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Native America Calling: Native liver disease and transplants (March 18, 2024)
An investigation shows that Native people have the highest rate of death from liver disease, but the lowest representation on the waitlist for transplants.
Indigenous women are confronting past abuses of medical professionals who claimed to be working in their best interests.
Native America Calling: Meet the 2024 NCAIED 40 under 40 (March 14, 2024)
The National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development is celebrating young leaders at the Reservation Economic Summit.
Doing business on a global scale means understanding the competitive advantages tribes and First Nations bring to the table.
Small business serve as building blocks for tribes, providing jobs and circulating revenue within the community.
Native America Calling: Is there another way to look at time? (March 11, 2024)
Tribes maintain schedules for harvests, ceremonies, family and feasts. How does the concept of time factor in?
Native America Calling: Oscar buzz (March 8, 2024)
Native people are up for a historic three Academy Awards for their roles in “Killers of the Flower Moon.”
Two recent events are major wins for tribes fighting to restore natural salmon runs in the Pacific Northwest.
Native America Calling: The day after Super Tuesday (March 6, 2024)
What is on your mind as the presidential race narrows? What other candidates or issues are most important to you?
Native America Calling: Native Bookshelf with Tommy Orange (March 5, 2024)
In his new novel, Tommy Orange weaves together the complex history of the Indian boarding school era as witnessed by the ancestors to the characters in his best-selling debut.
Overfishing in Japan, a thriving black market, and even the Fukushima nuclear disaster are all fanning the flames of fishing disputes involving tribes and First Nations in the U.S. and Canada.
Native America Calling: Finding Sasquatch (March 1, 2024)
Sasquatch, also known as Bigfoot, carry a deep meaning in many Native cultures.
Native America Calling: Native agriculture and Native business (February 29, 2024)
Native agriculture is now a $6.4 billion industry, doubling in sales from 2017 to 2022.
Native America Calling: The unique intersection of Black and Indigenous artwork (February 28, 2024)
Artists who have a foot in more than one culture have a creative way of expressing that blended identity and the joys and drawbacks of a shared, but separate history.
Native America Calling: Native Playlist with Scott George and Mali Obomsawin (February 27, 2024)
An Oscar nominee and a new release are on your Native Playlist from Native America Calling.
Brian Jackson started out making animal balloons for a community church event. He’s now a world record holder.
Native America Calling: High profile Alaska murder trial fans past MMIP trauma (February 23, 2024)
A jury convicted Brian Steven Smith for the murders of two Alaska Native women, following a trial that attracted international attention.
Native America Calling: How land grant universities cash in on broken promises (February 22, 2024)
Where did some universities and colleges get their land? From the breakup of tribal lands.
Native America Calling: Elder wisdom vs. aging out (February 21, 2024)
Native people have a pronounced respect for the wisdom of elders. But what about elected officials?
Native America Calling: The spirit of Aloha (February 20, 2024)
“Aloha” is a more than a word for Native Hawaiians.
Native people access hip and knee replacements at a rate lower than other ethnic groups.
Native America Calling: Falling into place with Native stunt actors (February 15, 2024)
Native stunt actors fill a sought-after niche and are able to contribute expertise that takes the action in films up a notch.
Native America Calling: Catholicism’s enduring appeal among Native Americans (February 14, 2024)
Thousands of Native Catholics are entering the 40-day time of reflection and sacrifice known as Lent.
Native America Calling: The Boldt Decision and fishing rights 50 years later (February 13, 2024)
It would be hard to find a legal victory any more important than the ruling named after federal judge George Hugo Boldt in 1974.
Native America Calling: The State of Indian Nations (February 12, 2024)
National Congress of American Indians President Mark Macarro is delivering his first State of Indian Nations.
Native America Calling: Weighing in on the authenticity of totems (February 9, 2024)
Totems on public display by cities, schools, museums and sports teams are coming under new scrutiny.
Tribes and organizations are urging federal officials to continue protections for 28 million acres in Alaska.
Four Native designers took a major stride when their work was included in the Louis Vuitton men’s fashion show.
Native America Calling: Do you know what to do if you are arrested? (February 6, 2024)
With Native people incarcerated at the highest rates in the U.S., what should you do when you encounter law enforcement?
Native America Calling: Why are museums taking down Native exhibitions? (February 5, 2024)
New regulations for the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act are prompting museums to pull some items from public display.
Two of the newest National Book Award winners reinterpret conventional views of their homelands through their unique, Indigenous lenses.
Native America Calling: Remembering literary great N. Scott Momaday (February 1, 2024)
N. Scott Momaday was a literary force. The groundbreaking Kiowa author died on January 24, 2024, at the age of 89.
Soup, sharp knives and nominations for Native-owned businesses are on The Menu, a regular food feature from Native America Calling.
Native America Calling: Recognizing and confronting human trafficking (January 30, 2024)
Tribes and advocates are in a constant battle against human trafficking that disproportionately affects Native people and people of color.
Native America Calling: Making sense of this year’s tax season (January 29, 2024)
Native families stand to benefit from a child tax credit that’s still under consideration in Congress. What else is new in tax season?
Native America Calling: The power of an Indigenous uprising in Mexico (January 26, 2024)
This month marks 30 years since the Zapatista Army of National Liberation attracted worldwide attention with their rebel uprising in demand of Indigenous rights in Mexico.
Kansas City’s NFL team has weathered sustained pressure over its mascot and offensive behavior at games. Will it ever change?
Tribes taken Biden administration to court over $4 billion energy project (January 24, 2024)
The Biden administration’s renewable energy agenda is being tested in court with a lawsuit from tribes opposed to a $4 billion development that runs through their homelands.
Tribal cultural resources are being threatened by growing demand for renewable energy projects.
Native America Calling: Telling Native stories with printmaking (January 23, 2024)
Artists like Fritz Scholder and T.C. Cannon are among the masters who inspired new generations of Native artists to express their stories and images through printmaking.
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