Native America Calling

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Monday, April 28, 2025 – Autism support and awareness for Native Americans
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
Friday, April 25, 2025 – Gathering music Part 2: Native Guitars Tours
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
Thursday, April 24, 2025 – Gathering music Part 1: Gathering of MCs and Merciless Savages
As scores of talented musicians and artists assemble in Albuquerque during the Gathering of Nations Powwow, well sample some of the musical offerings happening on stages around town. We begin with tw
Wednesday, April 23, 2025 – Exploring the toll of climate change on Alaska Native villages
The PBS program "Frontline" examines the financial, cultural, and human toll of climate change on the western Alaska coastline and the Native people that have always called it home. Hopi producer Patt
Tuesday, April 22, 2025 – Tribes in the arid southwest face water management uncertainty
Tribes that rely on Colorado River water and the complex set of rules that govern it are worried about how President Donald Trumps executive orders and the ongoing legal questions about them will
Monday, April 21, 2025 – Tribes resist fast-tracked Line 5 oil pipeline
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is expediting permits for the Line 5 oil pipeline project. Its the first project to be put on a fast track under President Donald Trumps executive order declaring a
Friday, April 18, 2025 — Celebrating Native poetry
Elise Paschens (Osage) new book of poetry, Blood Wolf Moon, weaves Osage stories from the Reign of Terror with her experience as the daughter of famous major prima ballerina, Maria Tallchief. m.s.
Thursday, April 17, 2025 — Tribes challenge states on remaining roadblocks to gaming
The state of Alaska is actively working to shut down a gaming hall just opened by the Native Village of Eklutna. The Chin'an Gaming Hall is doing a brisk business with pull-tabs and 85 bingo machines
Wednesday, April 16, 2025 — Is it the end of civil rights complaints in schools?
The Trump administration scrapped a civil rights agreement 14 years in the making with the Rapid City, S.D. school system. The agreement was aimed at correcting inequities for Native American students
Tuesday, April 15, 2025 — Counteracting a pollinator crisis
The recent winter proved deadly for honey bee colonies. The Washington State Universitys Honey Bees and Pollinators Program reports mass die-offs for commercial beekeepers. Honey bees, butterflies, a