The Our Living Lands team includes host Jill Fratis (Unangax from St. Paul Island, Alaska), editor Joseph Lee (Aquinnah Wampanoag), and reporter/producer Daniel Spaulding (Nimíipúu). Mountain West News Bureau Managing Editor Michael de Yoanna oversees the program. Theme music by Delbert Anderson (Navajo).
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Jeremy Dennis, a Shinnecock fine art photographer and the founder of Ma’s House, talks about the importance for tribal communities to have a space to be acknowledged and supported within the arts. -
Data centers have become a flashpoint across the country. And as Indigenous lands are increasingly involved, tribal communities are taking action. -
Museums have often been a place where colonial stereotypes are upheld, but a new generation of Indigenous professionals is working to change that. -
Jimmy Romo, an Indigenous Affairs reporter for KNPR, has been covering what's at stake for tribes along the Colorado River. Our Living Lands Producer Daniel Spaulding spoke to him about his reporting. -
The tribe's river water allotment largely goes to alfalfa and cotton operations, which pay for healthcare, housing and more. But as agencies negotiate over water, tribes are often left out. -
Mahealani DuPont is Tahitian Mā’ohi and is a co-host and producer for Hawaiʻi Radio Hour. She spoke about her reporting on sugarcane's complex legacy and future for food sovereignty in Hawaiʻi. -
Too many Indigenous families lack electricity in their homes. But on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming, a new project is bringing solar power to tribal homes. -
The Sky City Buffalo Ram Dancers are a group from the Acoma Pueblo. Our Living Lands Producer Daniel Spaulding attended a recent performance at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque. -
A new study found that American Indians operate 62% of farms in Arizona and manage more than 80% of the state’s agricultural land. But they're still not getting the recognition or resources they need. -
Long before the bald eagle was an American icon, the bird was important to Indigenous nations. But eagle populations have suffered in recent years. -
The Nimíipuu creation story begins at what is now Heart of the Monster Nez Perce National Historic Park along the Clearwater River in Idaho. -
For many coastal Arctic communities, whaling is a key food source and an important way to maintain Iñupiat traditions. But this year, in the far north, spring whaling in Utqiagvik is off to a late start because of unusual ice conditions.
