Alaska Native filmmaker and INDIGEFI host Alex Sallee and National Native News anchor Antonia Gonzales teamed up to cover the happenings this past weekend as thousands gather for Santa Fe Indian Market including the “To Keep Them Warm Parka” exhibit at the Museum of International Folk Art.

Listen back to Native America Calling’s live broadcast from the Santa Fe Indian Market featuring host Shawn Spruce and guests Dawn Houle (Chippewa Cree from Rocky Boy Montana), Mandolin Rain Song (Taos Pueblo), Jennifer Johns (Diné), and Jason Garcia (Santa Clara Pueblo).

Members of the Native American Journalists Association (NAJA) voted to change the name of the organization to the Indigenous Journalists Association Friday, August 11. Here is the press release issued shortly after the results were announced.

Frank Blythe’s many notable achievements include co-founding Native America Calling and American Indian Radio on Satellite (AIROS), the distribution system that eventually became Native Voice One. These two keystones of Koahnic Broadcast Corporation’s mission carry on Blythe’s determined vision for accurate and authentic representation of Native American voices to the public.

“Native media would not be nearly as far along if it weren’t for Frank’s far-sightedness and his ability to inspire so many others,” said Koahnic President and CEO Jaclyn Sallee.

Our thoughts go out to his family and the many people whose lives he touched throughout his rich life.

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“Alaska Daily”, the TV series about #MMIP coverage by an Anchorage newspaper starring Hilary Swank, was cancelled by ABC this month. Rhonda McBride from our flagship station KNBA caught up with one of the show’s writers, Vera Starbard (Tlingit/Denaʼaina), in this special feature from National Native News.

When two major tribal organizations pulled out of the Alaska Federation of Natives this week, it fueled speculation about the reasons why. The Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska and the Tanana Chiefs Conference each had a different explanation. Rhonda McBride from our flagship station KNBA talked with Paul Ongtooguk, an Alaska Native historian and a longtime observer of AFN, about these recent developments. Read their full conversation.