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(https://www.nativeamericacalling.com/monday-may-11-2026-whats-in-the-near-future-for-urban-elder-health-care/) A dedicated effort to learn more about Native elders living in urban areas reveals they suffer a high rate of chronic illnesses and have limited social interactions. Those conclusions come from the most recent Native Urban Elder Needs Assessment Survey (https://www.nrcnaa.org/urban-needs-assessment) that aims to fill a void of information […]

(https://www.nativeamericacalling.com/friday-may-8-2026-what-native-graduates-are-looking-forward-to/) A former DJ who once struggled as a student, Cailean Dakota MacColl built her way to medical school from the ground up. She’s now graduating from the University of Minnesota Medical School. Jerrick Hope-Lang took on preserving a Tlingit clan house in Sitka, Alaska that was named on the America’s […]

(https://www.nativeamericacalling.com/tuesday-october-28-2025-news-briefs-tribal-government-disputes-land-protection-government-shutdown-emergency/) A struggle over who is running the Northern Cheyenne tribal government has resulted in arrests of government officials, frozen bank accounts, and an emergency action (https://montanafreepress.org/2025/10/24/leadership-crisis-grips-northern-cheyenne-tribe-in-montana/) by traditional tribal leaders to ban women from voting. The divide started after newly elected President Gene Small authorized a forensic financial audit. […]

(https://www.nativenews.net/wednesday-october-29-2025/) Thousands of Indigenous people across the Mountain West are among those who will lose Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food benefits if the government shutdown continues. The Mountain West News Bureau’s Daniel Spaulding (https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/people/daniel-spaulding) reports, that tribal officials are concerned about cuts to programs that were already stretched thin. […]

(https://www.nativenews.net/friday-october-31-2025/) Photo: Wesley Dixon Jones and his daughter Mollyanne, in Mission, Oreg., Sunday, April 13, 2025. (Courtesy Mollyanne Jones) This weekend on the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon, volunteers will search for 71-year-old Wesley Dixon Jones, a tribal elder who’s been missing since October 5. As Buffalo’s Fire senior reporter […]

(https://www.nativeamericacalling.com/friday-october-31-2025-documenting-the-meaningful-indigenous-origins-of-dia-de-los-muertos/) The practice of celebrating dead ancestors started long before Spanish colonizers came to what is now Mexico, but the Aztec and Mayan custom eventually engulfed the entire country, blending Catholic, Spanish, and Indigenous elements into what is now Dia de los Muertos. The festival even spills into parts of […]

In a historic moment, the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration have transferred land to the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. As Danielle Kaeding (https://www.wpr.org/person/danielle-kaeding) reports, it is the first known land transfer nationwide from a Catholic institution to a tribal nation in the name of reparations. The […]

Researchers are documenting more and longer-lasting wildfires (https://uaf-iarc.org/2025/03/alaskas-changing-wildfire-environment-report-updated/) in northern Alaska and Canada. In fact, the increase of wildfires is a trend across the Arctic, as far as Norway and Siberia, driven by higher temperatures and dryer conditions. The trend has immediate threats to people’s homes and health. Some tribes […]

(https://www.nativenews.net/tuesday-november-4-2025/) The Navajo Nation is bracing for the gap in SNAP benefits. It’s yet another food insecurity problem for tribal members living on the sprawling reservation. KJZZ’S Gabriel Pietrorazio (https://www.kjzz.org/people/gabriel-pietrorazio) has more. With only a dozen or so stores in the Nation, buying groceries is already a daily struggle, but […]

(https://www.nativeamericacalling.com/tuesday-november-4-2025-a-new-report-finds-tribes-are-most-vulnerable-during-government-shutdown/) As the federal government shutdown drags on, tribes are feeling the brunt more than the general population. That’s among the conclusions in a new report from the Brookings Institution (https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-government-shutdown-shows-the-need-to-reform-how-the-federal-government-funds-native-american-tribes-and-communities/) that examines how the government distributes the funds it is obligated to. The report finds that a large portion […]