Collaborate Disseminate
NIH’s plan to collect DNA from Native Americans without properly consulting them is “biocolonialism,” Indigenous leaders say, arguing that tribes must be in control of their data. Continue reading The NIH Is Bypassing Tribal Sovereignty to Harvest Genetic Data From Native Americans
Biking on Indigenous territory can help combat chronic illness and connect youth to the land. Continue reading These Indigenous Tribes in Nevada Are Embracing Bikeshare
When people migrated to North America some 10,000 years ago, they brought their canine companions with them. Continue reading The Mysterious Disappearance of North America’s First Dogs
The Karuk Tribe in northern California has been prevented from practicing ceremonial landscape burns for 100 years. Now, ecologists are starting to realize that was a mistake. Continue reading Fires Are Sometimes What a Forest Needs the Most
After Trump’s order greenlighting construction of the pipeline, the Standing Rock Sioux tribe is ready to fight again. Continue reading The Dakota Access Water Protectors Were Leaving—Then Came Trump’s Order
Construction on the pipeline stopped until the Army Corps of Engineers can conduct an environmental impact assessment. Continue reading Dakota Pipeline Construction Halted for Environmental Review
“We as tribal nations have never given up our airspace.” Continue reading The Tribe Protesting the Dakota Pipeline Is Ready to Defend Its Wireless Network
The North Dakota protests are about more than climate change and free speech. They speak to racist assumptions about who’s tech savvy and who’s not. Continue reading Native Americans Are Resisting the Dakota Pipeline With Tech and Media Savvy