Self-Determined: Foundations Must Match the Far Right’s Commitment to Systemic Change. Here’s How.
In today’s hostile political climate, philanthropy must move beyond performative gestures and into authentic partnership.
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For Siċaŋġu Nation, Taking Food Sovereignty Back Means Eating Climate-Friendly
Mushrooms, bison, and foraged plants are a critical mix of new and old food traditions.
High Hopes for Climate Reparations at COP29
Indigenous communities are already solving climate crises, but they need global funding to act decisively.
A Prayer for the Modern Climate Era
Practicality meets possibility in Ayana Elizabeth Johnson’s new book, which dares to ask, “What If We Get It Right?”
My Innate Connection to Stolen Land
From the U.S. to Palestine, Indigenous people have been pushed off their land in the name of conservation. It’s time we decolonize our relationships—with the Earth and each other.
Where Fire Back Means Land Back
After a 19th-century treaty left them landless, the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians are reclaiming their ancestral lands—and their traditional wildfire management practices.
The Rights of Nature Prevail Again in Ecuador
The beguiling, mist-covered forest of Los Cedros provides a vision of a future where the rights of the natural world are actively and effectively protected.
We Will Not Be Saved
In the Ecuadorian Amazon, the Waorani people continue to resist the violence of the white “savior.”
In Defense of the Herring People
Efforts to decolonize the herring roe harvest in Alaska highlight the contrast between tribal subsistence practices and the Department of Fish and Game’s management strategy.
Nurturing Seeds of Freedom in Palestine
Surrounded by a 26-foot-high separation wall, barbed wire, and a watchtower, a group of young Palestinians prepares a 3.5-acre piece of land for the growing season in spring. The noise
Indigenous Sovereignty | Local power | Sustainable food and farming | Native rights | Local economies
Cultivating Dragon Fruit’s Political Power in Ecuador
Amid ongoing colonization, the Indigenous Shuar people are taking back control of their economic and political futures.
Sacred Sustenance
Fifty years ago, the Boldt decision reaffirmed Indigenous fishing rights and recognized tribes as equal partners in resource management.
Rewilding the American Serengeti
A tribal college internship aims to train the next generation of stewards for a recovering prairie ecosystem—its land, animals, and people.
A Land Back Victory on Haida Gwaii
British Columbia affirms Indigenous ownership of the 200 islands the Haida have stewarded for millennia, marking a new path toward reconciliation.
Photo Essay: The Healing Power of Matriarchs
A photographer’s connections with eight Indigenous women have helped her come to terms with her own Native ancestry and colonial trauma.
Surprising Solidarity in the Fight for Clean Water and Justice on O’ahu
After a 2021 leak at the U.S. military’s Red Hill fuel storage facility poisoned thousands, activists, Native Hawaiians, and affected military families have become unlikely allies in the fight for accountability.
The Future Is Feral—and Climate Resilient
To produce food in the face of climate change, we may need to learn from so-called weeds.
How Tribes Are Restoring Wildlife and the Land
Decades after Washington’s native bighorn sheep were decimated, they're starting to thrive—thanks to Indigenous efforts.
Welcoming Relatives Home: The Return of the Lynx
On the Colville Reservation, tribal members are restoring wildlife populations—and with them, abundance, resilience, and reciprocity.
Welcoming Relatives Home: A Ceremony for Salmon
The Colville Confederated Tribes are dedicated to “reuniting with old friends” by reintroducing fish to their shared waters and pronghorn to their ancestral lands.
Welcoming Relatives Home: Bringing Back the Bighorn
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation in Washington State are restoring the lands and species of their traditional ecological community.
Why Indigenous Communities Oppose New York’s New Industrial Park
Indigenous writer Robin Wall Kimmerer explains why a new massive green-energy powered industrial park in western New York State threatens communities and habitats.
Indigenous Self-Determination Is Key Climate Solution in New Report
The National Climate Assessment affirms that Indigenous peoples bear both the weight of climate change’s impacts and carry knowledge that may help lessen its burden.
Native Sites in Ohio Named to World Heritage List
The latest addition to the prestigious UNESCO list—the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks, created by Indigenous people 2,000 years ago—“preserves the future of our past.”
Indigenous Gardens Cultivate Healing
To decolonize college campuses, BIPOC students, allies, alumni, and faculty are reintroducing Indigenous growing practices.
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