Over the years several Native American candidates have run and won statewide office. This year that’s happening again … times three. (Read full transcript)

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Mental health workers travel to remote Ontario First Nation community to help with suicide crisis

Yup’ik whalers talk about politics of whaling after landing second bowhead of the season in Alaska

U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs to authorize issuance of subpoena for EPA administrator

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So is 2016 a record year? Perhaps. Across the country American Indians and Alaska Natives have had more success running for state legislatures than just about any office. Almost one percent of state legislative seats are held by Native Americans (the actual number is 0.948 percent).

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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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Group of Standing Rock Sioux citizens protest proposed pipeline project

Senate Committee on Indian Affairs calls for subpoena of EPA leader

Minnesota tribe takes step to improve nutrition of American Indians

Comedian Ralphie May criticized for jokes about American Indians

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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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Another Native American candidate for Congress. It looks like a record year.

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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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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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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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