Native America Calling

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Tuesday, October 21, 2025 – Government shutdown threatens to close off tribal financing funds
Tribal officials are among those pushing back against President Donald Trumps plan to cut off some $500 million dollars in federal funds used for tribal housing, business development and infrastructu
Monday, October 20, 2025 – Alaska Native residents assess their future after record-breaking storm damage
Gov. Mike Dunleavy (R-AK) predicts many of the more than 2,000 people uprooted by historically damaging storms may not be able to return to their villages for more than a year and a half. In at least
Friday, October 17, 2025 — Native in the Spotlight: Cannupa Hanska Luger
A new book is just one of multidisciplinary artist Cannupa Hanska Lugers (Mandan, Hidatsa, & Arikara and Lakota) many current creative projects. Hes the 2025 artist-in-residence for Verbier 3-D Foun
Thursday, October 16, 2025 – The fight to recognize Taffy Abel’s historic NHL achievement
Its been almost a full century since Ojibwe hockey player Taffy Abel first set foot on the ice as a New York Rangers defenseman. It was a historic moment that was not acknowledged at the time in the
Wednesday, October 15, 2025 – The road project that could open up a great expanse of pristine Alaska
The Trump administration just gave the final approval for a new 211-mile road that punches across the Brooks Mountain Range and the expansive wilderness that surrounds it. Ambler Road promises to clea
Tuesday, October 14, 2025 – Shifting the balance in historical scholarship
The stories and written documentation on boarding schools, Indian Agents, and even the fictional character, Paul Bunyan, all have an influence on how we view history. The Western History Association C
Monday, October 13, 2025 – Language teachers celebrate success on Indigenous Peoples Day
After an intensive two-year adult immersion program, the number of fluent Spokane Salish language speakers nearly doubled. Some of those program graduates will be hired on as full-time language teachi
Friday, October 10, 2025 – Tara Moses’ ‘Haunted’ is more than just a satirical ghost story
In the Tara Moses play, Haunted, two Native ghosts are caught in a seemingly endless cycle of haunting the prospective owners of a house, while also being haunted in return by racist stereotypes. Th
Thursday, October 9, 2025 — Walrus management in a changing Arctic
An Indigenous anthropologist is embarking on a years-long process to document how Alaska Native hunters are changing their hunting patterns in the face of climate change. To complicate things, the war
Wednesday, October 8, 2025 – Risks and unintended consequences of terminating USAID
President Donald Trump and his administration abruptly ended billions of dollars in aid to foreign countries, calling it wasteful and inappropriately supporting a liberal agenda. In addition to food a