An archaeology professor explains how official reviews miss key tribal sites.
Tribes
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Army halts Dakota Access Pipeline construction
Federal government wants more discussions with tribes, analysis of possible spills.
Posted inNovember 14, 2016: The Long View
Native American literature’s shapeshifter
Novelist Stephen Graham Jones on how he transcends stereotypes.
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Back to civics class: 10 things to know about Standing Rock
It’s high time for a crash course in federalism and representative democracy.
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The case against condors in Hells Canyon
Researchers contemplate introducing the endangered bird in Oregon— but why meddle?
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These maps help fill the gaps on the Dakota Access Pipeline
Meet the researcher mapping the threats to water security.
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Obama weighs in on the Dakota Access pipeline
As protests intensify, U.S. Army Corps may consider ‘ways to reroute.’
Posted inOctober 31, 2016: A Monumental Divide
The fight for Bears Ears, on the road
Regina Lopez-Whiteskunk, Ute Mountain Ute member, takes the monument debate to Washington.
Posted inOctober 31, 2016: A Monumental Divide
The many landscapes of Bears Ears
See photos of the proposed national monument, ranging from meadows to cliffs.
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Reckoning at Standing Rock
Want to understand the pipeline protests? Start with the Founding Fathers.
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‘These big dreams to have everyone prosper’
A conversation with Renae Yellowhorse about the proposal to build a tram to the Colorado River.
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Comb Ridge parcel sold to highest bidder
The privatized parcel within the proposed Bears Ears national monument could be a sign of things to come.
Posted inOctober 31, 2016: A Monumental Divide
The bid for Bears Ears
The tribal push for a Bears Ears monument raises thorny questions of homeland and sovereignty.
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Native schools move forward by looking to the past
How a New Mexico network is building a new generation of native schools.
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Replacing Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day isn’t enough
To better honor their history, activists want “justice, not gestures.”
Posted inOctober 3, 2016: Purple Rain
Meet Denise Juneau, who hopes to be the first Native American woman in Congress
Indian Country votes will help determine whether this seat flips to blue.
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A look at Gold Butte, Nevada, two years after the Bundy standoff
Surveyors found illegal cattle grazing, defaced petroglyphs and ditch-digging.
Posted inSeptember 19, 2016: Frontera Incognita
Opening day at the Crow Fair, an accidental Wild West show and a moose miracle
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
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How the Dakota pipeline protest is spreading Westwide
The protests are fueled by a diverse array of causes, from tribal sovereignty to fossil fuel dependence.
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Tribes win one fight, lose another in pipeline protest
The Obama administration intervened in favor of tribes, for now.