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Documentary filmmaker Daniel Golding joins the show to talk about one man's focus on Native language. Plus Carina Dominguez looks at how some families, businesses, and healthcare workers are dealing with changes due to the pandemic. And Stewart Huntington has more on Alaska's fading Indigenous languages.

From Milan Fashion Week to the Rocky Boy Reservation in Montana, these artists have garnered international attention for their work

Purdue Pharma has asked a New York bankruptcy judge for another month of relief from lawsuits over its opioid sales, saying negotiations on the final form of its Chapter 11 plan are at a "critical stage."

The Federal Communications Commission has accepted more than 50 applications from tribes aiming to take advantage of the agency's rural tribal priority window for licenses within the 2.5 gigahertz band, which is normally reserved for educational and broadband purposes.

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly has signed into law a bill that authorizes the state's attorney general to coordinate law enforcement training to address the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous persons, approving the measure after it passed unanimously in both legislative houses.

The order comes after the school’s Faculty Senate unanimously approved a vote of no-confidence in President Ronald Graham.

To truly support a client going through a complicated lawsuit or a painful experience, lawyers must think beyond interpreting legal guidelines and navigating court proceedings, says attorney Scott Corwin.

Investment firms that include tribes, commercial fishermen and conservation groups have called on Congress and the Biden administration to permanently protect Alaska's Bristol Bay from development like Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd.'s proposed open-pit mine.

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, En Banc Courtroom. (Photo-Native American Rights Fund)

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Land conservationists and 21st-century colonialism

‘It's all bluster’

WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior announced Wednesday that Robert Anderson (Bois Forte Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe) has been formally nominated as Solicitor of the Interior Department. He has served as Interior’s Principal Deputy Solicitor since Jan. 20, 2021.

HAMPTON, Va. — On March 12, the United States Space Force (USSF) welcomed its first female American Indian Intelligence Officer: Captain Haida StarEagle, member of the Matinecock Tribe. Her father, Chief Samuel Little Fox, led the invocation during the induction ceremony.

Each month, we're celebrating a Native American artist, whose work you can find on our Shop Native directory, which features both Native American products and products made for Natives. These products include clothing, beauty, beadwork, herbal, art, blankets, and more......

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'It was around 2008 that I started developing anxiety because there was a pack of dogs that would follow me'

The Indian Child Welfare Act is likely headed to the U.S. Supreme Court

Headlines from Wednesday, April 7, 2021

The Ohio federal judge supervising multidistrict opioid litigation selected five additional cases Wednesday for bellwether trials against major pharmacy chains, while flatly rejecting assertions that he's punishing the companies for not settling.

The actor to portray Henry Roan, Osage, has been named. Roan' name echoes within the Osage Nation when the Reign of Terror is mentioned

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan on Wednesday directed the agency to better focus on environmental justice issues by strengthening enforcement against polluters, and doing a better job of engaging with and investing in pollution-burdened communities.