Native Life
Miigwechiwendam: To Be Thankful
What a thousand-year-old Indigenous prayer teaches us about reciprocity and healing from the destructive consumption of our society
Young Voters Are Getting Tribal Citizens to the Polls
Native Americans in swing states could help decide the 2024 election. Can they overcome barriers to vote?
Montana Tribal Citizens File Lawsuit Over Alleged Voter Suppression
Does GOP control of the U.S. Senate hinge on stopping Natives from voting in November?
Water Protectors Use Novel Legal Tactic to Challenge the Dakota Access Pipeline
Novel anti-SLAPP laws could help uncover Dakota Access Pipeline secrets
Project 2025 and Its Plans for the Nation’s Public Lands
Native leader says massive deregulation would lead to “total desecration”
On the Chopping Block
BLM plans to raze 380,000 acres of pinyon-juniper forests vital to Nevada tribes
Federal Courts Sentence Native Americans to Longer Prison Terms
How federal authority over tribes fails to provide equal justice under the law
The Indigenous Growers Reviving Hemp’s Deep Roots
“Cannabis and hemp offer solutions to many challenges in an industrial society”
Looting Tribal Land
Individuals and corporations trespass on Native property and plunder resources, with little accountability
The Bad River Chippewa Take on an Oil Giant: Review of ‘Bad River: A Story of Defiance’
A new film chronicles how the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa are united in their opposition to Enbridge pipelines
Tribes Call on NASA to Halt Desecration of the Moon
Indigenous leaders accuse NASA of using a loophole to bypass promises made to Native nations
Wiping Away the Tears
Carrying repatriated artifacts, a new generation of Lakota ride to honor those who died in the Wounded Knee Massacre