Results for keyword: Native Americans
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One Nation, Under Fire
The Sonoran Desert homeland of the Tohono O’odham Nation has become a nerve-wracking police state, caught in the crossfire between drug and immigrant smugglers and the U.S. Border Patrol.
by John Dougherty, Feb 19, 2007 -
A tale of shame and glory in the Southwest
Hampton Sides’ new book, Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West, follows Kit Carson through the bloody history of the 19th century Southwest.
by Jared Blackley, Feb 05, 2007 -
Red Feather builds homes and communities
The nonprofit Red Feather Development Group recruits volunteers like Zan Wannemuehler to help build straw-bale homes on Indian reservations.
by Erica Ryberg, Feb 05, 2007 -
Why operation of wildlife refuges shouldn't be privatized
The debacle on the National Bison Range is a prime example of why the management of wildlife refuges should not be privatized.
by Grady Hocutt, Jan 22, 2007 -
How the Indians were set up to fail at bison management
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, not the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, is to blame for alleged management problems at the National Bison Range in Montana.
by Paul Bishop, Jan 22, 2007 -
Could it be Apocalypto for the Southwest?
John Krist says the movie Apocalypto, about the decline of the Maya in central America, has lessons for today
by John Krist, Jan 07, 2007 -
A corps of visitors, not discoverers
In Lewis and Clark Through Indian Eyes, the late historian Alvin Josephy Jr. has assembled essays by nine Indian writers who examine the Corps of Discovery from the other side of the cultural looking glass
by Ed Marston, Dec 25, 2006 -
Dina's Place
An 8-year-old named Dina leads the author down to her own "special place" by the Big Sioux River on the Indian reservation that is home to the troubled child
by Madeline Ostrander, Dec 11, 2006 -
Two weeks in the West
Hopi and Navajo tribes settle boundary dispute; oil shale returns to western Colorado; Northern Cheyenne open coal reserves to development; judge upholds critical habitat designation for "vernal pools" in California and Oregon; red tree vole wins protecti
by Staff, Nov 27, 2006 -
Tribal religion trumps eagle protection
A recent court ruling on the ceremonial killing of eagles by American Indians collides with the Endangered Species Act, possibly sending the issue to the Supreme Court
by Brodie Farquhar, Nov 13, 2006
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