatriation of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe Children at Carlisle Indian Industrial School

Photos: Lakota children spend final morning away from homelands (July 19, 2021)

The Indian community came together in Sioux City, Iowa, to welcome nine Lakota children who died at the Carlisle Indian boarding school.

Lakota youth return home after more than a century away at Indian boarding school (July 19, 2021)

Nine Lakota children began their last morning away from their homelands at the base of a bluff overlooking the Missouri River.

Rosebud Sioux Tribe hosts prayer services in South Dakota for return of Indian boarding school students (July 16, 2021)

The Rosebud Sioux Tribe hosts prayer services in Wagner, South Dakota, for the return of nine Lakota students who died at the Carlisle Indian boarding school.

Rosebud Sioux Tribe hosts prayer services in Iowa for return of Indian boarding school students (July 16, 2021)

The Rosebud Sioux Tribe hosts prayer services in Sioux City, Iowa, for the return of nine Lakota students who died at the Carlisle Indian boarding school.

‘We are bringing them home’: Lakota youth on long overdue journey from Indian boarding school (July 15, 2021)

After a long process driven by youth, nine Lakota children who died at one of the most infamous institutions of the Indian boarding school era are finally returning home.