Title
& Description
News Outlet
& Journalist
Date
& Location
MEDIA TYPE
& LENGTH
22 October 2021
New Mexico, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
In order to preserve and protect rivers a new movement that grants rivers personhood rights is growing. In places like New Zealand and Oregon, where some of these measures have passed rivers have the right to flow wit...
22 September 2021
United States
Video
5-15 Minutes
Prescribed burning or controlled burning is an ancestral indigenous practice in which specific sections of a forest are burned. Controlled burning also happens naturally like when lightning strikes a forest. Controlle...
28 August 2021
British Columbia, Canada
Multi-Media
Over 3000 Words
Tofino, a popular tourist destination in Clayoquot Sound, a region on the west coast of Vancouver Island, attracts about 600,000 annual visitors. The Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation and other Nuu-chah-nulth nations have cr...
18 August 2021
Canada
Multi-Media
800-1500 Words
The Strong People, Strong Communities mural-painting festival highlights positive Indigenous stories. The project paired 11 young artists with 11 elders in six teams, each of which painted a mural with a distinct them...
Indian Country Today
Meghan Sullivan
12 August 2021
United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
Defining and maintaining indigenous identity is an ongoing process for tribes who want to ensure a strong future. Various enrollment policies have worked for different tribes, from lineal descent to blood quantum requ...
7 August 2021
Australia
Text
800-1500 Words
A review of 120 years of data found that traditional indigenous fire burning practices, which are low-intensity and controlled, lead to an increase in biodiversity. The practice has been done for years in indigenous...
Cronkite News - Arizona PBS
Mackenzie Wilkes
4 August 2021
California, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
The Yurok Tribe, located in Northern California, depends on fishing to sustain a living. However, a severe drought, the COVID-19 pandemic, and a crumbling highway severely affected the tribe. So, leaders are turning t...
6 July 2021
Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
Text
1500-3000 Words
The Nisaika Kum’tuks and Tsawalk learning centers provide alternative schooling options for Indigenous students to learn more about their culture and languages. The centers teach a total of 100 students from 23 differ...
30 June 2021
Spain
Text
Over 3000 Words
Urbanites get the taste of small-town living through an initiative that is bringing digital workers to the countryside. Rooral is tapping into the remote work market to increase rural development while connecting peop...
High Country News
Louise Johns
4 June 2021
United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
Research suggests that in the 1500s there were 30 million to 60 million bison, 400 years later roughly 1,000 remained. Today, their ecosystem, the Great Plains, is one of the most endangered in the world. However, the...
Haitian Times
J.O. Haselhoef
28 May 2021
Haiti
Text
800-1500 Words
Midwives for Haiti (MfH) is one of the Haitian or American-based organizations working to address Haiti's alarmingly high maternal and infant death rates. MfH trains skilled birth attendants, through an 18-month curri...
24 May 2021
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Multi-Media
5-15 Minutes
The Wild Basket allows community members of Temiskaming First Nation to gain traditional knowledge about native food sources and foraging techniques while re-connecting to the land and their roots. The initiative also...
16 May 2021
Oliver, British Columbia, Canada
Text
800-1500 Words
The Experiential, Project-based, Indigenous and Community (EPIC) program was designed to strengthen connections with Indigenous students and boost attendance at a high school in Oliver, B.C. The new program is offered...
16 April 2021
Penobscot Indian Island Reservation, Maine, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Like standard drug courts, the Penobscot Nation's Healing to Wellness Court refers people facing drug-related criminal charges to substance abuse counseling as an alternative to punishment. But this court and other tr...
15 April 2021
Lapwai, Idaho, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
The Lawpwai School District in Idaho has taken a different approach to behavioral health. This new approach includes focusing on teaching positive behavior expectations, partnering with agencies to make on-site the...
11 April 2021
Tsaile, Arizona, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Diné College, the first tribally-controlled accredited college, provides over 1,300 students with opportunities to learn cultural traditions and the Navajo language, alongside traditional academic subjects. The school...
The Guardian
Mario Koran
7 April 2021
Lac Courte Oreilles, Wisconsin, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Waadookodaading is an Ojibwe immersion school that meets state and federal academic standards but does so entirely in the indigenous language by connecting children to their cultural heritage. The school goes through ...
Honolulu Civil Beat
Ku'u Kauanoe
4 April 2021
Oahu, Hawaii, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Coconuts are making a comeback in Hawaii through the Uluniu Project, which will be distributing more than 400 seedlings in Oahu. The once-native tree provided a nutritious and staple food source as well as sustainable...
Indian Country Today
Meghan Sullivan
31 March 2021
St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Sam Schimmel, a college student and member of the Siberian Yupik and Kenaitze tribes, helped organize a food drive on St. Lawrence Island in Alaska. The initiative, known as Operation Fish Drop — delivered more than 1...
FunTimes Magazine
Nana AmaAddo
19 March 2021
United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
A traditional African method of mutual aid, Susu, is helping members of the African Diaspora access capital for businesses, education, housing, and more. The informal loan network enables people to contribute periodic...
8 March 2021
Saligao, Goa, India
Text
800-1500 Words
Through a government funding program, several communities are working on initiatives to improve their access to clean drinking water. In India, one community formed a citizen’s group, cleaned up a local pond, and rest...
8 March 2021
Cherokee Nation, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Tribal members are being paid to learn the Cherokee language through the Master Apprentice Program. The $16 million effort to maintain a tie to the culture through language is being funded from the tribe’s casino reve...
Broadview Magazine
Paul Knowles
24 February 2021
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada
Text
1500-3000 Words
Algoma University in Sault Ste. Marie has repurposed a former residential school building into the Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre where students can learn about their Indigenous history and heritage. In the past...
23 February 2021
Tulalip, Washington, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
While beavers might seem like a nuisance to many, the Tulalip Tribes in Washington state — after a long legal battle — are relocating the creatures to their lands as a way to create healthy ecosystems. The tribe has s...
11 February 2021
Brazil
Text
1500-3000 Words
The National Campaign in Defense of the Cerrado coalition of Indigenous peoples and organizational partners is fighting political challenges to preserve the region’s native vegetation and biodiversity. The Cerrado is ...
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