Word of Mouth Oral histories of climate change provide an intimate view of our shifting world By Jen Rose Smith April 5, 2023 In this story: indigenous communities
When Indigenous Rights, Conservation, and a Very Lucrative Fishery Collide In the fast-changing Bering Sea, a small tribe makes a big push to save their island By Kate Golden March 27, 2023 In this story: indigenous communities, oceans, fish
A Battle for the Future of the Great Lakes A pipeline carrying Canadian tar sands crude has already leaked a million gallons. These are the resisters dedicated to shutting down Enbridge Line 5. By Donovan Hohn March 16, 2023 In this story: pipelines, Line 5, indigenous communities, clean water, tar sands
President Biden Designates Two National Monuments in Nevada and Texas Avi Kwa Ame and Castner Range receive new protections By Lindsey Botts March 21, 2023 In this story: monuments, indigenous communities, public lands, America's National Parks, Policy
River Rights Gone Wrong in California In the Golden State, dwindling water resources are increasingly a source of conflict By Michael Shapiro February 28, 2023 In this story: water, rivers, indigenous communities
President Biden Restores Logging Prohibitions in Tongass National Forest Roadless Rule reinstated throughout two-thirds of world’s largest intact temperate rain forest By Lindsey Botts January 29, 2023 In this story: national forests, forests, federal climate policy, indigenous communities, saving wild places
The Land Back Movement Takes Root in Ohio Native American group seeks Land Back through out-of-state methods By Victoria Abou-Ghalioum December 30, 2022 In this story: indigenous communities
Federal Court Delivers a Reprieve to Apache Members Seeking to Save a Sacred Site Oak Flat has been spared a copper mine for now—but the legal maneuvering continues By Osha Gray Davidson December 1, 2022 In this story: mining, indigenous communities
Thanksgiving Is Complicated. Here’s Why I Celebrate Anyway. The history’s all wrong—but I find meaning in the myth By Jen Rose Smith November 22, 2022 In this story: holidays, indigenous communities, Thanksgiving
To Protect Wild Rice, Tribes and Universities Have Formed an Unlikely Collaboration Working with tribal scientists has pushed University of Minnesota researchers to think bigger about their research By Grace van Deelen November 2, 2022 In this story: indigenous communities, sustainability