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Lakota elder Marcella LeBeau received the “Women in American History” award
from The Daughters of the American Revolution Spirit of the Prairie Chapter.
(Photo courtesy-Kathy Aplan)

Navajo Nation seeks to rebury human remains taken from Canyon de Chelly

Wisconsin tribes invest in breastfeeding programs to improve child health

Cheyenne River Sioux elder honored for contributions to American History

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Native vote buttons. (Photo-Antonia Gonzales)

Blackfeet members can register to vote without having to leave the reservation

Indian Health Service official discusses reform at hospitals in Great Plains area

Lakota language teachers, speakers, and learners work to keep language alive

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The Navajo community recently held a rally to show support for the family of Loreal Tsingine who was shot to death by police in Winslow, AZ. (Photo-The Red Nation, Facebook)

Native leaders call for federal investigation into police shooting death of Navajo woman

Chief Wahoo faces new challenge as baseball season begins for Ohio’s Cleveland Indians

Lac du Flambeau woman named first female general in Wisconsin Army National Guard

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Dr. Joseph Medicine Crow speaks in 2008 about being nominated for the Medal of Freedom, R-U.S. Montana Senator Jon Tester. (Photo-Office of Senator Tester)

Chief calls on Canada for housing help after fire kills nine in overcrowded home

Native woman to lead first-ever Office of American Indian Health in Montana

Dr. Joseph Medicine Crow remembered for his many contributions to the U.S.

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Voting advocates discuss ways to Get Out the Native Vote during a gathering in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Sicangu leader says Black Hills peak will always be known by its traditional Native meaning as board decides name 

Voting advocates take part in New Mexico convention to learn ways to get out the Native vote in tribal communities 

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The Wisconsin Indian Education Association named Dennis White as Indian Educator of the Year.

Oglala Lakota hemp farmer hopes to harvest and plant a new crop on his South Dakota reservation

Native Americans work to get Indigenous plants and symbols added to Cleveland Cultural Gardens

Ojibwe history, language and culture teacher named Indian Educator of the Year in Wisconsin

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Loreal Juana Barnell-Tsingine was shot and killed by police in Winslow, AZ on Easter Sunday (Photo: from the family’s GoFundMe page)

Family members say police overreacted by shooting a Winslow Arizona woman

A First Nations boy takes to the road to raise awareness of missing and murdered women

FEMA offers emergency training for tribal officials

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Elizabeth Woody gives a reading at Portland State University in 2011 (Image: screen capture from video)

Arizona officials are investigating a police shooting of a Navajo woman

A survey in Montana indicates residents have a negative view of tribal sovereignty.

Meetings to combat racism in Wyoming are gaining momentum

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Longest Walk organizers Dennis Banks and Orlando Vigil stopped by the National Native News studio to give an update. You can hear the entire interview by going to the Native America Calling website  (Photo: Andi Murphy).

First Nations leaders react to the Canadian government’s 8-billion dollar proposal

Organizers of the Longest Walk work to connect with young people

And a Lakota art competition aims to offer hope