The Oyate Health Clinic in Rapid City is celebrating five years. As South Dakota Public Broadcasting’s Lee Strubinger reports, officials are marking the beginning of the clinic when tribes exercised Indian Self-Determination Act laws to provide their own healthcare. Oyate Health Clinic started out serving 12,000 patients and was operating in a buil…

U.S. states are profiting off more than two million acres of land sprinkled throughout reservations. That’s according to a new investigation, which found that revenue from these lands largely goes towards state institutions – but tribes are often the ones paying. The Mountain West News Bureau’s Hanna Merzbach has more. The report from news outlets …

Members of several tribes will travel to Washington DC next week in an attempt to get lawmakers to revive a program aimed at helping them afford healthcare due to toxic poisoning. The Mountain West News Bureau’s Yvette Fernandez has this preview. The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, was a federal program established in the 1990’s, aimed at prov…

Canada’s doctors have formally apologized for the role of the medical profession in past and on-going harms to the country’s Indigenous people. More from Dan Karpenchuk. Dr. Joss Reimer, president of the Canadian Medical Association, made the apology in a Victoria, B.C. conference hall during a somber ceremony. “The Canadian Medical Association is …

Photo: Bryce Kirk, chairman of the Rocky Mountain Tribal Leaders Council. (Jackie Coffin) Montana is a key battleground for control of the U.S. Senate this year. Tribal leaders say the Republican candidate needs to apologize for offensive comments that perpetuate racist stereotypes. Yellowstone Public Radio’s Jackie Coffin has more. Native American…

Tuesday is recognized as National Voter Registration Day. Events are taking place across the country to encourage people to register to vote. KNBA’s Jill Fratis reports on efforts that go beyond the holiday. In Alaska, non-partisan efforts to mobilize Alaska Native and American Indian voters are year-round through Get Out The Native Vote. Michelle …

Tribes and Indigenous groups from across the country met in Anchorage, Alaska last week for the Alaska National Tribal and Indigenous Climate Conference. As KNBA’s Rhonda McBride tells us, young leaders were featured at the close of the gathering. Throughout the conference there were serious conversations about floods, fires, erosion, and the deter…

New policies aimed at addressing Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) will soon be enacted statewide in Alaska, after legislation was recently signed into law. The bill expands resources and training for police across the state – and is drawing praise from a longtime MMIP advocate. KNOM’s Ben Townsend has more. The legislation establishes …

Photo: Antonia Commack hugs Terrie Boskofsky. (Rhonda McBride) Presumptive death hearings are common in Alaska. Hikers, hunters, and boaters often go missing, never to be seen again. But there are also those who disappear from the streets of Anchorage, like three Alaska Native women who crossed paths with serial killer Brian Smith. Earlier this yea…

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump took the stage Tuesday night for their first presidential debate. During the 90-minute debate, the candidates did not directly mention tribes, but covered a number of issues impacting Indian Country from healthcare to climate change to reproductive rights. While the candidates talked ab…

Owner of Rapid City hotel at center of boycott files for bankruptcy23 Alaska Native languages now recognized by state under new lawAv Antonia Gonzales

Indigenous, Canadian leaders saddened by sudden death of MerrickCandlelight vigil held for Rapid City teen gunned down on Labor DayIHS injects $1m+ for 5 more years of UA's 'Indians in Nursing' programAv Antonia Gonzales

Indian University at Crazy Horse offers new sensitivity programWisc. district launches Ojibwe immersion program for kindergartenersArmy honors request for repatriation of 11 students in Carlisle cemeteryCanadian festival celebrates art as path to truth and reconciliationAv Antonia Gonzales

Arctic Basin microplastics concentration highest on the planetRez dogs try to beat the heat amid shelter shortagesLargest doctors group in Canada to apologize for past, ongoing harmsAv Antonia Gonzales

Climate change impacting quality of wild berries in AlaskaNavajo Nation enacts stronger law to regulate uranium shipmentsCherokee Film Institute launches to help Native filmmakersAv Antonia Gonzales

First Nations leaders react to life sentences for serial killer SkibickiNew ASU center to help tribes establish their digital sovereigntyAv Antonia Gonzales

Tri-Ute Games back post-COVID with all three tribes participatingNative victim of 1999 Brewers stadium accident honored in ceremonyAv Antonia Gonzales

Tribal leaders react to co-stewardship bill's passage at Calif. CapitolElecteds make pitch for Harris-Walz during DNC Native caucus meetingsAv Antonia Gonzales

Haaland finalizes protection of Alaska D-1 lands removed by TrumpTribal, Calif. leaders urge Biden to designate 3 new national monumentsAv Antonia Gonzales

USDA provides emergency grants to tribes amid supply chain crisisNew Minn. free college tuition program expected to boost Native studentsBill to allow Calif. to co-steward land with tribes heads to Newsom's deskHUD provides $10m+ in funding for Native veteran housing supportsAv Antonia Gonzales

Coalition convened by NARF targets unregistered Native votersInterior grants $300k to Oreg. restoration project training tribal youthUSDA food program for Native recipients facing widespread disruptionsAv Antonia Gonzales

Newsom urges DOI to block 2 Pomo casino projectsFCC broadband initiatives failed to require Tribal consultationAv Antonia Gonzales

National Native News was at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Ill.Anchor Antonia Gonzales along with Native America Calling host Shawn Spruce and Native Vote 2024 contributor Shaun Griswold from Source NM brought you special live coverage during Thursday night's acceptance speech by Vice President Kamala Harris.Listen to the full broad…

Indigenous advocates mark 10 years since death of Tina FontaineSD county agrees to satellite polling place to serve Native voters"Star Wars" film dubbed into Ojibwe to be screened in WI this monthNative food alliance announces 2024 recipients of Seed Keepers stipendsAv Antonia Gonzales

Native delegates prioritize treaty obligations for next administrationNew radio doc exposes ICWA saga with brother of former UT governorAv Antonia Gonzales