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Following a U.S. Supreme Court decision ending affirmative action, several states are rushing to rid their higher education institutions of recruitment and inclusion programs that benefit Native students.
Native America Calling: Illinois’ first Native reservation (May 13, 2024)
A tribe once targeted for termination has established the first reservation in the state of Illinois. 
Native America Calling: Charting the future of Native jazz (May 10, 2024)
A big band made up of Native musicians is headlining a jazz festival at in the nation’s capital. 
Native America Calling: Miss Indian World Kassie John (May 9, 2024)
Diné multimedia artist Kassie John is the newest cultural ambassador to wear the Miss Indian World crown. 
Join Native America Calling to discuss some of the current limits and possibilities for exerting sovereign influence over tribal airspace.
Join Native America Calling to hear about the unique opportunities and challenges that come with tribal wealth.
Ten years since a world-changing blackout, an Anishinaabe community must embark on a mission of discovery in the next chapter from First Nations author Waubgeshig Rice.
Native people are affected by Arizona’s efforts to solidify a strict ban on abortions — and other states with substantial Native populations are trying to do the same.
TikTok is a source of entertainment and information for Native users — and it could go away following enactment of a new U.S. law.
Euchee culinary traditions, subsistence whaling in Alaska and young gardeners are on The Menu, Native America Calling’s regular feature on food sovereignty.
Native America Calling: A sample of Native Guitars Tour 2024 (April 26, 2024)
Native Guitars Tour is heading up a two-day music and fashion presentation in New Mexico. 
We are in the midst of a new surge of Native writing talent.
Native America Calling: No ordinary animal (April 24, 2024)
The early bond between Native people and horses was both technical and spiritual. 
Native America Calling: Safeguards on Artificial Intelligence (April 23, 2024)
AI is advancing fast, and Native experts are expressing the need for policy and legal safeguards to make sure it doesn’t trample Native values. 
Native America Calling: Earth Day assessment for Native peoples (April 22, 2024)
Native people face a six-fold increased risk of flash floods because of climate change in the next two years, according to a new study. 
The murders of three Navajo men by white high school students touched off a series of racially-fueled conflicts in a border town in New Mexico.
Native people are among those with the lowest rate of vaccinations, whether it’s for flu, measles, COVID-19, or hepatitis B.
Native drone pilots are building careers using drones for scoping out landscapes for construction, searching for lost hikers, and even assessing potentially sacred areas.
Native sisters, a Native artist’s art installation and a tribe’s fight against an oil pipeline are the subject of new films.
Citing a troubling disparity for self-harm among Native youth, two tribes are suing the country’s most prominent social media companies.
Native America Calling: New Native voices in poetry (April 12, 2024)
Join Ojibwe writer Marcie Rendon, Lakota humorist Tiffany Midge, author Kimberly Blaeser and poet Kinsale Drake in celebration of National Poetry Month. 
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. 
Join Native America Calling to examine the fallout from unfounded claims made by high-ranking politicians and what recourse tribes have to counter them.
Numerous studies over the years point out the overrepresentation of Native women in U.S. prisons. Even Native girls are incarcerated at higher rates.
All across the country, tribes are working to find the most promising opioid treatments funded by dozens of settlements with pharmaceutical giants.
Native America Calling: Protecting the night sky (April 5, 2024)
Most tribes have important traditional connections to the stars and other celestial bodies in the night sky. 
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.
Native America Calling: Dedication to language revitalization (April 3, 2024)
Join Native America Calling to speak with two passionate Native language scholars about the dedication it takes to make a difference. 
The most powerful earthquake ever recorded in North America struck 75 miles south of Anchorage in Alaska in March 1964.
Bestselling Blackfeet writer Stephen Graham Jones caps off his horror trilogy with The Angel of Indian Lake.
Native America Calling: The state of Native agriculture on The Menu (March 29, 2024)
What’s on The Menu? The state of Native agriculture, wild onion season and Native matriarchs. 
A Lakota man is developing an archive of music by Native artists — one record and cassette tape at a time.
The Department of Education has opened a civil rights investigation into the treatment of Native athletes at public schools in North Dakota.
Native America Calling: Successful strategies to reduce bullying (March 26, 2024)
About one out of every six high school students report being bullied, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
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: The Exxon Valdez oil spill (March 22, 2024)
When the Exxon Valdez supertanker broke open on March 24, 1989, the resulting oil spill coated 1,300 miles of shoreline, causing long-lasting damage for Alaska Natives. 
Four states and six tribes in the Colorado River Basin are working on what could be a historic agreement — if it happens at all.
Native America Calling: Native hoops highlights (March 20, 2024)
It’s basketball tournament time and Native America Calling is talking free throws, three-pointers and trophies. 
Native America Calling: Whiskey Tender by Deborah Jackson Taffa (March 19, 2024)
Whiskey Tender, the memoir by Deborah Jackson Taffa, is both an intimate personal story and Native history.
Native America Calling: Native liver disease and transplants (March 18, 2024)
An investigation shows that Native people have the highest rate of death from liver disease, but the lowest representation on the waitlist for transplants.
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