Saguaros are struggling to cope with extreme weather, monitoring studies reveal.
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Posted inAugust 2025: Fire Culture
What the presence of sheep means to the Diné
How to look at Milton Snow’s historical images of a livestock genocide on the Navajo Nation.
Posted inAugust 2025: Fire Culture
A hotshot’s search for belonging among the flames
A wildland firefighter reckons with the male-dominated culture found on the fireline.
Posted inAugust 2025: Fire Culture
Native languages need radio, which is at risk of being lost
As public media is threatened after cuts from Trump administration, Indigenous radio also face threats to how they preserve and grow language.
Posted inAugust 2025: Fire Culture
Booting out bullfrogs, bees make a break for it, and say goodbye to the billboard!
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
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Law enforcement surveilled Nevada lithium mine protesters, according to records
Activists opposed to the Thacker Pass mine were ‘under the microscope’ for years.
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Finding your ancestors in the archives
Author Joseph Lee explores Wampanoag family history in a new book of memoir and reportage.
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In stressful times, what do the plants and animals have to say?
The time-honored tradition of humans looking to the natural world can help us survive difficult times.
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In Sitka, Łingít fishers share herring harvests with a surprise influx of grey whales
An unprecedented whale surge in Alaska waters has changed how humans interact with a vital yaaw fishery.
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Public land sale a ‘frontal assault on tribal treaty rights’
Senate Republicans’ proposed legislation could have unique impacts on tribal nations.
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Protests greet Western governors in Santa Fe
After a bipartisan outcry, Senate proposal to sell public lands is blocked for now.
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The Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe is bridging Nevada’s healthcare gap
A new mobile clinic serves 2,000 Indigenous patients.
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When we harm wolves, we harm ourselves
Anger over these wild creatures shows a lack of perspective.
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Trump quits deal with Northwest tribes to restore salmon
The plan to remove four hydroelectric dams in the Columbia River Basin that blocks the free flow of salmon was canceled.
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What defunding public media would mean for the West
Data show that rural, tribal and Western stations would be most impacted by Trump’s attempt to cut CPB funding.
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Indigenous filmmakers get support from Sundance
Santa Fe’s Sundance Native Lab has evolved to embrace the multihyphenate artists of today.
Posted inJune 2025: The Promised Land
Sea otters to get another chance in Oregon and Northern California
The Siletz Tribe received a $1.56 million grant to reintroduce Xvlh-t’vsh.
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Class of 2025 leads the way for Indigenous graduation regalia
High school graduates are the first to walk with the protected right to wear cultural attire after the state of New Mexico passed legislation this spring.
Posted inJuly 2025: Seeds as Sustenance
Indigenous leaders at UNPFII underscore the need for genuine consent
Free, prior and informed consent is law in some countries. How are they making it work?
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Massive pipeline spill seeps toward Colorado’s Animas River
23,000 gallons of gasoline leaked on the Southern Ute reservation in December.