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Heavy metal is healing teens on the Blackfeet Nation

B. ‘Toastie’ Oaster

November 07, 2025 |

High Country News |

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Response Location: Blackfeet Nation, United States, East Glacier, Montana

In response to a wave of youth suicides, educators at Buffalo Hide Academy in the Blackfeet Nation are teaching about heavy metal to connect youth to a sense of community and catharsis through the music. The school also works in tandem with the Fire in the Mountains metal festival to give students opportunities to perform and to enjoy the live music with their peers, leaning on metal’s therapeutic benefits.

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How to build a food sovereignty lab

B. ‘Toastie’ Oaster

September 15, 2025 |

High Country News |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Humboldt County, California

Cal Poly Humboldt's Native American Studies Department created an Indigenous food sovereignty research lab through a student-led, community-driven process that now supports Indigenous students' cultural connections, advances traditional ecological knowledge research, and demonstrates how Indigenous knowledge can be valued in higher education.

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