Our Living Lands

As the Arctic warms, Indigenous communities are looking for ways to adapt. Alaska Desk reporter Alena Naiden spoke to Our Living Lands Producer Daniel Spaulding about the effort to preserve traditional ice cellars, and more, on St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea.

As climate change threatens subsistence in the Arctic, one village in Alaska is trying to transform reindeer herding practices into a sustainable business. The Alaska Desk's Alena Naiden has more from Savoonga.

The Miccosukee Tribe calls the Florida Everglades home. Over the years, they have faced climate change’s impact on their lands. Now, they are also fighting a federal immigration detention center. Our Living Lands Producer Daniel Spaulding spoke to Talbert Cypress, the tribe’s chairman.

Data centers power the artificial intelligence boom. They also use a lot of water. The Mountain West News Bureau's Kaleb Roedel reported on the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe's concerns about a data center near their reservation. Our Living Lands Producer Daniel Spaulding spoke to Roedel about what he learned.

Amy Bowers Cordalis is a Yurok attorney who has fought to protect her people's land, water, and way of life. Our Living Lands producer Daniel Spaulding spoke to Cordalis about her new book, "The Water Remembers.

Climate change is causing severe impacts on Indigenous communities in the Pacific. Anita Hofschneider reports on these issues, including sea level rise and fires, for Grist. Our Living Lands Producer Daniel Spaulding spoke to Hofschneider about her work.

Apple cider is a fall staple. It’s also a tasty side effect of grizzly bear management on the Flathead Indian Reservation. Picking apples means there’s less food to attract bears. The Mountain West News Bureau’s Hanna Merzbach takes us to Northwest Montana.

In this final story of a three-part series about a nickel refinery in Oklahoma, KOSU’s Sarah Liese highlights what is at stake for those involved — the company trying to help secure the US’s critical minerals supply chain and the tribal nations who oppose it.

Last week, we reported on a nickel refinery in Oklahoma that is built on the historic reservation of the Kiowa, Comanche and Apache tribal nations. But as KOSU’s Sarah Liese reports, Westwin Elements is operating without their consent, which is causing frustration stemming from old decisions about tribal sovereignty.

Across the country, critical minerals are in increasingly high demand for green technology and national defense. But many of those minerals are being mined or processed on Indigenous lands. In the first of a three part series, KOSU’s Sarah Liese reports on a nickel refinery in Oklahoma facing pushback from three tribal nations.