Indigenous

In order to increase the number of Indigenous principals in Native communities and in public schools, a program called POLLEN is meeting teachers halfway by covering many of the costs.

The park’s indigenous skills day is a celebration — with live demonstrations — of what is known about the people known as the Fremont Indians.

A panel at the National Native Media Conference in Phoenix last week explored conflicts involving public lands, resource extraction and sacred sites around the West. “Tribes are not being obstructionists when their public health and the health of their communities are at stake," said Arizona Rep. Raúl Grijalva.

The Mountain West News Bureau’s investigation of tribal jails has won a third journalism award, gaining recognition in the 2022 National Native Media contest.

Officials in New Mexico recently celebrated the purchase of about 54,000 acres to create its largest state-owned recreation area, and it’s one of the biggest public land acquisitions in the U.S. this year.

Delegates from Mexico, Canada and the U.S. came together in Washington, D.C., to discuss the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.

The Utah mill has long concerned a tribal community next door. They hope a new health study will answer their questions. "A lot of our people mysteriously started getting sick," a tribal member says.

The Public Media Journalists Association selected the bureau's investigation of deaths at tribal jails as the best nationally edited news coverage for 2021.

The gift was one of hundreds distributed to organizations by philanthropist MacKenzie Scott.

The Biden administration released a report Thursday detailing the barriers Indigenous voters face. It also recommends solutions federal, state and local governments should take.