Results for keyword: Native Americans
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Dueling Claims
A tribal attempt to protect New Mexico's Mount Taylor sparks a bitter struggle over uranium mining, religious differences and claims to an ancient landscape.
by Laura Paskus, Dec 02, 2009 -
A new land grab
The Oglala Lakota are determined to reclaim both their land and cultural heritage.
by Joshua Zaffos, Sep 04, 2009 -
Blood Quantum
The system that determines membership in most American Indian tribes could threaten the survival of those tribes.
by Andrea Appleton, Jan 12, 2009 -
Here comes change
Learning from an elderly Navajo woman with an intimate, lifelong connection to the land.
by Alan Kesselheim, Dec 10, 2008 -
Peace on the Klamath
For years, Native Americans, fishermen and farmers have battled over the Klamath River in southern Oregon and Northern California, but finally a complicated truce is in the works.
by Matt Jenkins, Jun 23, 2008 -
Warp, weft and Wal-Mart
Navajo weaver Marie Begay makes beautiful rugs from the wool of the sheep she raises, and looks forward to spending the money she earns at Wal-Mart.
by Joslyn Green, Jun 09, 2008 -
On Cancer’s Trail
The women in Stefanie Raymond-Whish’s family have a history of breast cancer, and the young Navajo biologist wants to know whether the uranium on the reservation might have something to do with it.
by Florence Williams, May 26, 2008 -
Native Americans walk the talk across America
Brenda Norrell accompanies a group of Native Americans on a 3,600-mile walk across the country.
by Brenda Norrell, May 26, 2008 -
An activist
Nellie Sandoval, the mother of scientist Stefanie Raymond-Whish, has become an outspoken activist as a result of her own struggle with breast cancer.
by Florence Williams, May 26, 2008 -
A well
Glenda Rangel and her family grew up drinking from and swimming in water tanks dangerously polluted with uranium.
by Florence Williams, May 26, 2008
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