Indigenous Leadership

As Native students seek careers in conservation and Indigenous-led stewardship, the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission has partnered with University of Washington to create a solution.

By: Nicholas Triolo

Despite the ongoing, decades-long debate on whether to bring grizzly bears back to California, tribes are taking the lead, and it’s changing the discourse.

By: Cameron Fenton

Why acknowledging the land itself — along with the people whose language, culture, and religion were born of it — is rarely acknowledged. 

By: CMarie Fuhrman

How the Suquamish Tribe is finding ways to harvest, educate, and prepare for ongoing plant cycle alternations due to climate change.

By: Lyric Aquino, Underscore Native News + Report for America

Six First Nations, BC and Canada will preserve and steward a large chunk of the Central Coast. That means no pipelines.

By: Michelle Gamage

The app was created by and for Coeur d’Alene Tribal members that features a user-friendly interface to make learning easy for everyone, from children to elders.

By: Lyric Aquino, Underscore Native News + Report for America

How a lake in British Columbia, Canada, once drained for settlement, is being considered for reflooding as an act of transboundary restoration by First Nations.

By: Cameron Fenton

While advocating for the Yakama Nation’s treaty-protected foods and practices, Harvey has become a leading voice for Indigenous sovereignty.

By: Nick Engelfried

An excerpt from Following the Good River: The Life and Times of Wa’xaid, which describes Magic Canoe’s founding vision of Wa’xaid, or Cecil Paul. 

By: Cecil Paul and Briony Penn

Grab a paddle. It’s time to work together.

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