A California proposal would offset the state’s climate-altering emissions by paying for forest conservation in Chiapas. Could there be unintended consequences in a region with a history of human rights abuse and land grabs?
Native rights
Tribes are pursuing a hands-on approach to finding and preparing Native foods that give spiritual sustenance, too.
Heather Purser set out to win gay marriage rights within the Suquamish Tribe and found herself on a personal journey toward self-acceptance.
Bringing renewable energy and jobs to reservations.
On the Trail of Tears, we walked from one history into more difficult times, and by the time we reached Indian Territory, Oklahoma, none of our ponies remained.
How Hawaiians embrace the land, its abundance, and their responsibility to each other.
How the tribes of the Klamath stood up for the salmon—and won.
New Mexico's acequias—communal irrigation canals—still function as a tool to preserve and share scarce desert water.
The ITT oil fields, located within Ecuador's Yasuní National Park, have become the center of an experiment that could bring equity and human rights into the climate equation.
Evo Morales, Bolivia's first indigenous
president, is forwarding a socially just agenda that promotes
the country's sovereignty and
multiculturalism.
Hopi and Iroquois prophecies draw on long
cultural memories, offering practical approaches to surviving
hard times.
The Hopi people of the Black Mesa region know how to farm and thrive in the desert Southwest. But a giant coal company is draining the aquifer that feeds their sacred springs and makes their livelihood possible.
For a sundancer and bundle-keeper in the Dakota tradition, the world and the spirit are identical.
The ancient, wild rice-centered culture of Minnesota's Anishinaabeg people confronts cultivated "wild" rice.
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