Today, catch up on some of the stories we’re following from Indian Country. This week, learn why one family in Washington has decided to return its farmland to the Yakama Nation, read how the pandemic has exacerbated existing problems in Native communities, from isolation and depression to education and public health, and more in this week’s News You Can Use from all over Indian Country!
Native American communities lashed by Covid, worsening chronic inequities
Pandemic deepened disparities in infrastructure, education and health care, non-profit leader says
BIA Launches New Missing and Murdered Indigenous Person’s Website Dedicated to Solving Cases
The Bureau of Indian Affairs announced on Friday the launch of its new website dedicated to solving missing and murdered cases in Indian Country.
Lakota language opens vast worlds at Pine Ridge High School
When Tristiana Brewer studies Lakota Language and Culture at Pine Ridge High School with her teacher, Will Peters, she scrutinizes the small details. Then, before long, larger worlds start to
Native Americans’ farming practices may help feed a warming world
Indigenous peoples have known for millennia to plant under the shade of the mesquite and paloverde trees that mark the Sonoran Desert here, shielding their crops from the
Native Americans’ Many Contributions to Medicine
“Native Americans have been using traditional healing practices, or ways of healing, for centuries,” Wilson said. “And it’s important to recognize those, but also complement those teachings and those understandings with some of the Western sciences and practices so that those two can synergize.”
Returning farmland to Yakama Nation is a step toward self-sufficiency tribes once had
The racial justice movement has highlighted injustices around Native Americans and land ownership. One family in Washington has decided to return its farmland to the Yakama Nation.
