Whose Homeland?
Deep questions, deep divisions arise in tribal bid by Jonathan Thompson High Country News Spider Grandmother spoke. She said, “Remember the sipapuni, for you will not see it again. You will go on long migrations. Wherever you stop to rest, leave your marks on the...
Looming Showdown at Standing Rock
By Gundars Rudzitis The history of the West is strewn with the sad stories of leaders who signed unfair treaties with Native Americans in order to steal their land. They trampled Native cultures and environments in their greedy quest for wealth. Will this tradition of...
Reckoning at Standing Rock
Resolution of pipeline protests rooted in U.S. history by Paul VanDelever for High Country News “We have seen that the white man does not take his religion any more seriously than his laws, that he keeps both of them just behind him, like Helpers, to...
Culturally Monumental
Bears Ears, Gold Butte continue trend of relevant monuments by Glenn Nelson Obama’s Vision President Obama has established 25 national monuments and expanded several others – 17 have cultural significance to disenfranchised Americans: Bears Ears (UT): Sacred tribal land, jointly managed by tribes. Belmont-Paul Women’s...
Bringing Outdoor Rec to the Hopi
By Krista Langlois Marshall Masayesva is lying on his side in a dandelion-sprinkled lawn, clutching his stomach and groaning as if someone’s sticking a knife into it. A clean-cut, athletic 28-year-old who recently founded an outdoor education organization called Adventures for Hopi, Masayesva isn’t actually...
NPS Rules Eased for Plant Gathering
The National Park Service has modified the regulation governing the gathering of plants in national parks to allow members of federally recognized Native American tribes to gather and remove plants or plant parts for traditional purposes. Such gathering previously was granted only to tribes or...