Coverage of issues facing Native people, here in our region and around the country.
JPR's studios are on the campus of Southern Oregon University (SOU), which is located within the ancestral homelands of the Shasta, Takelma, and Latgawa peoples. In recognition of this history, SOU has adopted a that honors the sovereignty and rich cultural heritage of indigenous people.
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Sara Nevis/California Department of Water ResourcesEnlarging the dam would deliver more Sacramento River water to Central Valley farmers but a tribe could lose sacred sites and endangered salmon could lose habitat in wet years. -
The JPR news team gathers for a roundtable discussion of the top news stories they've been working on this week.
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A recent lawsuit alleges law enforcement has terrorized reservation cannabis growers. That complaint raises questions about police authority on tribal land. -
At least $1.6 million in federal funds for projects meant to capture and digitize stories of the systemic abuse of generations of Indigenous children in boarding schools at the hands of the U.S. government have been slashed due to federal funding cuts under President Donald Trump’s administration. -
The Trump administration wants to eliminate several programs that benefit Pacific salmon, the iconic but widely threatened species of the Pacific Northwest. -
After decades of conflict, farmers and tribes say they’re working in concert to restore salmon habitat in the Klamath Basin. But two dams remain. -
Rural school districts depend on the state to fund construction and maintenance projects. But over the past 25 years, Alaska lawmakers have ignored hundreds of requests for public schools that primarily serve Indigenous children. -
Restoration projects on farms and federal lands support wocus plants, which produce a prized first food. -
The unique legal status of Native American tribes creates an opportunity that some use to host high-interest, online lending companies. -
California's Secretary of Tribal Affairs discusses the federal report on abuses of Native children in California boarding schools. -
Author explores why over the past 20 years, Native identity on Census forms has ballooned from 4 million to nearly 10 million. -
Earlier this month, a levee separating Agency Lake and the Upper Klamath National Wildlife Refuge was breached, re-connecting 14,000 acres of wetland habitat to Upper Klamath Lake. -
Deb Haaland, the country's first indigenous cabinet secretary, used her term at the Interior Department to make what activists say is irreversible impact in recognizing the painful history of the government's treatment Native Americans -
The federal government has approved a new casino for the Coquille Indian Tribe in Medford. That comes after over a decade of pushback from state and local officials, as well as other tribes in the region.
