From legal decisions to on-the-ground policies, Indigenous lawyers describe the administration’s tactics as an “onslaught” removing federal protections of land and wildlife.
Indigenous Affairs
The Keystone XL Pipeline threatens to spread more than just oil through Indigenous communities.
Nick Tilsen was arrested for protesting President Trump at Mount Rushmore. Now, his legal troubles are part of a legacy.
University officials face pressure to address their history as the recipients of dispossessed Indigenous land.
Representation is important, and so are policy decisions impacting tribes on the ground.
Abigail Echo-Hawk discusses the state of Indigenous public health.
In her debut memoir, Danielle Geller researches her elusive mother — and the meaning of family.
For communities who speak Indigenous Mayan languages like Mam, the Oregon program is a vital resource.
In California, archaeologists unearthed Indigenous burials 11 years ago, but the remains have yet to be repatriated.
In Arizona and Wisconsin, Native turnout — which often leans liberal — made the difference in Biden’s slim but winning margin.
Tohono O’odham Chairman Ned Norris Jr. urges Congress to take action and stop Trump’s border wall.
Law enforcement deploys tear gas and rubber bullets in confrontation with Indigenous activists.
Questions of authenticity and provenance surround artwork that traveled from East Texas to rural Wyoming.
On the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, girls and women box, march and continue searching for those lost.
The university obtained almost 990,000 acres of expropriated Indigenous land through the Morrill Act and hopes to provide some remedies.
The state of Alaska sues the Federal Subsistence Board for approving an emergency hunt for the Organized Village of Kake, despite the tribal community’s dire food shortage.
In the COVID-19 era, tribal nations want research in service of their people.
Buffalo were originally decimated to starve Indigenous peoples; now, their absence is starving out the land.
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and Oglala Sioux Tribe’s COVID-19 checkpoints are at stake.
The ecological and ethical problems of ‘smudging.’
Indigenous people are frequently undercounted, undermining political power and representation.
The proposal comes after a failed consultation process of ‘one way communication’ over the Tongass National Forest.
Across the globe, anti-Indigenous organizations and sympathizers work to undermine the collective rights of Indigenous peoples.
- Meet the gun-toting ‘Tenacious Unicorns’ in rural Colorado
- Diverted, drained and dwindling: What’s the fate of New Mexico’s Rio Grande?
- The Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe reintroduces bighorn sheep on tribal lands
- The Washington, D.C., siege has Western roots and consequences
- The Gadsden flag is a symbol. But whose?
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