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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Matt Mais/Yurok TribeIn March, wildlife researchers and members of the Yurok Tribe celebrated a potential milestone in the California condor’s return to Northern California skies. But on Thursday biologists with the Northern California Condor Restoration Program announced this egg may have met an uncertain fate. -
Xavier Mascareñas/California Department of Water ResourcesNewsom promised to help a Native tribe restore sacred salmon to their ancestral river. Now California is ending the funding.
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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. -
Chantele Rilatos is a traditional weaver and tribal member of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians. In this conversation with JPR’s Vanessa Finney, Rilatos describes the materials and techniques she uses to create works of art that are as useful as they are beautiful. -
On Friday, the federal government released an environmental assessment in favor of the Coquille Indian Tribe opening a new casino. Other tribes aren’t happy.
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Crescent City resident practices traditional weaving techniques to create works of art that are as useful as they are beautiful. -
Kari Marie Norgaard, author of "Salmon and Acorns Feed Our People," asks a provocative question in her research.
