Native America Calling
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Monday, December 8, 2025 – Tribal museums reflect on tumultuous year, chart their next steps
Cuts in grants and operating funds, federal staff reductions, and department disorganization – and the federal government shutdown – all took a toll on the work done by tribal museums this year. Tribal museums are a source of economic developm
Friday, December 5, 2025 – Tribes work to define legal boundaries for online sports betting
State by state, tribes are staking out a share in the burgeoning online sports betting business. Places like Colorado, California, Wisconsin, and Michigan all have ongoing legal and political disputes
Thursday, December 4, 2025 – An increasing number of workers turn to side hustles
Nine out of ten people seeking jobs say they have a side hustle a second or even third job. An Express Employment Professionals-Harris Poll from October 2025 also says a higher percentage of younger job-seekers Gen Z and Millennials expect to be able
Wednesday, December 3, 2025 – Tribal colleges see an uncertain federal funding road ahead
A one-time allocation for Tribal Colleges and Universities unexpectedly just doubled the federal allocation compared to the previous year. And a small handful of colleges are rejoicing over multi-mill
Tuesday, December 2, 2025 – Short films taking on big stories
Braids by director, writer, and editor Elise Aachix Qaaduug Beers (Unangan) tells the story of a Native student who contends with bullying and uninformed school policy. Its a modern-day tale with a long historical reach.Guts, a comedy by Elias Gol
Monday, December 1, 2025 – Advocates push back against new obstacles to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives momentum
Despite promises by elected leaders to address the disproportionate number of Native Americans and Alaska Natives who are murdered or go missing, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives (MMIR) advoc
Friday, November 28, 2025 – The Menu: celebrating heritage and crossing borders with chefs Sean Sherman and Pyet DeSpain
In his second cookbook, Turtle Island: Foods and Traditions of the Indigenous Peoples of North America, Sean Sherman (Oglala Lakota), James Beard Award-wining chef and restaurateur, dives deeper into the Indigenous culinary communities of 13 regions of
Thursday, November 27, 2025 – Australia provides a promising model treaty for Indigenous recognition and self-determination
The Aboriginal people of Australia have cemented a historic agreement with the state of Victoria that could provide a blueprint for recognizing Indigenous peoples and incorporating their voices and cu
Wednesday, November 26, 2025 – Native in the Spotlight: Mel Tonasket
Mel Tonasket (Colville Tribes)is one of the key reasons the Colville Tribes remain thriving today. As a newly elected tribal council member in 1971, he cast the deciding vote against a deal with the federal government that traded cash payouts to individu
Tuesday, November 25, 2025 – For all its promise, AI is a potential threat to culture
On the cusp of what could be a new era of Artificial Intelligence (AI), some researchers are urging caution and the need for deliberate controls to keep the developing technology from robbing Indigeno





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