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“I’ve not seen another movie that has our language, like, spoken correctly,” said Cynthia Massey, a cultural consultant for “Sinners.” ...
The Rapid City Indian School was created by the federal government to assimilate Native children during the larger federal ...
A recent tribal-state compact between Minnesota and the White Earth Nation laid out guidelines necessary for the tribe to operate cannabis businesses outside the reservation ...
A National Indian Child Welfare Association research project concluding in June 2025 finds tribes have redefined and tailored U.S laws governing foster care cases to match the priorities of their ...
It was the last night of February and a 4×4 truck vaulted down the 103-mile winter road to Cat Lake First Nation in northern Ontario, a road made entirely of ice and snow. Only the light of the stars ...
The sunlight bounces off the glassy surface of Sitka Sound as community herring fish egg harvesters navigate the waters with boats loaded with hemlock branches for the fish to lay eggs on. Surrounded ...
Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X The Trump administration has signaled it intends to approve a land transfer that will allow a ...
Bill Tripp, Karuk, has been a cultural fire practitioner nearly his entire life. He remembers being four years old, cracking acorns as he waited for his great-grandmother to wake up so they could talk ...
The sight of a room full of human cadavers can be off-putting for some, but not for Haley Omeasoo. In fact, Omeasoo’s comfort level and lack of squeamishness convinced her to pursue studies in ...
Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Native American students make up 11 percent of public school enrollment in New Mexico. Yet there ...
LAC DU FLAMBEAU RESERVATION —The billboard glows ghostly white in the moonlight. But the outlines of Suzy Poupart’s face are still visible, gazing stubbornly out at the world, demanding justice for ...
This story was produced by Grist and co-published with ICT. Mining — whether for fossil fuels or, increasingly, the critical minerals in high demand today — has a long history of perpetuating violence ...