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Daily, five-minute newscast featuring the latest headlines and breaking news from Native and Indigenous communities anchored by Antonia Gonzales (Navajo) with reporters and storytellers from around the globe.
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As the new chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) was one of the featured speakers at the National Congress of American Indians winter summit in Washington, D.C. this week. As Rhonda McBride from our flagship station KNBA tells us, she encouraged tribes to stand up for their rights. Sen. Lisa Murkowski says…
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Photo: An illustration on the cover of the Oceti Sakowin Essential Understandings and Standards. (Courtesy Department of Education / State of South Dakota) A bill, which would mandate the teaching of the Oceti Sakowin Essential Understandings (OSEU), has advanced from the Senate Education Committee in the South Dakota Legislature. South Dakota Publ…
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Photo: The Dwight Eisenhower Executive Office Building houses the OMB. (Yuhan Zhang / Wikipedia) Native communities across the country continue to raise concerns about potential impacts from President Donald Trump’s executive orders and other administration actions. As the Mountain West News Bureau’s Murphy Woodhouse reports, Native organizations f…
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The office of Gov. Greg Gianforte (R-MT) met the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes and local officials last week to settle a dispute over law enforcement funding on the Flathead Reservation. Montana Public Radio’s Aaron Bolton has the latest. For years, Lake County has sought state funding to cover its costs for enforcing and prosecuting felo…
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Photo: Residents of Nome fill the cavernous walls of Old St. Joe’s Church as church leaders stand on stage. (Photo: Ben Townsend / KNOM) Investigators are still determining what caused the Bering Air plane crash near Nome, Alaska, on Thursday that killed all 10 people on board. Over the weekend, crews retrieved pieces of the wreckage from an ice fl…
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Photo: Indian Health Service is headquartered in Rockville, Md. (Antony-22 / Wikimedia) U.S. lawmakers are considering legislation, which would elevate the Indian Health Service Director position to Assistant Secretary for Indian Health within the Department of Health and Human Services. The bill was heard this week, in the House Committee on Natur…
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Photo: A moonlit arch over Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah. (Bob Wick / BLM) Two representatives from the Mountain West are seeking to strip president powers to designate national monuments and historic landmarks. But Indigenous communities say the effort will remove a safeguard for sacred lands and pave the way for development. T…
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Navajo Nation council speaker Crystalyne Curley and Billy Kirkland shake hands with guests at the Navajo Nation Washington Office. Kirkland was honored at the office during a reception in January. (Photo: Antonia Gonzales) A Navajo Nation citizen has been nominated by President Donald Trump to serve as Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs. The no…
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The U.S. Senate Finance Committee is due to vote Tuesday on the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. His path to confirmation by the full Senate is uncertain. Alaska Public Media Washington correspondent Liz Ruskin has more. At a hearing last week, U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) pressed …
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More than 20 tribal organizations are urging the Trump administration to respect tribal sovereignty – and uphold treaty and trust responsibilities. The coalition sent a letter on Sunday to President Donald Trump, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, and members of Congress. This follows actions by the administration in Trump’s first two weeks in office,…
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