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VIDEO: H.R.2389, the Quinault Indian Nation Land Transfer Act (December 12, 2025)
The U.S. House of Representatives considers H.R.2389, the Quinault Indian Nation Land Transfer Act, on December 9, 2025. 
VIDEO: H.R.2388, the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Project Lands Restoration Act (December 12, 2025)
The U.S. House of Representatives considers H.R.2388, the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Project Lands Restoration Act, on December 9, 2025. 
AUDIO: H.R.2389, the Quinault Indian Nation Land Transfer Act (December 11, 2025)
The U.S. House of Representatives considers H.R.2389, the Quinault Indian Nation Land Transfer Act, on December 9, 2025. 
AUDIO: H.R.2388, the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Project Lands Restoration Act (December 11, 2025)
The U.S. House of Representatives considers H.R.2388, the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Project Lands Restoration Act, on December 9, 2025. 
December is a traditional time for feasts, family, and giving but the holiday season can also affect a person’s mental health.
NAFOA: 5 Things You Need to Know this Week (December 8, 2025) (December 8, 2025)
There’s still time to #GiveNative! Donate by December 31 to make your gift to NAFOA count. 
Cuts in funding, federal staff reductions, and department disorganization — along with the U.S. government shutdown -– all took a toll on the work done by tribal museums this year.
Native America Calling: Native candidates make strides in local elections (November 24, 2025)
Political newcomer Sierra Yazzie Asamoa-Tutu will soon be the first Navajo city council member in Gallup, New Mexico. Other Native candidates are finding success at the local level. 
National Congress of American Indians chooses leadership at big convention (November 20, 2025)
Election season kicked into high gear at the National Congress of American Indians, with a last-minute addition shaking up the field. 
With fewer Native people turning out to the polls, tribal advocates are looking for ways to re-energize the vote in Indian Country.
The nation’s oldest and largest inter-tribal organization opened its annual convention with a competing set of messages about the challenges facing Indian Country.
Access to land for hunting, fishing and gathering are foundational provisions in many treaties between tribes and the U.S. government.
After an intensive two-year adult immersion program, the number of fluent Spokane Salish language speakers nearly doubled.
Native America Calling: Native Playlist with Khu.éex’ and Earth Surface People (September 22, 2025)
From Seattle to the Southwest, Khu.éex’ and Earth Surface People are next on your Native Playlist. 
‘Fight like hell’: Federal funding cuts threaten HIV/AIDS programs (September 8, 2025)
Advocates for Americans with HIV and their allies in Congress are vowing to “fight like hell” in the face of funding cuts that they say will cost lives. 
Tribes are raising alarms as the Trump administration rushes to remove protections for more than 58 million acres of federal forest lands.
Native America Calling: The shift in federal support for maternal health (August 21, 2025)
Federal funding cuts are threatening programs that support maternal health and family planning in Native communities. 
Native America Calling: Native educators grapple with burnout (August 4, 2025)
Talk with Native educators about what it will take to recruit and retain Native teachers in the face of growing pressures. 
What’s on The Menu as July comes to a close? Tune into Native America Calling’s regular food feature.
Criminal cartels have long targeted federal and tribal lands along the United States borders with Mexico and with Canada.
Long-simmering tensions in the nation’s capital burst into the open at a confirmation hearing for one of Indian Country’s most crucial government positions.
NAFOA: 5 Things You Need to Know this Week (July 7, 2025) (July 7, 2025)
The latest updates and opportunities shaping Tribal economies. 
VIDEO: H.R.2556, the CORE Act (June 26, 2025)
The House Committee on Natural Resources considers a tribal consultation amendment to H.R.2556,, the Comprehensive Offshore Resource Enhancement Act, at a markup on June 25, 2025. 
AUDIO: House Committee on Natural Resources Markup (June 26, 2025)
The House Committee on Natural Resources considers Indian Country legislation at a markup on June 25, 2025. 
Deb Haaland continues to blaze new trails, this time with her campaign to be the first Native woman governor of New Mexico.
Native America Calling: Cities take aim at homeless encampments (June 12, 2025)
Native people experiencing homelessness are impacted by ongoing efforts to shut down encampments in urban areas. 
The Chinook Nation is back to the drawing board after a federal recognition bill was changed without the support of the tribe.
Tribes have once again been left out of a decision to open up to 112 million acres of federal forest lands to development.
Despite pledges from Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., programs serving Indian Country are in line for cuts and reductions.
May 5 is recognized as Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) Awareness Day.
Native America Calling: Counteracting a pollinator crisis (April 15, 2025)
Honey bees, butterflies, and even small vertebrates like bats and birds are important to agriculture and are indicators of a healthy ecosystem. 
Native America Calling: The next 50 years of self-governance (April 7, 2025)
It’s been 50 years since the passage of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act. What’s next for tribal self-governance? 
For the first time in decades, tribes in the Pacific Northwest will be able to forage for wild huckleberries in a national forest without competition from commercial companies.
Arizona ranks third for the highest number of cases of missing Indigenous people.
NAFOA: 5 Things You Need to Know this Week (March 17, 2025) (March 17, 2025)
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Tribal and state public health efforts are credited with reducing the suicide rate among Native people in New Mexico.
The House Committee on Appropriations hears from American Indian and Alaska Native witnesses on the afternoon of February 26, 2025.
The House Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs holds an oversight hearing on Indian trust reform on February 25, 2025.
House Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs meets for oversight hearing (February 24, 2025)
The House Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs is holding its second hearing of the 119th Congress, focusing on the federal government’s management of Indian trust assets. 
NAFOA: Things You Need to Know this Week (February 24, 2025) (February 24, 2025)
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