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National Museum of the American Indian Native Knowledge 360; The First Thanksgiving
Native America Calling: A more meaningful Thanksgiving lesson (November 25, 2024)
Tune into Native America Calling to talk with Native educators about the work they’re doing to bring accuracy and balance to classrooms during the Thanksgiving season.
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Grist: Tribal rights at stake in heated presidential election (October 11, 2024)
Under the Biden-Harris administration, tribes got more of a say in Congress and tons more funding. A Trump-Vance win could upend that.
National Day of Mourning
The Conversation: Thanksgiving stories ignore history of colonization on Native lands (November 29, 2023)
Too often, K-12 social studies classes in the U.S. teach a mostly glossed-over story of U.S. settlement.
Colonization and the Wampanoag Story
Native America Calling: Colonization and the Wampanoag Story by Linda Coombs (November 24, 2023)
The full picture of how the earliest colonists interacted with Native people is clouded by the myths constructed by those writing history.
Mark Macarro and Fawn Sharp
‘We need to do some healing’: New leader of National Congress of American Indians vows unity (November 20, 2023)
The new leader of the nation’s largest inter-tribal advocacy organization is calling for unity and healing following a well-attended but sometimes contentious meeting.
Ben Barnes
National Congress of American Indian draws huge crowd for annual convention (November 16, 2023)
The nation’s largest inter-tribal advocacy organization is at a major crossroads as it celebrates a milestone anniversary.
National Congress of American Indians
National Congress of American Indians kicks off milestone convention (November 13, 2023)
The nation’s largest inter-tribal advocacy organization is marking a milestone event with an election of new leaders and debate on a controversial issue.
Tongva Taraxat Paxaavxa Land Conservancy
Native America Calling: Land donations add to tribal land holdings (October 20, 2022)
Today on Native America Calling, Shawn Spruce talks more about the importance of land donations in restoring culturally-important sites.
House Subcommittee on Indigenous Peoples of the United States - Examining Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta: The Implications of the Supreme Court's Ruling on Tribal Sovereignty
Examining Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta: The Implications of the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Tribal Sovereignty (September 20, 2022)
The House Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States holds a hearing to examine the impacts of the U.S. Supreme Court on tribal sovereignty.
Black Hills Land Defenders
People’s World: LandBack movement gathers momentum around the globe (January 27, 2022)
As the political landscape changes, the LandBack movement gathers momentum as never before.
National Day of Mourning
Albert Bender: Decolonization during the holiday season (January 4, 2022)
Let’s give due reverence to the United American Indians of New England who since 1970 have held a “National Day of Mourning” to honor Native resilience.
'My Land, My Future'
Tribal homelands bill back on agenda in ‘new era’ of Indian Country relations (November 30, 2021)
Lawmakers are set to approve another round of Indian Country bills, including a long-anticipated yet controversial measure that will help tribes restore their homelands.
Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland
Secretary Haaland leads Interior to a more tribal friendly future (April 27, 2021)
Secretary Deb Haaland is moving quickly to roll back negative policies as the Biden administration seeks to restore the nation-to-nation relationship with tribes and uphold the federal government’s trust and treaty obligations.
kirkfrancis
United South and Eastern Tribes welcome Biden administration homelands policy (April 27, 2021)
“Our homelands are essential to the exercise of Tribal sovereignty, cultural identity, and the foundations of our economies,” said USET SPF President Kirk Francis.
mhanation
Native America Calling: Repairing or reaffirming Trump’s legacy with tribes (April 1, 2021)
Dozens of decisions that affected tribes during the Trump years are awaiting scrutiny by the new Biden administration.
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Native America Calling: Perspectives on the Mayflower 400 years later (November 25, 2020)
It’s been four centuries since the Pilgrims stepped off the Mayflower onto the shores of present day Massachusetts.
cedriccromwell
Leader of Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe indicted on federal charges (November 13, 2020)
Just days after renewing criticism of Donald Trump, Chairman Cedric Cromwell of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe was indicted on federal bribery and extortion charges.
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Biden-Harris campaign celebrates Indigenous Peoples Day (October 12, 2020)
The Joe Biden campaign is celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day with tribal leaders, members of Congress and Native musicians.
cedriccromwell
Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe endorses Democrat Joe Biden for president (October 2, 2020)
With its reservation being threatened by the Trump administration, the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe is backing Democrat Joe Biden for president.
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