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Monday, December 8, 2025 – Tribal museums reflect on tumultuous year, chart their next steps
December 08, 2025

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
December 05, 2025

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
December 04, 2025

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
December 03, 2025

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
December 02, 2025

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
December 01, 2025

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
November 28, 2025

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
November 27, 2025

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
November 26, 2025

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
November 25, 2025

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