Topics
Persistent beats the brief returns to.
- Treaty rights and sovereignty Hunting, fishing, gathering, and water rights under the 1837, 1842, and 1854 treaties; ongoing federal and state legal disputes. 13 stories
- Line 5 and pipeline fights The Bad River Band's lawsuit and easement expiration over Enbridge's Line 5, plus related pipeline politics across Indian Country. 4 stories
- Manoomin and water protection Wild rice stewardship, climate threats to rice beds, sulfide mining adjacent to wild rice waters, and the legal personhood of manoomin in tribal law. 3 stories
- Lac du Flambeau roads dispute The 2023 access closures over allotment-era road easements crossing tribal land. 1 story
- Boarding school truth and healing The federal Indian boarding school investigation, tribal-led healing initiatives, and remembrance of survivors.
- Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women MMIW/MMIP advocacy, federal task forces, and tribal jurisdiction issues. 2 stories
- Indian Child Welfare Act ICWA defense after Brackeen v. Haaland, state-level implementation, and tribal child welfare. 2 stories
- Land back and repatriation Tribal land reacquisition, federal trust transfers, NAGPRA repatriation of ancestors and cultural items. 5 stories
- Language revitalization Ojibwemowin, Hoocąk, Menominee, Oneida, and other Indigenous language programs and immersion schools. 2 stories
- Climate change and Traditional Ecological Knowledge Climate impacts on Native communities and the role of TEK in adaptation. Tracks Ice Worlds-relevant beats: ice loss, sugarbush, longleaf pine, fisheries. 6 stories
- Mining and extractive industry Sulfide mining, copper mining, sand mining, and Native-led environmental opposition. Includes Crandon, Back 40, and lithium extraction. 3 stories
- Tribal gaming and economy Casino operations, compacts, economic diversification beyond gaming, tribal businesses. 1 story
- Native veterans and the warrior tradition Honoring ogichidaa across generations. Tied to Patty's documentary Way of the Warrior and her grandfather Edward DeNomie. 1 story
- Indigenous journalism and storytelling Native press, Indigenous Journalists Association, tribal youth media, the 5 R's framework. 4 stories
- Federal recognition struggles The Brothertown Indians' ongoing petition and other federal recognition fights. 4 stories
- Arts, powwows, and cultural revitalization Powwows, beadwork, birchbark canoe building, ribbon skirts, contemporary Native art. 5 stories
- Ice Worlds project Patty's NSF-funded climate documentary series with Giant Screen Films, pairing tribal youth with elders for climate storytelling. 1 story
- Native education and Act 31 Tribal schools, immersion programs, Wisconsin Act 31 implementation, university Indigenous studies. 1 story