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(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 […]

In this episode of Native Bidaské, host Levi Rickert sits down with Linda Smith, president of the Child Care Trust, and Barb Faber (White Earth Ojibwe Nation), CEO of Indigenous Visioning, to discuss a groundbreaking new report: “A National Agenda for Tribal Early Childhood Development in Practice: Prioritizing Tribal Leadership […]

In Partnership with the Minnesota Vikings and the NFL, the Native American Athletic Foundation Announces Annual Native All-American Football Game and Camp at U.S. Bank Stadium.

Panel 5: Conversation with Cherokee Scholars on Sovereignty & Identity Moderator: Daniel Heath Justice (Cherokee Nation), Professor of English and Critical Indigenous Studies, University of British Columbia Panelists: Patti Jo King (Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma) Professor Emerita, Bacone College Michael Lambert (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians), Commissioner, North Carolina Commission […]

This Friday, April 17th, join us for Native Bidaské as we welcome Antonia Gonzales. Current events in Indian Country are covered today, right now, in this episode. #NativeNews #IndianCountry #NativeBidaske #Indigenous Support Warrior Journalism by donating to Native News Online: https://www.paypal.com/donate?campaign_id=PQSUAS6ALKRC2 Get our newsletter: https://nativenewsonline.net/subscribe-to-native-news-today

The Northern Arapaho Reentry program is helping people return home from out of state federal prisons and state incarceration to the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming. The program is voluntary and open to tribal citizens enrolled in one of the two tribes of the Wind River Reservation, the Northern Arapaho […]

Going Beyond Indigenous Self-identification: Institutional & State Policy Responses Moderator: Amy Lonetree (Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin), Professor of History, University of California, Santa Cruz Panelists: Phenocia Bauerle (Apsáalooke [Crow Tribe]), Director, Native American Student Development & Native American Thriving Initiatives, University of California, Berkeley Angela M. Jaime (Pit River Tribe), […]

(https://www.nativenews.net/friday-may-22-2026/) Photo: Alex Osif is a former coal miner who worked at the Kayenta and Black Mesa mines. (Chris Clements / KNAU) A congressional watchdog office found some miners with black lung disease face barriers in getting federal payments for their disabilities. As KNAU’s Chris Clements (https://www.knau.org/people/chris-clements) reports, that rings […]