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(https://www.nativeamericacalling.com/wednesday-july-1-2026-native-historians-elevate-overlooked-history-in-the-wake-of-america250-celebrations/) Fifteen days after the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, the new nation signed its first international treaty with the Wolastoqey and Mi’kmaq Nations of present-day Maine. It’s a history that historian and Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians ambassador Osihkiyol Crofton-Macdonald wishes more Americans knew. Brown University assistant professor […]

(https://www.nativeamericacalling.com/friday-june-26-2026-native-books-to-keep-young-readers-engaged-this-summer/) If you’re looking for an alternative to screens for the youngsters and young adults in your life over summer break, a new book by a Native author might be the solution. There is a wealth of new and familiar stories that feature Native characters. We’ll hear from our panel […]

(https://www.nativeamericacalling.com/thursday-june-25-2026-first-nations-challenge-albertas-separation-drive/) First Nations and Métis leaders in Alberta are actively opposing the province’s secession movement. Alberta will hold a referendum this October on whether to separate from Canada. Premier Danielle Smith is in a war of words with First Nations leaders and faces legal challenges from tribes for pushing forward […]

(https://www.nativenews.net/friday-june-19-2026/) For many Native people, the version of California history taught in school does not tell the whole story. For Brad Munoa, a citizen of the Pechanga Band of Indians, the inspiration for “People of the West”, a new ten-part docuseries came after learning about a California history presentation at […]

(https://www.nativenews.net/tuesday-june-16-2026/) Residents of Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska can now use four wheelers to subsistence hunt in the Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve. The change was announced by the U.S. Interior Secretary during a visit last month. As the Alaska Desk’s Alena Naiden (https://www.knba.org/people/alena-naiden) from our flagship station KNBA […]

(https://www.nativenews.net/monday-june-15-2026/) Navajo Nation Controller Sean McCabe testifies under oath during the third day of the Budget and Finance Committee’s investigatory public hearing on June 10, 2026. (Courtesy Navajo Nation Council) Despite the Navajo Nation Department of Justice (NNDOJ) advising government staff not to testify about a failed, multi-million-dollar housing project, […]

(https://www.nativeamericacalling.com/thursday-june-11-2026-in-the-parched-west-tribes-restore-waterways-to-improve-quality-and-quantity/) A site of tragedy for the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation has become a place of renewal and promise (https://nwbshoshone.com/wudaogwa/) . The tribe has worked for the past seven years to revitalize the land of the 1863 Bear River Massacre. By eradicating invasive species, reviving native plants, and returning […]

(https://www.nativeamericacalling.com/monday-june-8-2026-confronting-division-with-pride/) Overall support for many key LGBTQ+ issues remains overwhelmingly high among Americans, but a new survey shows that support declining for the first time in years. Gallup’s annual Values and Beliefs survey (https://news.gallup.com/poll/710810/support-lgbtq-issues-remains-down-peak.aspx) shows 69% of those surveyed favor same-sex marriage, for instance. But that is down from 71% […]

(https://www.nativenews.net/friday-june-5-2026/) Photo: More than an hour after the levee was breached, channels in the Siuslaw Estuary begin to fill up with a mix of fresh and salt water on May 29, 2026. (Brian Bull / KLCC) A major conservation project near the Oregon town of Florence has achieved its goal: […]

(https://www.nativeamericacalling.com/monday-june-1-2026-alaska-bears-are-the-targets-of-a-controversial-management-program/) The State of Alaska is moving forward with a program to kill brown bears across a 40,000-square-mile swath of land in southwest Alaska. The plan to shoot bears from helicopters aims to improve declining numbers of the Mulchatna Caribou Herd (https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/static/hunting/caribouhunting/pdfs/mch-newsletter-2025-fall-update.pdf) . Several local tribes and the Alaska Federation […]