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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Used with permision/Photos provided by Chrissy Onientatahse JacobsState officials in New York say the Salmon River district's special education program confined young children with disabilities in wooden boxes. Parents weren't notified. -
Illustration by Adriana Heldiz/CalMattersCal State campuses have mixed records in returning Native remains and artifacts to tribes. Campus officials say they are working diligently to follow legal mandates but the process can be arduous, especially for non-federally recognized tribes.
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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. -
President Biden established two national monuments on Tuesday, spanning over 800,000 acres. One of those protected areas is located near Mt. Shasta. -
Amazon’s push for small modular nuclear reactors is just the latest development in decadeslong fight over nuclear energy. -
Anthropologists are reconsidering possessing artifacts that belong to surviving cultures. -
Native American New Year was celebrated on the solstice under a canopy of winter stars. Near a crackling bonfire, the Nisqually tribe shared their culture and renewed their sacred pact with the salmon. -
After over a decade of legal wrangling, a proposed new casino in Medford run by the Coquille Indian Tribe is close to federal approval. Tribes opposed to the project aren’t done fighting.
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A Navajo woman who has spent 50 years sewing has now been honored with an NEA award for her unique quilts. She is unafraid to criticize the mainstream culture that's marginalized Indigenous artists. -
This year's powwow of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians came just two weeks after a federal court lifted decades-old restrictions on the tribe’s rights to hunt, fish and gather.
