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Native America Calling: Tribes ponder blood quantum alternative (December 9, 2025)
Tribes are looking down the road and mapping a future away from the blood quantum requirements. 
The unpredictable nature of federal funding and other factors — including the Donald Trump administration — has tribal colleges scrambling.
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. 
A surprise provision in the bill to end the federal government shutdown has thrown Native hemp producers into chaos.
President Donald Trump and his administration have refused to find money for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program amid the U.S. government shutdown.
Among the thousands of staff cuts and billions of dollars eliminated from federal programs is support to prevent and respond to domestic violence.
A warrior. A friend. A mentor. A family man. Indian Country is remembering the late Ernie Stevens, Jr., who passed on at the age of 66.
An unassuming eatery at the Pueblo of Isleta won the top prize at the New Mexico State Fair Green Chile Cheeseburger Challenge.
Congress just approved a massive reduction in public broadcasting funds, leaving tribal radio stations scrambling. Tribal colleges are also on the chopping block.
When the state of Idaho bowed out of a grey wolf reintroduction program and even proposed a major reduction in wolf populations, the Nez Perce Tribe stepped in to help the endangered animal’s fate.
VIDEO: ‘Frustrated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ (June 17, 2025)
Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-Wisconsin) voices concerns about the Bureau of Indian Affairs at a hearing on June 12, 2025. 
Native America Calling: Preparing for paperless transactions (June 17, 2025)
Native people who have relied on paper checks for their tax returns or Social Security payments are being forced to make a change. 
Tribes have once again been left out of a decision to open up to 112 million acres of federal forest lands to development.
Tribal wildlife officials are trying to get a handle on the seemingly unstoppable increase in chronic wasting disease among large game animals.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is expediting permits for Line 5, an oil pipeline opposed by tribes in the Great Lakes region.
KFF Health News: Medicaid cuts ‘a tremendous hit’ to Indian Country (March 20, 2025)
As Congress mulls potentially massive cuts to Medicaid, health centers that serve Native communities are bracing for catastrophe. 
The House Committee on Appropriations hears from American Indian and Alaska Native witnesses on the afternoon of February 26, 2025.
Native America Calling: Native people left out of progress on overdose deaths (February 26, 2025)
Overdose deaths have dropped significantly — except among Native people and other people of color. 
The House Committee on Appropriations hears from American Indian and Alaska Native witnesses on the afternoon of February 26, 2025.
Tribes operate lending businesses under their own sovereignty. But they still face struggles.
President Donald Trump has ordered sweeping immigration raids across the country. Native people feel targeted.
Native America Calling: New momentum to preserve mounds (December 12, 2024)
A bill to protect the Ocmulgee Mounds in Georgia is making progress in Congress.
Native America Calling: The constant cyber security threat (December 5, 2024)
Tribes and tribal businesses are among the entities facing growing security threats. 
Donald Trump turns to Republican loyalists in filling cabinet positions (November 12, 2024)
Donald Trump’s presidential cabinet is beginning to take shape, with an outgoing state governor who has repeatedly clashed with tribes potentially poised to join the administration. 
Indian Country is waking up to new political realities with Republican Donald Trump headed to the White House after an election season that saw an unprecedented Native vote effort in support of Democrat Kamala Harris.
Native America Calling: Decision day for 2024 (November 5, 2024)
All the messages to encourage Native voting, the legal and technical work to assure access, and the onslaught of campaign ads come down to Election Day. 
‘A new era’: Indian Country sees big investments in economic development (October 21, 2024)
The Department of the Treasury is celebrating a major milestone in tribal economic development, surpassing the $500 million mark in investments for small businesses and entrepreneurs in Indian Country.
Native America Calling: Candidate Native voter outreach in the home stretch (October 18, 2024)
In the final days before the November 2024 election, campaigns are working at a feverish pace to reach Native voters. 
Kamala Harris campaign targets Native voters in bid for White House (October 3, 2024)
With a little over a month before the election, Native advocates are working to ensure Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris wins the race for the White House. 
News21: Work aims to restore trust in elections and faith in democracy (September 9, 2024)
“The crisis in trust is bigger than just one party,” said one Republican. 
NAFOA: 5 Things You Need to Know this Week (September 3, 2024)
Get all the latest news on tribal finance and economic development from NAFOA. 
Indian Health Service observes World Water Week (August 26, 2024)
The Indian Health Service is observing World Water Week with visits to infrastructure sites in tribal communities across the nation.
A Wisconsin tribe built a lending empire on high-interest lending, relying on sovereignty to avoid state loan laws.
NAFOA: 5 Things You Need to Know this Week (July 22, 2024)
Make California your next trip for #NAFOAFall2024, NAFOA’s fall conference! 
Indian Country set for big and busy week on Capitol Hill (July 22, 2024)
Indian Country is set for a busy week in the nation’s capital, coming after the GOP convention and the end of Democratic President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign. 
Source New Mexico: Republican lawmaker eyes Deb Haaland’s job (July 19, 2024)
If Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colorado) gets her way, she will be the next Secretary of the Interior. 
Among the Earth’s most genetically pure buffalo herds in Yellowstone National Park, a rare white buffalo calf is born.
The public safety theme on the second evening at the Republican National Convention included a message from Forest County Potawatomi Chairman James Crawford.
“Native people are facing real threats to ensure our safety,” the leader of the Forest County Potawatomi Community told Republicans gathered in his tribe’s homelands.
James Crawford, the chairman of Forest County Potawatomi Community, addresses the Republican National Convention.
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