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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Godofredo A. Vásquez/APThe California Energy Commission has dealt the final blow to a proposed wind farm in Shasta County. -
Jacquelyn Martin/APThe Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina has finally received full federal recognition, which it has sought since 1888. Tribal leaders were moved to tears after President Trump signed the measure.
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During the government shutdown, disruptions in food aid rippled across reservations. Both residents and tribal officials had to make tough choices, and are still feeling the financial impacts. -
Developed with tribal voices and community stories, the curriculum helps teachers connect Native American knowledge beyond history class to science, art and other subjects. -
On October 1, 2025, public radio stations lost all of their federal funding -- and for Black and Native American community stations, the cuts hit hard. Case in point, KYUK in Bethel, Alaska, which was the first Indigenous-led public radio station. They lost 70% of their budget after federal public media cuts, and will be shrinking from 10 full-time staffers, to 4 people. We speak to Esther Green, a Yupik elder, and her co-host Diane McEachern of KYUK's spiritual wellness show, Ikayutet, and station general manager Kristin Hall, about what the future looks like for the station. -
The game that's now known as lacrosse was a powerful and healing tradition in many Native American communities. It had largely disappeared but an effort to bring the game back has taken root.
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The remnants of a typhoon have forced over a thousand people to evacuate from rural villages in Western Alaska. Many of those leaving are Alaska Native people with generations-long connections to the land.
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NoiseCat is the son of an Indigenous Canadian father and white mother. After a cultural genocide, he says, living your life becomes an existential question. His new memoir is We Survived the Night. -
The Klamath Tribes walked out of an intergovernmental summit this week over what they say are issues that the state of Oregon has failed to address. -
LaRonn Katchia joins the Exchange. -
Students at the Klamath County school will have new language classes this year because of a partnership with the Klamath Tribes. -
On the new album Woodland Songs, Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate and the Dover Quartet collaborate on music with deep American roots. -
Youth descend a free-flowing Klamath River after biggest dam removal project in history. -
Judith Surber and Justin Maxon join the Exchange to discuss their collaborative OPED in the New York Times.
