Articles by Editor-at-Large Tristan Ahtone
Tristan Ahtone is a member of the Kiowa Tribe and is editor-at-large at Grist. He previously served as editor-in-chief at the Texas Observer and Indigenous affairs editor at High Country News. He has reported for Al Jazeera America, PBS NewsHour, Indian Country Today, and NPR, to name a few. A past president of the Indigenous Journalists Association, Ahtone is a 2017 Nieman Fellow. You can reach him at tahtone@grist.org.
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Mercury is still an environmental threat
The heavy metal is poisoning Indigenous peoples' environment and health, but no one can agree on how or when to get rid of it.
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In Sweden, a proposed iron mine threatens a World Heritage Site — and the culture that made it
How some UNESCO World Heritage Sites can threaten Indigenous lives.
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In Norway, Indigenous-led protests against a wind farm heat up
Sámi land defenders say the windmills must be demolished.
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Indigenous youth occupy Norwegian energy office to protest illegal wind farm
“We cannot be sacrificed in the name of the green transition.”
