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Thursday on Native America Calling, we wrap up National Women’s History Month with a tribute to Native women who’ve shook up – and are still shaking up – Native America.

Tribes and state governments are making new, concerted efforts to combat the Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP) crisis. The Yurok Tribe recently hired an investigator to pursue new and existing MMIP cases.

Kelli Mosteller (Citizen Potawatomi Nation) is the executive director of Harvard University’s Native American Program. Prior to that position, she was the director of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation Cultural Heritage Center, as well as the tribal historic preservation officer.

Making Love with the Land (2022) is a collection of non-fictional essays by Joshua Whitehead (Oji-nêhiyaw) about Indigenous queerness and being shaped by myriad connections to the land.

Indigenous-owned businesses like The Rez Life, The NTVS, OXDX, and Section 35 help drive casual Native fashion by turning out jackets, shorts, and beanies stitched with Native art and shirts splashed with words and phrases like “Land Back”

The nation’s only live, call-in radio show devoted to Native issues and from a Native perspective is approaching its 28th year on the air.

YVHIKV and Hayathes make up the group THRONE and they’re out introducing audiences to their latest single ‘Eels in the Water//Night’. Since their debut album “Lionfish,” released last year, THRONE has been garnering a big following on social media with their soulful and melodic sound.

Peterson Zah is known as the first president of the Navajo Nation and a leader with foresight and intelligence that ushered in a new era for his people. Zah died at the age of 85 and was laid to rest at his birthplace in Low Mountain, Ariz. after a memorial service and funeral procession.