Tribal sovereignty ballot initiative smashes threshold
'The amount of support we’ve gotten throughout this process has been amazing'
'The Rez Detective' & redistricting
The creators of the graphic novel "The Rez Detective" are explaining their journey. Plus we're breaking down the process of redistricting and how it'll likely impact the Native vote
ICT’s most read opinion voices of 2021
From anti-Blackness to COVID to critical race theory, this year’s opinion/editorial contributions generated conversations throughout Indian Country
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Tom Goldtooth describes his journey to leading the Indigenous Environmental Network
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US plans $50B wildfire fight
The plan will focus on regions where out-of-control blazes have wiped out neighborhoods and sometimes entire communities
Indigenous news outlets, nonprofits drive deeper coverage
Journalism-focused philanthropy quadrupled from 2009 to 2019 as traditional newspaper revenue shrank
Illegal Amazon gold seeps into supply chains
Tarnished Gold: 'People know where the gold comes from, but they don’t bother to go very far back into the supply chain because they know they will come into contact with all kinds of criminal activity'
Vicious circle: Tribal broadband program hindered
Many tribes did not have the broadband access needed to apply for the funding that would let them improve broadband access
Aircraft, fuel key to illegal Indigenous land mining
Tarnished Gold: Indigenous rights groups estimate some 20,000 illegal gold miners are present on a Indigenous reserve that is roughly the same size as Portugal
Tribal chairman gives lawmakers history lesson
State and tribal governments have long had an uneasy relationship in South Dakota, and the annual State of the Tribes address
‘An extraordinary Navajo leader’
Peterson Zah, former Navajo president, received the Grand Canyon Trust Lifetime Achievement Award for his decades of leadership.
Alaska school in race with climate change
It has been an ongoing problem for the southwest Alaska village of Napakiak, but the pace has accelerated in the past few years
Sports betting lawsuit tied to tribes
More than two dozen states have legalized some form of sports gambling, including Washington state
Groups try to block laws that hurt Native voters
Western Native Voice and Montana Native Vote say the laws would harm their efforts to ensure Native Americans can vote #NativeVote22
Tribal leaders voice concerns about water, voting, COVID
The 27th Annual Indian Nations and Tribes Legislative Day was held this week in Phoenix
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