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It’s been almost a full century since Ojibwe hockey player Taffy Abel first set foot on the ice for the New York Rangers.
In the Tara Moses play, “Haunted,” two Native ghosts are caught in a seemingly endless cycle of haunting the prospective owners of a house. But there’s a twist.
Michael Steven Wilson was a lay pastor on the Tohono O’odham Nation when he started putting out water for migrants crossing the border.
“Honoring Native peoples means ending dehumanization in both imagery and policy,” said Stephanie Fryberg, an expert on the effects of harmful imagery.
Native groups have hit back at President Donald Trump’s threat to block a new stadium for the Washington Commanders if the professional football team does not revert to its racist name.
Montana is the setting for the launch of Indigipalooza, a festival of literature, music and other arts.
“Any attempt to distract by invoking our names and purporting to speak for our communities is an affront to Tribal sovereignty and is not taken lightly,” said President Mark Macarro.
Native America Calling: Native Bookshelf with Tanya Talaga (July 18, 2025)
Indigenous peoples of Canada know of the horrors that generations of children were forced to endure in residential schools. 
“We will not let the state drag us backwards or silence our people,” said Fort Belknap Indian Community President Jeffrey Stiffarm.
It’s been 35 years since the Mohawk resistance at Oka in Canada. Has anything changed?
The violent attacks on lawmakers in Minnesota are a shocking reminder of the pervasive threats that disproportionately target women and people of color.
A reparations package seeks to compensate Black residents of Tulsa, Oklahoma, for a violent, racist attack on their community in 1921.
More than 42,000 Natives served in the military during the Vietnam War, the vast majority as volunteers.
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.
More than 42,000 Natives served in the military during the Vietnam War, the vast majority as volunteers.
As the state of New York works to eliminate school mascots with Native names and imagery, they have run into a powerful adversary.
The Trump administration just scrapped an agreement aimed at addressing disparities involving Native students in South Dakota.
President Donald Trump’s order to scrub anything “divisive” from the Smithsonian to shield Americans from “woke” propaganda has – at least temporarily – had the opposite effect.
“You’re not only erasing Navajo culture but you’re also eliminating Navajo code,” said Peter MacDonald, 96, one of the few surviving Navajo Code Talkers.
Rhonda LeValdo and Gaylene Crouser: Not In Our Honor (February 7, 2025)
The Kansas City football team will once again mock Native culture at the Super Bowl. 
With their party now in control of the U.S. Congress, Republicans are defending their record on Indian issues after Democrats sought changes to the rules on a key legislative committee.
Native America Calling: Native in the Spotlight with Ted Nolan (January 17, 2025)
Ted Nolan’s home on the Garden River First Nation didn’t have electricity or running water. But it did have a hockey rink in the backyard.
Native America Calling: Native in the Spotlight with Ted Nolan (January 13, 2025)
Ted Nolan’s home on the Garden River First Nation didn’t have electricity or running water. But it did have a hockey rink in the backyard. 
Daily Montanan: Blackfeet family aims to keep NFL logo alive (November 27, 2024)
A logo depicting Blackfeet Chief Two Guns White Calf could be revived by the Washington professional football team. 
The stories Holly Miowak Guise heard from elders inspired her to research and document the experience of Alaska Native veterans of World War II.
Republicans take U.S. Senate with promises of a Donald Trump agenda (November 7, 2024)
A Republican in the White House isn’t the only big change Indian Country is facing as tribes seek to hold the U.S. government accountable for its trust and treaty responsibilities. 
Adria Jawort: ‘Snake Tongue Sheehy’ still won’t apologize to Native people (October 30, 2024)
In true double-down MAGA fashion, I don’t expect Tim Sheehy to apologize to the Crow Tribe or Indigenous peoples of Montana anytime soon for his gross misrepresentation of us. 
Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation: ‘We’re still fighting for our freedom’ (October 25, 2024)
“Genocide, institutional racism, abuse in all forms, cultural disconnection, alienation and pressure to assimilate away from Native culture and identity have haunted our people for generations,” said the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation. 
More than 200 people and four organizations are supporting the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes in denouncing a Republican candidate’s derogatory remarks about Native Americans.
Native America Calling: Native in the Spotlight with Dr. Duke Redbird (October 14, 2024)
Duke Redbird’s activism initially rose from hardship, and he turned to writing after encountering racism and discrimination in school. 
Both presidential campaigns are pouring resources into Arizona, a swing state where Native voters could make a substantial difference in the outcome of the election.
Dan Foreman, a Republican lawmaker in Idaho, stormed out of a “Meet your candidates” event after a question about racism and discrimination.
The tribally-owned Char-Koosta News released audio that confirms what Republican candidate Tim Sheehy said about Native people being “drunk at 8am.” And there’s more.
Republican U.S. Senate challenger Tim Sheehy is drawing fire for comments deemed derogatory against Native people.
Native issues take center stage at fiery U.S. Senate debate in Montana (October 1, 2024)
Native issues are playing a big role in the U.S. Senate race in Montana, the outcome of which is being closely watched in an already heated presidential election year. 
Native people were removed from a conservative rally featuring Tim Sheehy, the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Montana.
Native America Calling: Weaponizing food and federal dietary guidelines (September 27, 2024)
How much do the proposed USDA Dietary Guidelines reflect what industries want to promote as opposed to what Native people consider nutritious? 
Montana Free Press: ‘White farmers’ ad airs amid racial baiting in U.S. Senate race (September 24, 2024)
Crow people were still fuming over a Republican candidate deriding them as being “drunk at 8 a.m.” when a campaign ad began circulating about “white farmers.” 
Daily Montanan: U.S. Senate candidate sidesteps questions about ‘drunk’ Indians (September 23, 2024)
“As you know, they’ll take recordings from years ago, chop them up and make them sound, you know, evil,” Republican candidate Tim Sheehy said on Fox News. 
“Native people are going to fight back,” said Nick Tilsen, founder of NDN Collective.
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