‘Why not me?’: the boot camp giving Indigenous women the tools to run for office
Indigenous women are underrepresented in the US Congress and other elected offices. The Native Action Network wants to change that
The Indigenous tribe fighting back against the addiction epidemic
The Lummi Nation, on the US west coast, has faced addiction issues for decades. Now they are utilizing a combination of culturally-based healing and western approaches
Original caretakers: Indigenous groups team up with conservationists to protect swaths of US
Environmental organizations and tribes have been coming together to protect the natural world, and a key part of this teamwork has been land transfers
The crisis unfolding in America’s Christmas tree capital
Farmers in Oregon had their ‘worst summer ever’ as heat, drought and extreme weather threaten industry
Famously rainy Seattle breaks its fall rain record after a summer of extreme heat
The city accumulated about 19 in of rain between September and the end of November, a stark contrast to the summer’s searing temperatures
‘Heal the past’: first Native American confirmed to oversee national parks
Charles “Chuck” F Sams III made history this week in becoming the first-ever Native American confirmed to lead the National Park Service.
Makah Tribe in US hopes for rights to resume sacred tradition of gray whale hunting
The tribe could be granted a special waiver after a lengthy legal battle to try to resume the historic practice
Indigenous tribes tried to block a car battery mine. But the courts stood in the way
Legal setbacks in efforts to block a new lithium mine in Nevada’s Thacker Pass highlight how federal courts routinely fail to protect sacred lands
Biden restores beloved national monuments, reversing Trump cuts
Joe Biden restored environmental protections on Friday to three national monuments and their vast expanse of vital ecosystems and sacred Indigenous spaces, reversing cuts made by Donald Trump.
North Atlantic right whales critically endangered by climate crisis, new study finds
Climate change-induced warming in the Gulf of Maine has resulted in the population of the North Atlantic right whale to plummet, leaving the species critically endangered and conservationists desperate for safeguards, according to a study published this week in the journal Oceanography.
