Native rights
A New Model for Health Care Respects Indigenous Agency
In Canada, Inuit and academic health care researchers have teamed up to combat poor cultural awareness in mainstream health care services.
Colonization, Fire Suppression, and Indigenous Resurgence in the Face of Climate Change
The 130-year legacy of fire suppression in the U.S. is a process that continues to dispossess Native peoples of their lands.
For Indigenous Peoples Day, Tribes Return to Alcatraz 50 Years Later
A new generation of Native activists will take a canoe journey around Alcatraz to mark Indigenous Peoples Day and pay homage to occupation of the island 50 years ago.
Making National Parks Accessible to Native People Again
A violent, racist history has kept Native people off their ancestral lands for decades. How can we remove the barriers that still exist today?
My Indigenous Culture Is an Act of Resistance
Two generations saw our Inuit and Dine homelands in Northern Canada nearly destroyed. Now my way of life is one of cultural repair.
How Not to Be an Invasive Species
The descendants of settlers and immigrants can鈥檛 become Indigenous to the land where we live. But we can follow the models of coexistence.
Rent Is Recognition and Restitution for Seattle鈥檚 Native Inhabitants
A grassroots movement encourages non-Native city dwellers to pay monthly reparations to the Duwamish, a Native American tribe that鈥檚 petitioned for federal recognition for the last 40 years.
Could Rights of Nature Laws Help Save Endangered Orcas?
In the face of the climate crisis imperiling endangered species, some activists and governments are turning to a radical, rights-based approach to protect nature.
How the Women of Standing Rock Are Building Sovereign Economies
Food security, traditional agriculture, and local self-reliance are key to regenerative societies of the future, say water protectors taking the movement鈥檚 lessons forward.
Mauna Kea Protests Reveal Problems in Construction Processes on Native Lands
Native Hawaiians and other Indigenous peoples need more authority in the federal and state project processes that affect them.
Indigenous People Demand an End to Detention on Stolen Lands
鈥淎s the original caretakers of these lands and territories, we have inherent authority over migration and demand an end to these barbaric acts.鈥
Dental Care Where There Is No Dentist
In a remote Alaskan village, this low-cost program gives patients something to smile about.
How Albuquerque Hopes to Meet the Unique Needs of Urban Native Americans
The city amended a decades-old ordinance to recognize tribal sovereignty and create more services for Native people living in urban centers.
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Are We Doing Vacations Wrong?
Radicalize your travel by being a better guest in someone else鈥檚 homeland.
A Route 66 Road Trip Through Indigenous Homelands
I鈥檓 seeking out the histories and communities that existed before Route 66 and that survive still today.
Lakota Youth Head Out on Search and Rescue Mission on Horseback
It took riders 10 hours to reach remote families stranded in the aftermath of the 鈥渂omb cyclone鈥 that devastated the Pine Ridge community.
Rising Sea Levels: The View from a Canoe
Decades ago, the legendary journey of the open-ocean canoe Hokule鈥榓 revealed secrets of Hawai鈥榠鈥檚 past and sparked pride in native culture. Now, a voyage around the world offers a new generation lessons about Earth鈥檚 uncertain future.
These Indigenous Women Are Reclaiming Stolen Land in the Bay Area
Through a voluntary land tax and donations from land owners, this organization is working to create an alternative land base for Indigenous people in California鈥檚 East Bay.
Notre Dame and the Fight for Sacred Lands
An Indigenous journalist reflects on the 800-year-old cathedral and what 鈥渟acred鈥 means to her.
In the Search for Missing Women, Neighbors and Family Members Pair Drones With Indigenous Knowledge
Instead of waiting for answers from police, Indigenous communities are scanning hillsides and riverbeds鈥攁nd helping families cope.
How Tribes Are Harnessing Cutting-Edge Data to Plan for Climate Change
Climate change is already damaging Indigenous ways of life. But tribes are adapting.
This Library Takes an Indigenous Approach to Categorizing Books
Xwi7xwa library in British Columbia is working to decolonize the way libraries organize information.
What Indigenous Culture Can Teach Us About a Fair Economy
Rebecca Adamson offers Native American views on scarcity, Wall Street, and how to thrive in hard times.
The White Earth Band of Ojibwe Legally Recognized the Rights of Wild Rice
Finally, plant species have rights, too.
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