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 Land Acknowledgement Statement that honors the sovereignty and rich cultural heritage of indigenous people.
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Klamath County Museum Curator Matt Voelkel and a representative from the Klamath tribes join us for an overview of the Modoc War of 1872-73 anniversary events. -
Jane Vaughan/JPRThe event is a spiritual run and prayer for the health of the Klamath watershed.
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Northern California’s Yurok Tribe declared an emergency this month over a surge in fentanyl overdoses. The problem exists among tribes across the region. -
For over a century, four hydroelectric dams along the Oregon-California border have cut off habitat to fish swimming up the Klamath River from the ocean. Now, researchers are in the midst of a project to learn how fish will use this ecosystem once the dams are removed.
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The museum opened in 1993, becoming a national model for how tribes control their own treasures, and share their own histories.
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A U.S. Postal Service Forever stamp now celebrates the Ponca chief, whose lawsuit led to a 1879 ruling that determined Native Americans were people with inherent rights under the law.
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Twenty years ago, tribal youth founded the Salmon Run to call for the removal of four dams along the Klamath River. This year’s run will coincide with work to demolish them.
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It’s the first meeting of its kind in the state to elevate California’s response to the missing and murdered Indigenous persons crisis. The gathering occurred along the North Coast in Humboldt County, home to several Indigenous lands.
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Oregon Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory at Oregon State University has been involved in identifying what's been killing the condors in Arizona. Kurt Williams is director of the lab.
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Matika Wilbur was tired of seeing one-dimensional, insipid, degrading depictions of Native Americans in mainstream media and popular culture. So she did something about it.
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The Yurok Tribe has hired California’s first investigator focused solely on missing and murdered Indigenous people. JPR's Jane Vaughn speaks with Julie Oliveira about the new role.
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New York on Tuesday became the latest state in the nation to move to force schools to do away with the use of Native American team names or mascots. Those that don't comply risk losing their funding.
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The first documented outbreak of avian flu in California condors in the Southwest is alarming groups trying to reintroduce this critically endangered bird in Humboldt County.
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A northern California tribe is pressing the federal government to stop water deliveries for farming in southern Oregon and northern California unless a federal agency can show it’s met all legal requirements for endangered species, including salmon and killer whales.
