Every weekday in Gualala, Calif., radio listeners can tune into the long-running show Peggy’s Place on KGUA to learn about their neighbors and the rest of the world. The show is just one of the many projects spanning the 50-year… Read More »Monday, May 29, 2023 – Native in the Spotlight: Peggy Berryhill
What happens if you’re a chef and you lose your sense of smell, something that is crucial for taste? For First Nations chef Gerry Brandon, it was time to call it quits at his restaurant in Temiskaming Shores, Ontario that… Read More »Friday, May 26, 2023 – The Menu: First Nations chef closes restaurant and Native flavors on PBS recipe show
At 77, Simeon Gipson is preparing to embark on a bicycle journey of more than 1,000 miles from Tahlequah, Okla. to Pittsburgh, Pa. Once there, he plans to compete in the National Senior Games. The thousands of miles Gipson has… Read More »Thursday, May 25, 2023 – Going the distance
The less glamorous side of writing for television shows and movies is coming to the surface during the strike by the Writers Guild of America. The union says the pay for many of its 20,000 professional writers is low and… Read More »Wednesday, May 24, 2023 – Native audiences brace for TV and movie slowdown
It was a simple, but contested, proposition: The Cherokee Nation would relinquish its land in the southeast United States in exchange for $5 million and a new homeland in what is now Oklahoma. The document that sparked the Trail of… Read More »Tuesday, May 23, 2023 – The remaining promises of the Treaty of New Echota
Confronting the bitter legacy of boarding schools in the United States is about more than just reconciliation and healing. It’s also about accountability. American Genocide, the new podcast by Illuminative, zeroes in on the Red Cloud Indian Boarding School, which… Read More »Monday, May 22, 2023 – American Genocide
The rate of overdose deaths linked to fentanyl is skyrocketing and Native Americans are many times more likely to be affected. The cheap and potent drug is replacing its related cousins — heroin and oxycodone — as the biggest addiction… Read More »Friday, May 19, 2023 – The desperate fight against fentanyl
Mortgage interest rates have trended down recently, but they’re still relatively high compared to previous years. Inflation is also going in a positive direction, but remains a factor for those in the market to buy a home. Whatever the outside… Read More »Thursday, May 18, 2023 – Mortgage options for Native home buyers
The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition (NABS) is readying a new tool to help people search for information about their relatives who attended more than 500 U.S. boarding schools. The online archive will start with digitized versions of… Read More »Wednesday, May 17, 2023 – Accessing boarding school records
The Citizen Potawatomi Nation offers online college-level language courses. They’re among the efforts to bring new life to Bodéwadmimwen, with only four fluent speakers remaining. And a private Salish immersion school is working with elders to develop lessons. School administrators… Read More »Tuesday, May 16, 2023 – Revitalizing languages in the classroom