Kristen Lilya

  Forget everything you think you know about Native American food. It’s time to ditch the tired stereotypes of frybread and greasy tacos, and embark on a culinary adventure that celebrates the rich tapestry of Indigenous flavors across the United States. From coast to coast, a new wave of restaurants is taking center stage, led by passionate chefs who are reclaiming ancestral ingredients and techniques, breathing fresh life into traditional dishes, and creating a whole new category of fine…

Byline: Hannah Parker Photo by DSStories on Pexels.   Social media platforms have shaped our everyday lives in the digital age by influencing how we connect, communicate, and consume information. Concerns regarding control, censorship, and privacy have been brought up by the prevalence of centralised data monopolies. Enter Web3 social platforms, which aim to decentralise data ownership and governance, thereby upending the existing order. With decentralised protocols and blockchain technolog…

Portfolio monitoring software is one of the most significant developments that has transformed how professional investors do their everyday duties. This software can help investors get timely information, make better decisions, and streamline operations.   As we progress toward the future, we can expect the user base of this software to grow. This is also highlighted by statistics that expect the market value of profile monitoring software to grow to $111.8 billion by 2032.   In this a…

Iconic Native American activist Leonard Peltier was released from a federal penitentiary in Florida on February 18, 2025, after serving 49 years behind bars. Now 80 years old and in poor health, he was flown home to North Dakota, where he will spend the remainder of his life under house confinement on the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation.

In a candid Native Bidaské interview, Leonard Peltier reflects on his first year of home confinement, First Amendment violations, and why Indigenous people should use the "America 250" celebration to expose the truth of colonial history rather than celebrate it.

Next on Native Bidaské, host Levi Rickert sits down with Moses Wiseman, a 24-year-old visionary recently named a 2026 Champion for Change by the Aspen Institute. As the Director of the Alaska Native Languages Program at the Alaska Institute for Justice, Wiseman is proving that language revitalization belongs in the ER just as much as […]

Join Sean Griswold for a high-stakes roundtable discussion on a political shakeup that has sent shockwaves through Indian Country. Following President Trump’s recent ousting of Kristi Noem, the nomination of Senator Markwayne Mullin to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) marks a potentially historic, yet deeply polarizing, moment for Indigenous representation. Is this a […]

America 250: A Republic Built on Native Land National Native Youth Essay Contest Purpose As the U.S. nears its 250th anniversary, its history takes on a very different shape through a Native lens. Native News Online, in partnership with the Center for Native American Youth (CNAY) at the Aspen Institute, invites Native youth ages 18–24 […]

Native Bidaské takes on a story that refuses to stay buried—one that challenges how Indian Country understands its past and present. In this episode, airing Friday, March 27 at 12 PM ET, host Levi Rickert is joined by journalists Suzette Brewer (Cherokee) and Elyse Wild to examine the forced sterilization of Native women, a rarely […]

Next on Native Bidaské, host Levi Rickert continues a critical and moving conversation on one of the most overlooked atrocities in American history: the forced sterilization of Native American women. Building on part 1 of this series, Levi is joined by journalists Suzette Brewer and Elyse Wild, whose investigative reporting sheds light on how government […]