NATIVE NEWS

(https://www.nativeamericacalling.com/thursday-september-3-2026-osage-school-closure-delivers-blow-to-tribes-language-revitalization/) The Osage Nation’s Daposka Ahnkodapi language immersion school in Pawhuska, Oklahoma announced it is closing one week before the start of the new school year. Tribal leadership closed the school citing dire budgetary problems. Teachers and parents were left scrambling to find a place for the nearly 100 students. […]

What happens when billions in federal funding are promised—and then pulled back? In this episode of Native Bidaské, host Levi Rickert is joined by Rob Maxim and Glencora Haskins of the Brookings Institution to discuss a new report examining how the One Big Beautiful Bill Act has impacted Native American […]

Rez Ball, the coming-of-age basketball film produced by NBA star Lebron James and Reservation Dogs creator Sterlin Harjo is available on Netflix starting today! The film from Navajo Director Sidney Freeland was inspired by the book “Canyon Dreams: A Basketball Season on the Navajo Nation.” It follows Jimmy Holiday, played […]

Red Power Hour is back! Co-hosts Elena Ortiz and Melanie Yazzie tackle Exterminate All the Brutes (2021), a documentary television miniseries revolving around colonization and genocide, directed and narrated by Haitian filmmaker Raoul Peck. Empower our work: GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/empower-red-medias-indigenous-content Subscribe to The Red Nation Newsletter: https://www.therednation.org/ Patreon https://www.patreon.com/redmediapr

(https://www.nativeamericacalling.com/monday-august-31-2026-menu-these-are-tough-times-for-native-beef-producers/) Native American ranchers and beef producers are among those pushing back against President Donald Trump’s initiative to import cheap foreign beef to lower consumer prices. Critics of the plan say it will do little reduce prices and undercuts producers in this country who are already facing major industry headwinds […]

Native voters face significant barriers throughout the voting process, and new data shows just how persistent those challenges remain. On this episode of Native Bidaské, host Levi Rickert speaks with Jacqueline De León of the Native American Rights Fund (NARF) and Dr. Megan Gall, Principal at Blockwell Consulting, about voting […]

Keith sits down with three Team USA Flag Football athletes to explore the sport’s culture and their journeys toward becoming Olympians. Created by Keith Vasquez, RezDawg Radio highlights Native sports, culture, community, and more. Keith is dedicated to uplifting and inspiring Native youth through the power of his mic. =================================== […]

[Reposting lightly edited version of the latest livestream] Join TRN Podcast host NIck Estes live a special livestream featuring special guest Lakota language educator Šišóka Dúta. Check out The Dhakota Language Consortium https://dakhota.org/ We are looking forward to your questions and comments! As always, patrons of Red Media get priority […]

(https://www.nativeamericacalling.com/friday-august-28-2026-two-states-make-progress-in-native-focused-education/) Efforts to improve representation of Native American perspectives in historical and cultural lessons just made considerable progress in two states. A curriculum developed by the Suquamish Tribe (https://suquamish.nsn.us/sstic-resources/) over the past decade is now available for Washington States schools. Organizers say it fleshes out the details of past events […]