Meagan Byrne wants to create a world where Indigenous gamers can envision a post-Colonial future.
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Olympian Billy Mills Nurtures the Dreams of Indigenous Youth
‘Billy was a kid with a dream,’ said Sydney Mills Farhang, Mills’ granddaughter and executive director of Running Strong. ‘It’s truly an honor to be able to make the dreams of other Native youth come true, in honor of my grandfather.’
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Green Colonialism is Flooding the Pacific Northwest
The Yakama Nation is fighting a pumped hydro storage development near Goldendale, Washington – but it’s just one of many.
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Ancient Village Site is Reborn Again
A $3.7M grant to the Native American Youth and Family Center will replace baseball fields with food gardens and cultural sites.
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When Food is Much More than a Commodity
The Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians leverages government-issued commodities to build a resilient food system that nourishes tribal members. It’s paying off.
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Want to Protect your Health? Start by Protecting Indigenous Land
Protecting Indigenous lands in the Brazilian Amazon could prevent millions of respiratory diseases and billions in healthcare costs.
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How Acorns Carry Cultural Knowledge
An Indigenous writer reflects on learning to make acorns into San-chvn-tuu-’i’ or ‘juice of the acorn,’ a hot porridge and staple food.
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Breaking the Law to Uphold it
Legal challenges protect tribal rights to traditional fishing, hunting and gathering.
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Root Down: At Warm Springs, a New Generation Leads the Feast
As the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs holds traditional first foods feasts in its ceremonial longhouses for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic began, tribal youth have stepped up to carry the knowledge of the many elders who passed during the pandemic.
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How Indigenous Nations Are Rebuilding Food Systems
Local food, grounded in cultural and spiritual values, forms the basis for a growing food sovereignty movement.