Tribal leaders are calling on the Biden administration to re-examine its commitment to the nation-to-nation relationship following “shocking” arguments in a closely-watched U.S. Supreme Court case.
The highest court in the land is once again taking up a case that will determine whether the United States lives up to its promises to tribal nations.
Efforts to strengthen and improve the Indian Arts and Crafts Act are coming amid criminal cases and renewed claims to Native identities.
It took more than two years but a self-proclaimed Native Republican wore his “best Trump tie” to court and finally admitted he committed a crime during a violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
If there’s an epicenter of the more than 20-year drought in the west and Southwest, it’s the Colorado River.
As Leonard Peltier enters his 48th year behind bars, his supporters and legal advocates are renewing the push to have him released through whatever means.
The U.S. House of Representatives considers H.R.423, the Pala Band of Mission Indians Land Transfer Act, on February 6, 2023.
The U.S. House of Representatives considers H.R.548, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Historic Lands Reacquisition Act, on February 6, 2023.
“Decades worth of legislation designed to protect women are being overturned by judges appointed by conservative politicians with an agenda that does not align with the vast majority of Americans,” said CEO Lori Jump of StrongHearts Native Helpline.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is getting back to work after what the legislative panel’s bipartisan leadership said was an extremely productive session.
The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians is donating $600,000 over two years to support the Tribal Supreme Court Project.
Today on Native America Calling, get the back story on the land-into-trust process and what it means for Alaska Natives.
A key Congressional committee is finally getting to work, with Republicans pursuing a new agenda for Indian Country and beyond.
In Arizona, 22 federally recognized tribes inhabit nearly every region of the state. But Hia-Ced O’odham isn’t one of them.
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.
The research on the over-representation of Native people behind bars is long and vast.
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.
Michael Hoenig, the longest-serving general counsel at the National Indian Gaming Commission, is departing on January 27, 2023.
Native America Calling looks at the continuing verbal, legal, and legislative affronts to tribal sovereignty based on outdated, stereotypical and uninformed perspectives.
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.
A non-Native collector who claims to know a secret tribal language is selling items that supposedly came from Little Bighorn and other battles. Some have doubts.
With one negative ruling on the books and a potentially devastating one on the way, tribal leaders continue to look to the Biden administration to address the impacts of the U.S. Supreme Court.
An area sacred to the Blackfeet Nation remains under threat from energy development after a federal judge’s ruling.
Native America Calling checks in with Native experts about both progress and setbacks when it comes to public acceptance.
The Embassy of Tribal Nations, the home of the National Congress of American Indians, is on the market.
A Native person will serve on one of the highest courts in Michigan for the first time in state history.
When the U.S. government keeps its treaty promises to one tribe, it is good for all tribes.
Crimes involving Native people and renewed scrutiny of past boarding school practices highlight the importance of Native forensic professionals.
Almost 200 years ago, the Treaty of New Echota between Cherokee Nation and the United States government was signed.
A land swap long in development within the Custer Gallatin National Forest is finally open to public comment.
A dispute over who can exercise jurisdiction over COVID-19 policies on the Blackfeet Nation is in federal court.
The descendants of Chief Spotted Elk, a Lakota leader who was murdered at Wounded Knee in 1890, are speaking out.
A case before the United States Supreme Court could resume the genocide of tribal nations.
Law enforcement in New Mexico have developed a list of roughly 200 names to help track and raise awareness of Indigenous people who go missing.
The Cherokee Nation is getting closer to fulfilling a promise made by treaty nearly two centuries ago.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is getting back to work after a lengthy absence.
The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments in Haaland v. Brackeen, a closely-watched Indian Child Welfare Act case, on November 9, 2022.
Tribal leaders speak at a #StopColonizers rally on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court on November 9, 2022.
The decision in Haaland v. Brackeen will be a major force in the future of the Indian Child Welfare Act and the scope of tribal sovereignty.
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