Discussing language preservation as a way to advance climate justice with Oglala Lakota Oyaté environmentalist Anpo Jensen at the U.N. — It wasn’t lost on Anpo Jensen the significance of her Oglala identity at the United Nations, this week. It was, after all, a band of Lakota activists who were among the first Native Americans to march to the global headquarters in New York and Geneva demanding recognition of their Fort…

Warmer weather and Russian aggression in Ukraine heat up new energy ambitions in the melting Arctic — This story was reported in collaboration with The Nome Nugget ANCHORAGE, AK — It seemed cockeyed at times and maybe even a little harsh to hear how a rapidly melting Arctic is being targeted for world energy dominance. …

In the 50th Iditarod, Alaska Native mushers confront the past – and a cultural divide — The commemoration of the 50th Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race winded down in Alaska as the Senate Judiciary Committee, and much of the country, focused their attention on Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman nominated to the Supreme Court. Once more, ethnicity and identity became targets in America as…

Monday, October 11 will be observed along with Columbus Day — COMMENTARY President Joe Biden is being recognized as the first sitting president to commemorate Indigenous Peoples Day in the decades-long movement to have it replace Columbus Day. But it’s a half-measured gesture in the realm of reframing the historical narrative. On Friday, Biden signed an Indigenous Peoples Day proclamation acknowledging the…

Discussing divestment with Indigenous Organizer, Jackie Fielder — It was a recent Tuesday when I hopped on a call with Jackie Fielder. The Indigenous organizer captured attention last year in her riveting run for California State Senate. She lost her race, but her campaigning for causes central to her candidacy has pressed on. …

Comparing the Indigenous Experience in Canada and the United States with Professor, Dr. Kim Tallbear — Dr. Kim Tallbear isn’t saying that Indigenous life is better in Canada compared to the United States. But after nearly six years of living across the colonial divide, the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate professor does have some opinions about the similarities and differences of the Indigenous experience in both countries.

How Maine got the land and is battling one tribe for more — Jenni Monet This story was co-published with The New Farmer’s Almanac in Jan. 2021 In the fall of 1980, teenagers Kirk Francis and Mark Chavaree watched their Penobscot Nation elders make national headlines from Maine. Some media accounts labeled the tribe’s historic land claims settlement a Native rights victory; others…

When Gabriella Cázares-Kelly won her race for Pima County recorder last November in Arizona, she was open-eyed about how tightly gripped voter suppression hung over marginalized communities like the one she grew up in — on the Tohono O’odham Nation. Last election cycle, voters on the reservation had one less…

Laguna Pueblo Congresswoman Deb Haaland Sworn-in as First Indigenous Cabinet Secretary; Now Leads Interior Department — Indigenously encourages you to reproduce this article by taking these steps. Laguna Pueblo Congresswoman Deb Haaland of New Mexico has been officially sworn-in as secretary of the interior, making her the first Indigenous Cabinet secretary in the history of the United States. Vice-President Kamala Harris, the first woman to hold…