Indigenous Leadership

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

Solar North, the first large-scale solar project on a remote grid in B.C., is just the start.

By: Zoë Yunker

From the removal of fish migration barriers in Washington to the decades-long community effort to revive Seattle’s Duwamish River, our most-read stories of 2026, so far, celebrate ecological recovery across the bioregion.
Acting on behalf of 15 tribal nations, Yup’ik leader Alannah Acaq Hurley led a campaign that stopped the proposed Pebble Mine megaproject in Alaska’s Bristol Bay region.

By: Goldman Environmental Prize

They’ve saved voyagers for centuries. Now, a federal partnership provides training, but rebuilding trust is crucial.

By: Adrienne Mason

A half-century ago, the Indigenous Tsimshian village of Metlakatla, in Southeast Alaska, preserved its reservation when others in Alaska were terminated. Today, the reserve sustains a thriving fishing industry — and the tribe is fighting in court to expand its territory.

By: Nathaniel Herz

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

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