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Fake Indian art still a major problem despite federal responsibilities (March 14, 2023)

Efforts to strengthen and improve the Indian Arts and Crafts Act are coming amid criminal cases and renewed claims to Native identities.

Chuck Hoskin: Cherokee Nation welcomes investments in Native languages (January 17, 2023)

The Cherokee language is a bedrock of our strength as a tribe.

Native America Calling: When language translations go wrong (January 11, 2023)

The federal government issued translations on official documents to help Native people following destructive storms in Alaska. The trouble is, the text is indecipherable.

Auction under fire for sale of items from Battle of Little Bighorn (January 10, 2023)

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.

Native America Calling: Indigenous languages and the migrant border crisis (January 4, 2023)

Thousands of migrants, many of whom are seeking asylum as they escape violence, extreme poverty, and oppression, are stopped at the U.S. border.

Native America Calling: Sports, culture and education at 45th Lakota Nation Invitational (December 14, 2022)

The 45th annual Lakota Nation Invitational in Rapid City, South Dakota, is underway.

Harold Frazier: Nation-to-nation policy must be law of the land (November 30, 2022)

Native Sovereign Nations are prior sovereigns, embodying the inalienable and inherent rights of Native Peoples bestowed by our Creator.

Native Sun News Today: Wounded Knee descendants left out of repatriation process (November 28, 2022)

The descendants of Chief Spotted Elk, a Lakota leader who was murdered at Wounded Knee in 1890, are speaking out.

Chuck Hoskin: Cherokee Nation keeps our language alive (November 21, 2022)

Cherokee language is core to our culture and our identity as a distinct people.

Chuck Hoskin: Cherokee Nation cares for our homelands (November 7, 2022)

The Cherokee people have always been deeply connected to the land.

Elizabeth Woody: The Museum at Warm Springs celebrates tribal heritage (November 2, 2022)

At The Museum at Warm Springs, we celebrate our unique cultures, traditions, histories, arts and languages every month.

Harold Frazier: U.S. Supreme Court continues genocide against sovereign Native nations (November 1, 2022)

The Supreme Court is an anachronistic body of elderly politicians, who can never be expected to do justice by Native Sovereign Nations.

Native food sovereignty figure admits no tribal connections (October 21, 2022)

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.

‘We all deserve better’: City officials caught on recording making anti-Indigenous comments (October 11, 2022)

The first and only Native council member in California’s largest city is calling on his colleagues to step down for making racist and offensive statements about Indigenous people.

‘False claim to Native American heritage’: Pechanga Band takes stand against noted educator (October 6, 2022)

A prominent tribe with powerful connections has taken the unusual step of denouncing an educator and scholar who has long identified herself as a descendant of the community.

‘Huge loss for the world’: Lakota cultural bearer Kevin Locke passes on (October 5, 2022)

Kevin Locke — renowned hoop dancer, flute player and educator of Lakota language and culture — passed away suddenly at the age of 68.

Native Sun News Today: A brief history of the pow wow (October 4, 2022)

The real history of pow wows is being made by people today, by just having pow wows.

Underscore.news: Powwow returns to penitentiary for first time since COVID-19 (October 3, 2022)

Native prisoners at the Washington State Penitentiary hosted their first powwow in three years, a 50-year tradition temporarily halted by the Covid-19 pandemic.

‘The only true Native American in the Senate’: Markwayne Mullin assures himself of victory at tribal event (September 29, 2022)

Markwayne Mullin is poised to make history as the first tribal citizen in the U.S. Senate in nearly two decades but not all Native voters are happy.

‘I am humbled and deeply honored’: Rep. Mary Peltola (D-Alaska) joins U.S. Congress (September 15, 2022)

Rep. Mary Peltola (D-Alaska) delivers her first speech after being sworn in as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.

‘Just a terrific week’: Native women break new ground in nation’s capital (September 15, 2022)

It’s been a banner week for Native women trailblazers at all levels of U.S. government.

‘Who is your family?’: Big backers of breakout hit Prey falter on tribal affiliation inquiry (September 12, 2022)

A star of the hit film Prey wants to find out the “truth” about his supposed tribal ancestry. But Hollywood studios don’t share the same commitment.

Apache Stronghold heads back to court to protect sacred Oak Flat (September 6, 2022)

The fight to protect a sacred site from development is once again back in court as defenders of Oak Flat try to stop a huge copper mine on Apache territory.

Montana Free Press: Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes help celebrate new refuge (August 31, 2022)

The Lost Trail National Wildlife Refuge is the first created under the tenure of Secretary Deb Haaland, the first Native person to lead the Department of the Interior.

Cronkite News: Indian boarding schools confront genocidal legacy (August 30, 2022)

Few dispute that Indian boarding schools led to more than a century of abuse, systematically seizing Indigenous land, separating children from their families, destroying communities and working to erase tribal languages, religions, cultures and economies.

Native America Calling: Native in the Spotlight with L.A. Williams (August 29, 2022)

L.A. Williams is a sports broadcaster from the Navajo Nation. Learn more about her trailblazing career.

Chuck Hoskin: Cherokee Nation launches new program for Cherokee speakers (August 22, 2022)

We understand that saving the Cherokee language is a mission we quite simply cannot fail.

Native America Calling: Merging Native languages with braille (August 22, 2022)

The resurgence of language revitalization helps keep cultural connections and exercise sovereignty. But it leaves out those who are visually impaired.

Native leaders join national panel to address derogatory place names (August 16, 2022)

The Advisory Committee on Reconciliation in Place Names will address racist and derogatory terms across the country.

Charges laid against Native woman reported as missing in Canada (August 8, 2022)

Dawn Walker has been accused of faking her disappearance and that of her child in a case that attracted widespread attention in Canada.

Native America Calling: Comanche warriors battle Predator in Hulu’s “Prey” (August 5, 2022)

“Prey” features Native talent and the Comanche language. It’s now streaming on Hulu.

Pope Francis apologizes for Catholic Church’s role at Native residential schools (July 27, 2022)

Pope Francis, the leader of the Catholic Church, delivers remarks at Maskwacis Park in Alberta, Canada.

The Sioux Chef under fire for overlooking key employee’s violent past (July 22, 2022)

Indian Country’s most celebrated chef is facing calls for greater accountability after hiring a domestic violence offender.

Ernestine Anunkasan Waste’: Identity molded and shaped by many factors (July 20, 2022)

When a person’s heritage originates from several different tribes and ethnicities, I often wonder how one decides to identify themselves.

‘A moment 110 years in the making’: Jim Thorpe wins restoration of Olympic awards (July 15, 2022)

After more than a century, Native sports legend Jim Thorpe has once again been recognized for his Olympic achievements.

Navajo Code Talkers Museum prepares for special celebration (July 12, 2022)

The Navajo Code Talkers Museum is breaking ground on a permanent facility to honor the tribal citizens who served in World War II.

Biden administration backs Indian boarding school bill (June 27, 2022)

The Biden administration is fully supporting a bipartisan bill to study the Indian boarding school era, Secretary Deb Haaland said at a hearing on Capitol Hill.