Articles by Indigenous Affairs Reporting Fellow Miacel Spotted Elk
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The government froze food aid. Tribes are thawing old traditions.
Decades of work to rebuild traditional food systems are paying off, but droughts and funding cuts threaten to unravel the progress.
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Native Alaska villages were already on the front lines of climate change. Then a typhoon hit.
As Typhoon Halong swept through western Alaska, it laid bare how centuries-old policies made Native villages particularly vulnerable to climate change.
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Global conservation body backs genetically modified wildlife over Indigenous opposition
Indigenous leaders say free, prior, and informed consent must guide decisions about synthetic conservation technologies on their lands.
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California extends cap-and-trade, as Indigenous nations grapple with the trade-offs
The Yurok Tribe has earned tens of millions from offsets, but critics say carbon markets perpetuate colonialism and allow companies to pay to pollute.
