An Indigenous reservation has a novel way to grow food- below the earth’s surface
Underground greenhouses are helping people to take back control of their nutrition and ease farming amid the climate crisis.
Nuclear waste ravaged their land. The Yakama Nation is on a quest to rescue it
A generation after it was decommissioned, tribal members are still working to clean up the Hanford nuclear site, one of the most contaminated spots in the US.
‘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
‘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.
Salmon face extinction throughout the US west. Blame these four dams
Salmon are headed to a point of no return throughout the US west. And the impact on Native American communities could be devastating
