Indigenous communities

18 posts

Powered by renewable energy, Alaska growers envision the future of food

The Gulf of Alaska has become one of the world’s most economically productive commercial fisheries. But in Kodiak, Indigenous leaders, community growers, and grassroots food cooperatives are helping neighbors value homegrown produce

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13 Min
By: Christian Thorsberg

Despite global repression, Indigenous-led environmental movements fight on

Under the guise of national security and economic growth, governments and corporations worldwide are escalating legal strategies to suppress Indigenous activists and organizers

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9 Min
By: Lorena Bally

Military expansion on Guam sucks up housing resources as Indigenous residents struggle

About 5,000 Marines are expected to move onto the unincorporated U.S. territory in the coming years, which experts and advocates say is driving up the cost of housing

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4 Min
By: Phillip V. Cruz, Jr.

Groundbreaking bill to protect manoomin incorporates Indigenous lifeways and teachings into Western legal framework

After seeing limited success this legislative session, advocates in Minnesota vow to work toward full protections for manoomin, or wild rice, until they’re won

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6 Min
By: ray levy uyeda

Drugs, death, and struggle in Indian Country

On the Pine Ridge Reservation, an alliance of Native mothers fights against the meth epidemic and reimagines a future for their people

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11 Min
By: C. Frances

Without formal addresses, Indigenous communities experience voter suppression

Many Indigenous people on rural reservations do not have a traditional street address, creating insurmountable barriers to voting

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9 Min
By: Nayanika Guha

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