After a 19th-century treaty left them landless, the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians are reclaiming their ancestral lands—and their traditional wildfire management practices.
The beguiling, mist-covered forest of Los Cedros provides a vision of a future where the rights of the natural world are actively and effectively protected.
On Aug. 8, 2023, 13-year-old Kaliko was getting ready for her hula class at her mother’s house in West Maui. The power was out, and she heard there was a
Efforts to decolonize the herring roe harvest in Alaska highlight the contrast between tribal subsistence practices and the Department of Fish and Game’s management strategy.
Indigenous communities have long resisted the false narratives of imperialist nations and are experts at countering the political violence of white supremacy.
Along with the families of other police shooting victims and the financial support of every federally recognized tribe in Washington state, the Puyallup Tribe helped pass the nation’s first police accountability bill.
After a 2021 leak at the U.S. military’s Red Hill fuel storage facility poisoned thousands, activists, Native Hawaiians, and affected military families have become unlikely allies in the fight for accountability.
The Colville Confederated Tribes are dedicated to “reuniting with old friends” by reintroducing fish to their shared waters and pronghorn to their ancestral lands.
The National Climate Assessment affirms that Indigenous peoples bear both the weight of climate change’s impacts and carry knowledge that may help lessen its burden.
The latest addition to the prestigious UNESCO list—the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks, created by Indigenous people 2,000 years ago—“preserves the future of our past.”
India is among the most linguistically diverse countries in the world, but its Indigenous languages have been marginalized—along with those who speak them.