In 2019, two gold-mining giants joined forces, with huge consequences for the Northern Nevada community and economy.
Indigenous Affairs
Using horse-racing laws, a shadowy state agency and a billionaire push for a private casino that threatens tribes’ self-sufficiency.
Energy Fuels Resources was found in violation for improper handling of radioactive waste storage.
An intergenerational group of Pueblo women lead the way on water policy along the Middle Rio Grande Valley.
A resort capitalizes on a nearby Yavapai-Apache religious site despite having no meaningful relationship with the tribe.
Social media has helped undo centuries of colonial disconnection, but Native communities need a much better platform.
An illustration of a complex ecosystem that could exist again.
An Indigenous writer reclaims her relationship with fire in the landscape of her ancestors.
On the Wind River Indian Reservation, two animals slip between the cracks of what is wild and what isn’t.
A new Native American restaurant plates a contemporary take on precolonial gastronomy.
A new USDA report finds further mistreatment of the exploited Washington orca.
Utah says the White Mesa Mill isn’t contaminating groundwater, but its neighbor, the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, disagrees.
Two leading scholars discuss the complex relationship between Black and Native people.
‘As a unified voice, we are unstoppable — and we can manage the river better.’
A new effort will add Indigenous history to historical markers across the state.
The Umatilla leader would be the first Native person in charge of the agency, which has a thorny history with tribes.
Descendants of those enslaved by Native tribes are gaining political momentum. Here’s a primer on the issues surrounding Freedmen and tribal recognition.
Regina Lopez-Whiteskunk unpacks the deeper implications — and limitations — of Biden’s monuments proclamation.
‘These youth are going to be able to take ownership of healing the land at Fort Belknap.’
Now that the industry is finally greenlighting Indigenous films and TV, Indigenous critics ought to lead the conversation.
A retired engineer and Freedmen activist, Vann joins the tribe’s Environmental Protection Commission.
Once again, the media has excluded Indigenous peoples from our own story.
A former Native boarding school turned liberal arts college in Durango reckons with its ugly history.
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