How Alaska Native youth are protecting the land for the future
With climate change threatening Indigenous lifeways in Alaska, four young women are devoting their careers to their preservation ...
The Columbian1d
Climate change coupled with migration of non-native species pose threat to Northwest fish
Some already threatened cold-water fish species in the Northwest will not only face shrinking habitat from climate change but will face growing pressure from invasive fish species fleeing their own wa ...
Stand Strong, Stay Rooted: Fighting Displacement In Native Communities
The nation’s longest-standing Native CDFI intermediary, Oweesta partners with Indigenous communities to restore economic ...
Shady spring gardens shine with spring ephemerals — PHOTOS
Ephemerals are unusual plants that love early spring weather: cool and a bit wet. They bring color and otherworldly flowers to shadier corners. They tend to hug the ground plane, avoiding the cold, ...
EPA cuts could leave Washington rural towns choking in smoke
When wildfire smoke drifts into the Methow Valley, it tends to stay, settling in the folds of the Cascade foothills like a ...
KHON22d
Reclaiming the waves: Legacy of Hawai‘i’s watermen, waterwomen at WCC
The Kānaka O Ke Kai Author/Speaker Series at Windward Community College’s Hale La‘akea Library is bringing forward a captivating exploration of Native Hawaiian culture through surf and ...
Quad-City Times3d
Who should replace Fran McCaffery at Iowa? Iowa native should be Beth Goetz’s first call.
The Aplington native deserves all the hype — and should ... A longtime head coach at Northwest Missouri State, a Division II program, McCollum faced little difficulty in translating his success ...
High Country News5d
The importance of Indigenous curators
They soon learned that the institution was notorious for refusing to return Indigenous items, in open violation of NAGPRA. “The problem with NAGPRA was that it had no teeth,” said Gonzalez. The ...
Alaska Native News16d
Coast Guard Cutter Naushon decommissioned after nearly 40 years of service
Rear Adm. Megan Dean, the commander of Coast Guard District 17, presided over the ceremony honoring the nearly 40 years of service Naushon and its crews provided to the nation.
MyNorthwest.com17d
Blood test for ovarian cancer misses some Black and Native American patients, study finds
A common blood test may miss ovarian cancer in some Black and Native American patients, delaying their treatment, a new study finds. It’s the latest example of medical tests that contribute to ...
The Economist17d
The success of Ivory Coast is Africa’s best-kept secret
His parents moved to Ivory Coast in the 1980s, towards the end of a period of exceptional economic growth that economists dubbed the “Ivorian miracle”. They came to work, drawn by the country ...
India Today17d
Indians deported, but Trump fields India-born lawyer to argue deportation Act
Abhishek Kambli is a top official at the Department of Justice and grew up in a working-class family of immigrant Indians. Listen to Story A raging battle is going on between the executive and the ...