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Every election year, Indigenous people grapple with whether and
how to engage in electoral politics.
Western journalism puts Indigenous reporters in a tricky position where values don’t always align.
The latest Indigenous Netflix film shows the challenges of Native life through the culture of rez ball.
Held up by a series of bureaucratic hurdles, the funding could expire before the government lets the tribal nation touch a dime.
How schools, hospitals, prisons and other institutions in 15 states profit from land and resources on 79 tribal nations.
An investigation by High Country News and Grist reveals how public institutions benefit from extractive industries on Indian reservations.
Arizona’s state fish is doing well but faces a daunting future.
Producer and writer, Migizi Pensoneau, ‘brings the realness’ to Emmy voters.
‘City,’ a massive outdoor sculpture in Nevada, took Michael Heizer 50 years to make. Today, it is met with a mixture of scrutiny and awe.
The federal government has acknowledged the harms of Columbia River dams. Now what?
“It has that sense of a bomb that’s going to go off.”
A new study shows how federal grant funding has actually become an obstacle to climate adaptation.
Avangrid Renewables said they plan to review comments from tribal nations and private landowners.
How Ayabe-way-we-tung guided his tribe in the midst of colonization.
‘The Truth According to Ember’ is a summer rom-com about Native people learning to be their authentic selves.
Farmers and transportation experts are figuring out how to transport goods if the lower Snake River dams are removed.
Harris has prioritized protecting public lands and pursued accountability for polluters, but her track record on tribal affairs is mixed.
Tribal representatives are pushing the U.S. Forest Service to respect treaty rights and bring cultural fire back to the region’s forests.
Climate, public lands and tribal law regulations are now likely to face legal challenges.
Is the cure for grasshopper outbreaks worse than the disease?