A key Congressional committee is finally getting to work, with Republicans pursuing a new agenda for Indian Country and beyond.
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A lithium mine in Nevada is considered an environmental and cultural affront to tribal nations.
Indian Country is gearing up for another round of big cases at the nation’s highest court, with water rights and tribal sovereignty on the line.
A tribal hunter was accidentally shot in connection with a bison hunt on the northern border of Yellowstone National Park in Montana.
Salt River Project has partnered with a private renewable energy company to open its largest solar plant in Arizona.
Whether it’s new construction, refurbished existing buildings, improved water or better roads, we are investing in what the Cherokee people have asked for.
Alligators are traditional touchstones and an important source of food for Southern and Southeastern tribes.
Leaders of the Seneca Nation are speaking out after the governor of New York vetoed a bill that would have protected burial grounds across the state.
About 100,000 mines have been abandoned in Arizona, according to the state inspector, leaving behind huge amounts of toxic waste.
Tribes in California want a say in what happens to the remains of P-22, a famous mountain lion.
A dauntless advocate of Indigenous justice walked on with the passing of indomitable Water Protector and fearless Warrior Joye Braun.
Lakota citizens met to discuss the return of items taken from their ancestors during the Wounded Knee Massacre of December 1890.
The Native village of Newtok in Alaska is losing its battle with climate change.
The International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity warns Indigenous priorities may not be heard or heeded at the COP15 UN Biodiversity Conference.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is holding a business meeting as the 117th Congress enters its final stretch.
An area sacred to the Blackfeet Nation remains under threat from energy development after a federal judge’s ruling.
Cedar is an important part of many tribal cultures.
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After decades of fighting, tribes in northern California can celebrate the pending removal of four dams on the Klamath River.
A land swap long in development within the Custer Gallatin National Forest is finally open to public comment.
The descendants of Chief Spotted Elk, a Lakota leader who was murdered at Wounded Knee in 1890, are speaking out.
Joye Michelle Braun, a citizen of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe known for organizing the pipeline resistance movement in Indian Country, passed away on November 13.
Are you wondering where to find blue corn meal made by Native producers? Or do you want to give someone bison meat from tribal lands?
Dozens of young Native people flocked to the nation’s capital for the return of the White House Tribal Youth Forum, where they saw food sovereignty in action.
“USDA is committed to empowering tribal self-determination and bringing Indigenous perspectives into agriculture, food, and nutrition,” said Secretary Tom Vilsack.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is getting back to work after a lengthy absence.
Today on Native America Calling, Shawn Spruce speaks with tribal forestry directors about working with government agencies and the threats facing forests.
The Cherokee people have always been deeply connected to the land.
Many Native hunters have mastered big game hunting, providing for themselves and their families.
The Łutsël K’é Dene First Nation has protected Thaidene Nëné under their own law since time immemorial.
For the Cherokee people and for people everywhere, true freedom is impossible without control over our own food supply.
Republican Arizona Corporation Commission candidate Nick Myers claims financial assistance to tribal nations is “foreign aid.” PolitiFact checks the facts.
It was long common practice for archaeologists — both professional and amateur — to plunder Native burial sites.
Alaska’s snow crab season is cancelled for the first time ever after a mass die-off all but wiped out the crustaceans.
A scholar who has made a name for herself in Native food sovereignty has vowed to stop claiming to be of “Mohawk/Mi’kmaq descent” despite doing so for decades.
Today on Native America Calling, Shawn Spruce talks more about the importance of land donations in restoring culturally-important sites.
An 1855 treaty with the U.S. government ensured one of the Yakama Nation’s most important sites would remain part of its homelands.
A new Department of the Interior pilot program aims to place Native food hubs at locations around the country.
The lack of baseline data on the scale and scope of Indigenous involvement in agriculture continues to be an obstacle to effective engagement of Indigenous communities.
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