For centuries, Native Americans have used talking circles to solve problems and provide healing. During the pandemic, these practices moved online and outdoors to help those in need.

(Audio by Gianluca D’Elia/Cronkite News)

Indigenous groups maintain talking circle traditions during COVID-19

Arizona’s senators are being urged to support the “Build Back Better” budget to provide funding for clean energy initiatives and jobs to address the effects of climate change as extreme heat becomes more common.

(Audio by Emma VandenEinde/Cronkite News)

Climate advocates urge Sinema, Kelly to support Biden budget plan

Q&A between Gaylord News reporter Nancy Marie Spears and US Poet Laureate and author Joy Harjo.

A conversation with Joy Harjo

Oversight: Examining the History of Federal Lands and the Development of Tribal Co-Management
Date: Tuesday, March 8, 2022
Time: 10:00 AM
Presiding: The Honorable Raúl M. Grijalva, Chair

On Tuesday, March 8, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. (EST), the Committee on Natural Resources will hold a remote oversight hearing entitled: Examining the History of Federal Lands and the Development of Tribal Co-Management.

Witness List
Panel I
The Honorable Charles “Chuck” Sams III
Director
National Park Service

The Honorable Carleton Bowekaty
Lieutenant Governor
Pueblo of Zuni
Co-Chair
Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition

Mr. Melvin J. Baker
Chairman
Southern Ute Tribal Council

Panel II
Doug Kiel
Assistant Professor, Department of History
Northwestern University

Aja DeCoteau
Executive Director
Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission

Kevin Washburn
N. William Hines Dean and Professor of Law
University of Iowa College of Law

Cody Desautel
President
Intertribal Timber Council

House Committee on Natural Resources Notice
https://naturalresources.house.gov/hearings/examining-the-history-of-federal-lands-and-the-development-of-tribal-co-management

Melvin J. Baker / Southern Ute Tribe

The Gila River Indian Community is seeking payouts from the federal
government to conserve water in Lake Mead. Plus, why a shipping-container wall along the Arizona-Mexico border is likely to be challenged in court, and airports in the state work to become more sustainable.

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Host:  Damon Fairall
Producer: Athena Ankrah
Contributors: Alexia Stanbridge, Michelle Aerin, KUNC

Gila River tribe reverses decision on conserving water

Justis Brokenrope (Sičháŋǧu Lakȟóta) is a musician and educator currently residing in Bdé Óta Othúŋwe, Mní Sóta (Minneapolis, Minnesota). Wathéča Radio is an offshoot of Wathéča Records, a label and archival project focused on North American indigenous artists who were often overlooked in the canons of rock, folk, and country music.

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Sundowns Are No Lie

Lotafiasco

An old track from the 80s I repurposed and pieced together. 

Mixed by Dan Kearley

Unceded

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