House Wren (Troglodytes aedon)

The talent, creativity and skill of Native women was prominently displayed during the 2015 New Mexico Women in Film Fiesta, which took place in Las Cruces, Albuquerque, and Santa Fe July 10-12. Two award-winning films by or about Natives were shown: A Thousand Voices and #Nights Like These. The former, narrated by Irene Bedard, received multiple awards from the Fiesta , including Best Cinematography; Best Directing; tied for Best Documentary; and The Grand Award for Best in the Festival. The latter, co-starring Amber Midthunder and Shay Eyre, has also been highly acclaimed and recognized on the film festival circuit, earning awards in New Mexico, Idaho, and New York.

He’s already a poet, short story writer, adult fiction author, young adult writer, and filmmaker (whew), but The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian author Sherman Alexie is making his first foray into books for even younger readers. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers is expected to publish Alexie’s first picture book Thunder Boy Jr. May 2016, so you should probably already have it on your list for any baby showers or young birthdays next spring.

The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center recently graduated a record 39 American Indians in the health professions.

"We could almost open our own hospital!" quips Tassy Parker, Seneca, who holds several positions at the university, including director of the Center for Native American Health. Established as part of the Health Sciences Center in 2002, the CNAH partners with New Mexico's 22 tribes around health issues, addresses health disparities and runs a student recruitment and retention program.

Generations of Lakota people have been cast out in to the Native Diaspora by state and federal policies designed to break down traditional familial units.

Washington, D.C. here they come. Native youth from across the country are on their way to D.C. to attend the first-ever White House Tribal Youth Gathering and the annual United National Indian Tribal Youth (UNITY). The Sunshine Cloud Smith Youth Advisory Council will be representing the Southern Ute Indian Tribe at both events Thursday, July 9 through Wednesday, July 15.

The tribal youth gathering is apart of President Obama's Generation Indigenous (Gen-I) Challenge, asking native youth to improve the lives of native youth and communities.

For centuries, Native American leaders from across the United States have traveled to meet with the "Great White Father" in Washington to plead their case for justice, equality and a greater share of resources and opportunities that were once unequivocally theirs. Despite overwhelming challenges still faced by Native people, some things have changed. Unlike all of his predecessors, President Barack Obama is not white. And today, for the first time, the representatives of Indian nations who will gather at the White House are entirely tribal youth.

The U.S. Department of Education has announced that the Coconino Community College TRiO program received another five-year commitment.

"This grant is extremely difficult to secure - the competition is open to all colleges and universities throughout the 50 states and includes the US territories as well," said John Henneberg, CCC's TRiO Program Director. "TRiO students achieve higher retention and graduation rates when compared to their peers not enrolled in the program. The grant will allow Coconino Community College's Student Support Services staff to continue serving hundreds of TRiO students, helping them succeed in achieving their educational goals."

When listening to mainstream radio, ever wonder about the station’s history? Have you ever thought the same about tribal radio? The history of communication is timeless; communicating through the vast airwaves hasn’t really been around that long. Take a guess how long tribal radio has been in existence.

Wikipedia states: ‘Many people were involved in the invention of radio in its current form. Experimental work on the connection between electricity and magnetism began around 1820.’

Tribal radio has not been around that long, considering radio communications has been in existence since the late 1800’s.

Florida history recently came to life for Pemayetv Emahakv Charter School and Okeechobee's North Elementary School fourth-graders as they reenacted the era of the book "A Land Remembered" and saw the past through each other's eyes.

Native American students arrived at USU Eastern Blanding on June 29, 2015, eager to begin a summer of hands-on learning and self-discovery.

Indigenous teachings encouraged 27 participants to "look up" as the Ziibiwing Center of Anishinabe Culture & Lifeways unveiled their latest two-day educational workshop June 18-19: Native Skywatchers – Ojibwe and Lakota/Dakota Star Knowledge. Ziibiwing Assistant Director and event coordinator Judy Pamp said Ziibiwing, Central Michigan University's College of Humanities and Social Behavioral Sciences and the Olga J. and G. Roland Denison Visiting Professorship of Native American Studies collaborated.

By all accounts, Delvecchio Kaye (Navajo) is just like any other first semester Diné College student, balancing his studies and personal life. What sets this 22-year-old freshman apart from his peers is that he is a rising star in the national collegiate rodeo arena. Delvecchio, a member of the Diné College rodeo team and first semester freshman, is headed to the College National Finals Rodeo (CNFR) in Bareback Riding, June 14-20 in Casper, Wyoming. He ended his freshman season in second place in the Grand Canyon regional standings, and 16th in the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association standings.

Saturday, July 11th, at the home of Osage Native and Osage Nation employee, William St. John, a naming ceremony was held. The planning of the event took just over six months as Buffalo clan relatives visited back and forth via social media, making the final arrangements. Dana Sellers was a key driving force behind the event.

In the summer of 1930, at the dawn of the Great Depression, a 21-year-old linguist named Morris Swadesh set out for Louisiana to record the area's Native American languages, which were disappearing rapidly.

Faren Anderson and Kristofer Revard are World Champions.

When showing and demonstrating the abilities and beauty of Pinto horses, there aren't much better than Anderson and her 8-year-old nephew Kristofer.

Banishment was the strongest punishment my tribe imposed on a member unable to abide the tribal ways. Without realizing it, I had banished myself from my tribe.

Every person’s lifetime is a relationship between the time our life covers, and the space our bodies occupy. There have been countless lifetimes within my tribe and many to come. My lifetime as a tribal member is where past, present and future exists for me.

Inspiring story with an incredibly beautiful backdrop of Montana! In this video from the Montana Office of Tourism they spoke with Darrell Kipp, a Harvard scholar, U.S. veteran and member of the Blackfeet tribe who was well-known for his work revitalizing Native American languages. He was the director of the Cuts Wood School, a Blackfeet language immersion program for grades K through 8, which is featured in this film.