Aug 30 Cherokee Nation picks former Obama adviser as first U.S. House delegate By Associated Press The Tribal Council of the Cherokee Nation unanimously approved Kimberly Teehee to be the tribe's first-ever delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives. Continue reading
Jul 22 This artist reimagines pop art with a Plains Indian perspective By Elizabeth Flock “It’s not your grandparents’ Indian artwork,” Oklahoma City-based artist Brent Learned said of his colorful, impressionistic portrayals of the Plains Indian way of life. Continue reading
Jul 22 Government hospitals put Native Americans at opioid risk, audit says By Felicia Fonseca, Associated Press A federal audit has found hospitals run by the Indian Health Service failed to follow their own protocols for prescribing and dispensing the drugs… Continue reading
Jun 19 Joy Harjo becomes first Native American named U.S. poet laureate By Hillel Italie, Associated Press Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden said in a statement that Harjo helped tell an "American story" of traditions both lost and maintained, of "reckoning and myth-making. Continue reading
Jan 22 Boys’ school temporarily closes amid fallout over Washington rally videos By John Minchillo, Bruce Schreiner, Associated Press A Kentucky boys' school shut down its campus on Tuesday as the fallout continued over an encounter involving white teenagers, Native American marchers and a black religious sect that has generated outrage on social media. Continue reading
Jan 20 Students in ‘MAGA’ hats mock Native American after rally By Adam Beam, Brian Melley, Associated Press A diocese in Kentucky apologized Saturday after videos emerged showing students from a Catholic boys’ high school mocking Native Americans outside the Lincoln Memorial after a rally in Washington. Continue reading
Jan 14 Watch 3:23 Native American tribes are ‘starting to feel the impact’ of shutdown funding delay The government shutdown has affected Native American tribes who rely on federal funds allocated by treaty rights. For the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians in Wisconsin, funding goes towards services like public safety and elder healthcare. Now the tribe is… Continue watching
Jan 13 Shutdown puts strain on hundreds of Native American tribes By Felicia Fonseca The pain is especially deep in tribal communities with high rates of poverty and unemployment, where one person often supports an extended family. Continue reading
Dec 19 New Mexico tribe celebrates return of cultural items from global art collections By Mary Hudetz, Associated Press Tribal and federal officials celebrated the return Wednesday of dozens of cultural items to Acoma Pueblo's nearly 1,000-year-old village in New Mexico after the tribe spent years pressing for the repatriations of ceremonial items from galleries, auction houses and private… Continue reading
Nov 22 This Thanksgiving, read a Native American poet’s song of healing By Lora Strum When Allison Adelle Hedge Coke wrote her poem “America, I Sing Back,” she considered each word a note in a larger song about the nation. “I thought about America singing. That’s why this poem is a song -- a voice… Continue reading