The Supreme Court’s attack on tribal sovereignty, explained
WebJul 1, 2022 · This conversation has been edited for clarity and length. High Country News: On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta that the state of Oklahoma, and presumably ...
Trump’s impact on Indian Country over four years
WebDec 16, 2020 · When President Donald Trump took office in January 2017, many tribal leaders took a wait-and-see approach, given his poor record on Indigenous affairs. Four years later, Indian Country has ...
Diverted, drained and dwindling: What’s the fate of New Mexico’s …
WebJan 14, 2021 · In Las Cruces, the Rio Grande’s flow is diverted and drained, flooding into pecan orchards and feeding crops like onions, corn and famously peppery green chiles, for which the state is known ...
A reality check on Biden’s ‘30 by 30’ conservation plan
WebJun 23, 2021 · Save Article. More. A week after Joe Biden became president, he signed an executive order that announced his commitment to protecting 30% of U.S. land and water — over 720 million acres — by ...
The U.S. has spent more money erasing Native languages than …
WebNov 5, 2019 · Since 2005, however, the federal government has only appropriated approximately $180 million for Indigenous language revitalization. In other words, for every dollar the U.S. government spent on ...
Reckoning with History: The legacy of lynching in the West
WebJul 13, 2018 · In his provocatively imagined and deeply researched visual history, “Lynching in the West: 1850-1935,” artist Ken Gonzales-Day compiled known lynchings in California from statehood until the ...
How the U.S. legal system ignores tribal law - High Country News
WebOct 7, 2021 · Tribal law, the law actually made by Indians, is ignored in favor of a focus on U.S. federal court decisions and congressional statutes that are, at best, the result of staunch Indian advocacy ...
The hunt for critical minerals in Colorado raises critical questions
WebNov 11, 2021 · Congress initiated Earth MRI in 2019 with $9.6 million, tasking it with making modern maps of areas that are most likely to have critical minerals across the U.S. In the 2020 fiscal year, projects ...
6 things you should know about the 2021 Native American Voting …
WebSep 10, 2021 · NAVRA would establish state-level voting task forces to address some of the issues unique to Indian Country, including inadequate broadband access and the lack of mailing addresses. It would also ...
Federal, state and local agencies reach agreement to address …
WebDec 1, 2022 · The Colorado River Board of California responded by pledging to conserve 1.6 million acre-feet of water by 2026. The Imperial Irrigation District agreed to take the biggest cut —1 million acre ...
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