Title
& Description
News Outlet
& Journalist
Date
& Location
MEDIA TYPE
& LENGTH
12 October 2021
La Giajira, Colombia
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
IPSI Palaima is working to vaccinate Indigenous families who live in hard-to-reach areas of La Guajira, where there are no paved roads, electricity, or running water and staff must use cars, boats, and motorbikes to r...
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...
21 September 2021
Caledonia, Ontario, Canada
Text
1500-3000 Words
"Land defenders" from the Six Nations blocked a planned housing development on contested land by swiftly moving to occupy the site, even after a police raid in which nine protesters were arrested. In place of the now-...
7 September 2021
Eureka, California, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
In California, the Wiyot tribe and the city of Eureka are forming a Community Land Trust to return to their ancestral land to the Wayat tribe. The trust ensures the Wayat tribe keeps decision-making powers concerning ...
30 August 2021
Navajo Nation, Utah, United States
Multi-Media
800-1500 Words
Multigenerational homes allowed indigenous families to pass down culture and language for thousands of years but living in crowded homes left them more vulnerable to COVID-19. Navajo teams have built 300 8-by-15-foot ...
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...
5 August 2021
California, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
Indigenous students find a sense of community and belonging at new tribal colleges in California. As the racial group with the lowest rates of college attendance, indigenous students face a long list of obstacles. Hav...
21 July 2021
Ferndale, Washington, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
The Lummi Tribal council created Sche'lang'en Village to provide a supportive community for Native families that have been torn apart by the foster system, drugs, or domestic violence. The more than 30 families accept...
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
White Mountain Apache Nation, Arizona, United States
Text
Under 800 Words
The White Mountain Apache Tribe curbed COVID-19 death rates with contact-tracing, surveillance of high-risk people, and vaccinations. After a devastating COVID-19 outbreak, health officials began daily home visits to ...
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...
26 May 2021
United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Comprehensive COVID-19 vaccination strategies helped some Native American Nations achieve high vaccination rates. Tribal sovereignty gave Nations the flexibility to create their own methods of distributing the vaccine...
25 May 2021
East Lansing, Michigan, United States
Broadcast TV News
Under 800 Words
Many parents and community members lobbied the Okemos School Board, which approved a name change for the public schools’ mascot from one that objectifies and stereotypes Native Americans to one that promotes a positiv...
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...
17 May 2021
Minnesota, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
The 43-year-old Indian Child Welfare Act continues to make a "profound" difference to Native American families and tribes, despite being under frequent legal attacks. The law limits the placement of Native children in...
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...
13 May 2021
Stilwell, Oklahoma, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
The Cherokee Nation had a hard time sourcing personal protective equipment for health workers, citizens, and others during the COVID-19 pandemic. Tribal leaders decided to use a portion of the CARES Act funding to cre...
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...
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 ...
22 March 2021
Washington, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Washington state’s Native communities have led the way in distributing the Covid vaccine to their communities' most vulnerable and are now helping to vaccinate those who are outside of their tribes. Their success is d...
12 March 2021
Ontario, Canada
Text
800-1500 Words
Word Up is an Indigenous-focused podcast that connects students, teachers, and community leaders for an opportunity to learn and explore social issues. The podcast began as a way to diversify how indigenous literature...
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...
1 March 2021
Melbourne, Australia
Text
800-1500 Words
The Marram-Ngala Ganbu program, also known as Koori Family Hearing Day, provides a child-protection specialist to support Indigenous families before family court hearings, support them in the hearing, connect them to ...
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