Community leaders across the country are working to connect Indigenous sovereignty initiatives with reparations movements in an effort to strengthen both efforts, according to reporting by the Daily ...
The new plan aims to bring at least 7.5 million acres of land and coastal waters under the care of Indigenous tribes — representing the acreage the U.S. promised and failed to hold for tribal ...
A Catholic organization recently returned land to an Ojibwe tribe in northern Wisconsin, marking what officials are calling the first known return of Catholic-owned land to an Indigenous tribe as an ...
Native American backpackers in Northeast Oregon’s Joseph Canyon stop to savor their connection with the land during a backpacking trip in January 2018. The canyon was named after the legendary Chief ...
Ever since the United States government’s unfulfilled promise of giving every newly freed Black American “40 acres and a mule” after the Civil War, descendants of the enslaved have repeatedly proposed ...
Like many residents of Southern California’s San Bernardino Mountains, Jacques Powers wears clothes and boots painted with dirt and mud and gets around in a humming monster truck. But no matter where ...
For decades, global conservation efforts relied heavily on one dominant philosophy: protect nature by removing people from it. Forests became “preserves,” rivers became “resources,” and entire ...
For Indigenous communities around the world, "land, water and food are not mere commodities, but the very basis of life and of these peoples' bond with nature," Pope Francis said. So, defending their ...
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Texas is again where the buffalo roam

By Kim Kobersmith for The Daily Yonder. Broadcast version by Freda Ross for Texas News Service for the Public News Service/Daily Yonder Collaboration In the 1700s, 80 million bison roamed much of ...
When asked how she was doing during her second pregnancy, Neethu, 24, told us she felt worried and cautious. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. "The doctor said the baby ...
If you liked this story, share it with other people. The 2025 U.N. climate conference, COP30, will run from Nov. 10-21 in Belém, Brazil, and is expected to host the largest participation of Indigenous ...
The Minns government has moved to block Aboriginal councils from taking ownership of some of NSW’s most coveted crown land after they fought and won battles for valuable Sydney sites including ...