Native Americans

The billionaire blocking off Montana’s wildlife: ‘Like fencing people out of Walmart’
The fences Joe Ricketts erected around his ranch in the middle of the Blackfeet reservation flout tribal rules and are a deadly hazard for wildlife
Sierra Cistone
29, Jun, 2022 @3:59 PM

Ford sued for allegedly dumping ‘toxic sludge’ on Ramapough Lenape land
New Jersey accuses automobile company of contaminating water, soil, groundwater, vegetation, and air for decades
Samira Asma-Sadeque
17, Jun, 2022 @4:57 PM

Yellowstone renames mountain linked to massacre of Native Americans
Peak renamed First Peoples Mountain was known as Mount Doane after Gustavus Doane who helmed an attack that killed at least 173 people in 1870
Victoria Bekiempis
14, Jun, 2022 @3:08 PM

Redrawn Arizona congressional map drains Native American voting power
Tribal areas have been swept into a new majority Republican district where GOP candidates ignore Native issues
Evan Wyloge
23, May, 2022 @12:00 PM

‘We’re still here’: past and present collide at a Native American boarding school
Sherman Indian high school is among the last remnants of a brutal history that students and government are reckoning with
Hilary Beaumont
22, May, 2022 @10:00 AM

War Pony review – rousing tale of love and money on a Native American reservation
The innate wisdom and instinct to survive of two teenage males is beautifully observed in actor-turned-director Riley Keough’s debut feature
Peter Bradshaw
21, May, 2022 @2:10 PM

Indigenous and Alaska Native women could face escalated violence if Roe is repealed
They are also two to three times more likely to die as a result of pregnancy than white women, according to the CDC
Hallie Golden
19, May, 2022 @9:00 AM

Chef Crystal Wahpepah on the power of Indigenous cuisine: ‘Native foods are overlooked’
The game meat, corn and berries featured on the Indigenous chef’s menu have helped to launch her overnight success
Maria C. Hunt in Oakland
14, May, 2022 @10:00 AM

A Native American faces teargas, baton charges and rubber bullets – Camille Seaman’s best photograph
Dan Nanamkin would show up at the Standing Rock pipeline protest in full regalia every day. On the other side of the blockade was a massive armed force – but he sang all the time
Interview by Graeme Green
04, May, 2022 @2:15 PM

Statue of Native American ballerina destroyed and sold to recycling center
Outcry after thieves in Oklahoma chopped statue of Marjorie Tallchief into pieces and sold parts to recycling center for $250
Maya Yang
04, May, 2022 @11:00 AM

University of California to waive tuition for Native students – but not for all
Native students who aren’t a member of a federally recognized tribe are dismayed that they are left out of the free tuition program
Hallie Golden
30, Apr, 2022 @10:00 AM

‘Why not me?’: the boot camp giving Indigenous women the tools to run for office
Indigenous women are underrepresented in Congress and other elected offices. The Native Action Network wants to change that
Hallie Golden in Washington state
17, Apr, 2022 @10:00 AM
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