Native America Calling

Leadership, initiative, dedication. Those are the three words inscribed on the National Center for American Indian Economic Development’s 40 Under 40 badge. The organization is celebrating this year’s inductees who exemplify those qualities, including the Yup’ik, Global Director of the Nature Conservancy, the Choctaw executive at Microsoft, and the Lakota legislative assistant for U.S. Sen. […]

Growing up on the Navajo Reservation, Ahsaki Baa LaFrance-Chachere says she could not have guessed she would one day open the country’s first Native American luxury cosmetics storefront. Now, the founder and CEO of Ah-Shi Beauty is looking beyond Window Rock to Houston and New York City in addition to her regular online sales. The National Center for American Indian Economic Development named her the 2021 Native Woman Entrepreneur of the Year. We’ll hear about her story and her drive to revolutionize the industry for people of color.

Growing up on the Navajo Reservation, Ahsaki Baa LaFrance-Chachere says she could not have guessed she would one day open the country’s first Native American luxury cosmetics storefront. Now, the founder and CEO of Ah-Shi Beauty is looking beyond Window Rock to Houston and New York City in addition to her regular online sales. The […]

Academic studies continue to find much higher rates of brain injuries among Native Americans than any other group in the United States. Accidents at home and in cars are one of the main drivers. Now, health advocates are working to lower that statistic with prevention and awareness efforts. And advancements for recognizing and treating brain injuries offer hope for brain injury survivors and their families.

Academic studies continue to find much higher rates of brain injuries among Native Americans than any other group in the United States. Accidents at home and in cars are one of the main drivers. Now, health advocates are working to lower that statistic with prevention and awareness efforts. And advancements for recognizing and treating brain […]

The Biden Administration is forming a working group on Indigenous Traditional and Ecological Knowledge. That is among the innovations announced at the recent White House Tribal Nations Summit. It’s also a sign of increasing awareness about the value of Native knowledge and science. We’ll talk with Indigenous scholars about acceptance and recognition of Indigenous knowledge and science in academia in light of so many past efforts to suppress them.

The Biden Administration is forming a working group on Indigenous Traditional and Ecological Knowledge. That is among the innovations announced at the recent White House Tribal Nations Summit. It’s also a sign of increasing awareness about the value of Native knowledge and science. We’ll talk with Indigenous scholars about acceptance and recognition of Indigenous knowledge […]

Districts with predominantly Native voters are targets as states start redrawing boundaries. Large blocks of Navajo voters in Arizona were instrumental in putting that state in the ‘blue’ column in the last presidential race. Now, Arizona, New Mexico, North Dakota and Montana are among the states where tribal leaders and voting rights advocates are urging officials not to weaken Native voting power as the legislative and congressional district lines are being drawn.

Districts with predominantly Native voters are targets as states start redrawing boundaries. Large blocks of Navajo voters in Arizona were instrumental in putting that state in the ‘blue’ column in the last presidential race. Now, Arizona, New Mexico, North Dakota and Montana are among the states where tribal leaders and voting rights advocates are urging […]

As the nation commemorates 80 years since the Japanese surprise invasion of Pearl Harbor, or Wai Momi, we’ll take a moment to also reflect on the lasting legacy for the Indigenous people of Hawaii. The islands remain a strategic U.S. military post. But militarization before and since the attack has had deep and pervasive effect on the culture and sovereignty of Kanaka Maoli.