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HarvestHER establishes a community for women, recognizing stresses and loneliness of life in conventional agriculture.
Michael J. Dax | Oct 2, 2018
Where local governments collaborate with ICE, deportations have increased more than 75 percent. New Mexico shows a different way.
Michael J. Dax | Apr 11, 2018
In Santa Fe, New Mexico, the move to decolonize the annual Entrada celebration shows how complex identity and culture are.
Michael J. Dax | Sep 14, 2017
How the state鈥檚 unique and open relationship with Mexico is overshadowing Trump鈥檚 immigration policies.
Michael J. Dax | Jul 11, 2017
The Trump administration wants to know how you feel about your national monument lands. A public comment period opens May 12.
Michael J. Dax, Tracy Matsue Loeffelholz | May 9, 2017
After 35 years of fighting for the cancellation of nearly 50 oil and gas leases, Montana鈥檚 Blackfeet tribe scored an unexpected victory when Devon Energy voluntarily backed out of their claims.
Michael J. Dax | Dec 12, 2016
Across the country, an uneasy series of consultations between tribes and the U.S. government is under way. While some tribal leaders are skeptical, others hold out hope.
Michael J. Dax | Nov 6, 2016
Natives and non-Native water protectors have found room in this movement for their passions, from traditional wisdom to direct action against fossil fuels.
Michael J. Dax | Oct 10, 2016
The camps are preparing to keep the Dakota Access pipeline blockade going strong鈥攌eeping resolve firm, spirits high, and thousands of bodies warm.
Michael J. Dax | Sep 23, 2016
Environmentalists, industry, and politicians have a second chance to learn from decades of wolf debates and save the grizzlies.
Michael J. Dax | Sep 1, 2016
As the presidential race has demonstrated, 2016 is the year for outsiders, and no group can be considered further from the establishment than Native Americans.
Michael J. Dax | Jul 26, 2016
The Southwest tribe is rebuilding sacred buildings critical for teaching Zuni youth the pueblo鈥檚 core values of community and devotion to collective prosperity.
Michael J. Dax | Jun 6, 2016