May in the News
The Eastern Band of Cherokee leadership remains in turmoil as the principal chief and tribal council are at odds. The tribe's Supreme Court allowed the impeachment process against the chief to continue. Meanwhile Principal Chief Patrick Lambert released financial audits he says shed light on financial misconduct by council members. We'll talk with a reporter covering this complicated issue. Also two Native Americans are running for Congress. One of them hopes to be the first female Native in the US House of Representatives. Join us for our round up of the news.
Native America Calling is a national call-in program that invites guests and listeners to join a dialogue about current events, music, arts, entertainment and culture.

The program is hosted by Tara Gatewood (Isleta Pueblo) and airs live each weekday from 10:00 - 11:00 am

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The Hoopa Tribal TANF is seeking proposals for food catering services. This will be for breakfast and lunch catering services for the Hoopa Tribal TANF Program staff training. Which will be held on September 26th to September 28th. If you are interested or would like more information, contact Karen Kyle at 625-4816 ext. 106. The deadline to submit proposals is 5:00 p.m. on September 15th.

Indian relay races
The Indian horse relay racing finals in Billings, Montana are about to start.The best of the best compete in the time-honored tradition of a bareback relay horse racing. Horses, riders, muggers and holders all play a part of this intricate, fast-paced thrill ride. We'll talk with folks from the Horse Nations Indian Relay Council about this exciting ancient sport.
The program is hosted by Tara Gatewood (Isleta Pueblo) and airs live each weekday from 10-11 am.
Join the conversation by calling 1-800-996-2848

TANF Project Coordinator, Deborah McConnell is offering one-on-one mentoring. If you would like to go, it will be Monday, September 25th from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. at the Center on Highway 96. You must be a TANF Client or Native American, and a Hoopa Resident and an adult. For further information, you can call Deborah at 625-4571.

K’ima:w Medical Center is having a Talking Circle for Native American Women, between the age of 40 and 74 and, have not had a mammogram in the past 2 years. This Talking Circle is to complete and evaluate the Tribal Research Initiative for Breast Cancer Awareness and Learning Program. It will be on Monday, September 18th and Tuesday, September 19th every hour starting at 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. in the K’ima:w Clinic Conference Room. If you are interested in going you can contact Claudia Stickman at 625-4261 ext. 252

Fixing roads in Indian Country
By the Bureau of Indian Affairs' own standards, the vast majority-83 percent-of the roads the agency oversees are in unacceptable condition. Pot holes, wash-outs and broken bridges make it hard for people in Indian Country to get to work and for goods to get where they need to go. The federal Tribal Transportation Program is ramping up and is slated to spend $500 million a year through 2020 on tribal road projects. We'll get an assessment of the state of roads on Native land and what's being done to improve them. 
The program is hosted by Tara Gatewood (Isleta Pueblo) and airs live each weekday from 10-11 am.
Join the conversation by calling 1-800-996-2848

Floating tradition 
Qayats, bull boats, and birch bark canoes all have traditionally carried Native people over the water. In some communities the craft of making boats using traditional methods and materials continues. On the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa reservation, a learning group is working on making traditional birch bark canoes. We'll talk with them about their tips and techniques for traditional boats.
The program is hosted by Tara Gatewood (Isleta Pueblo) and airs live each weekday from 10-11 am. 

Join the conversation by calling 1-800-996-2848

The TANF Quilting and Sewing Class will be on Wednesday, September 20th from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Center. They will provide some supplies but feel free to bring your own and extra. For more information, you can call 625-4571.

The Hupa Family Resource Center is giving out food boxes. To pick up your food box go to the TANF Employment and Training Building on Thursday, September 21st from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. They are closed for lunch from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. You must bring your photo ID. If you would like more information give them a call at 625-4000.

Museums mending ties
Decades after the University of New Mexico's Maxwell Museum of Anthropology acquired a totem pole under dubious circumstances, the family of the pole's carver came to the institution to rededicate it in its new home. The new superintendent of a U.S. National Monument in Iowa says he will dedicate his tenure to correcting past disrespectful behavior involving effigy mounts. Is there momentum for mending relations with tribes over past illegal and unethical indiscretions?
The program is hosted by Tara Gatewood (Isleta Pueblo) and airs live each weekday from 10-11 am.

Join the conversation by calling 1-800-996-2848