New Mexico is the latest of more than 20 states to formally recognize Native American students right to express their cultural heritage at graduation ceremonies. Those expressions are typically in th

As the state of New York works to eliminate school mascots with Native American names and imagery, they have run into a powerful adversary: the federal government. The U.S. Department of Education lau

After decades of attempts by some political leaders to curtail or end federal funding for broadcasting, public media faces what PBS CEO Paula Kerger says is the most serious threat in its history. Pre

After the initial grief of losing her daughter to a hit-and-run driver on the Flathead Indian Reservation, Carissa HeavyRunner faced months of inaction by local law enforcement to adequately investiga

An exhibition at The Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies in Alberta celebrates the work of the Indigenous Group of Seven, influential Indigenous artists who, over a period of decades, pushed a new de

Among the 168 people killed in the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building bombing in Oklahoma City was Raymond Lee Johnson (Seminole Nation of Oklahoma). He was volunteering with the Older Native American

Greg Biskakone Johnson (Lac du Flambeau), an experienced spearfisher and his tribes culture and language instructor, was helping an elder stock up on walleye when four gunshots rang out through the d

This year marks 100 years since Mount Rushmore was dedicated as a national monument. The stone butte carved with the faces of four presidents has become a patriotic symbol. But the federal government

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy, Jr. promises a massive testing and research effort to find the cause of autism. Sec. Kennedy says it will happen by September. That ambitious

Its a Native America Calling tradition to invite Pueblo musician Jir Anderson and his troupe of songwriters into the studio to play live during their run in Albuquerque. Native Guitars Tour always pr