Searching for the Pawpaw’s Indigenous Roots
Many Indigenous tribes, forcibly removed from the Appalachian region hundreds of years ago, are reconnecting with pawpaw, a long-lost traditional food important to their culture.
Indigenous issues
An Indigenous scientist wants us to look at conservation differently
Jessica Hernandez says Indigenous science and knowledge can make conservation more holistic and help us solve our toughest environmental problems.
Paddling 300 Miles to Protect the Waters of Ohi:yo’, the ‘Good River’
For degawëno:da’s, paddling the length of the Allegheny River over four months was to be a “witness to the raw element of the natural world.”
Rekindling wilderness: Bringing back an Indigenous practice to manage the land
The Indigenous practice of using fire to manage land is being revived in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Minnesota.
Can the environmental movement address American racism?
We talk with Mustafa Ali, a leader in the environmental justice movement, about how racial disparities go beyond policing, to public health and the environment.
What Major Pipeline Decisions Mean for Energy Dominance, the Environment and Indigenous Rights
A journalist and an Indigenous rights activist weigh in recent court rulings against the Dakota Access and Keystone XL pipelines and the scrapping of the Atlantic Coast pipeline.
The Complicated History of the Kinzua Dam and How It Changed Life for the Seneca People
The Kinzua Dam, which protects Pittsburgh from flooding and pollution, took thousands of acres of the Seneca's territory and destroyed nine communities. We look at the past and future of the Seneca Nation.
Native American Leaders Turn to Solar to Power Their Communities
Indigenous communities are using the power of the sun to transition away from fossil fuels and fight pipeline construction.
Environmental, Indigenous, and Religious leaders Gather for World Peace and Prayer Day
They gathered along the Allegheny river with a Seneca water ceremony and a call to protect western Pennsylvania's water.
Legal Loophole Exposes Native American, Historical Sites to Drilling
A 2012 study found the fracking boom has damaged or destroyed dozens of sites in Washington County.
