Akiak Native News Today

Native nations reportedly won a record $23.3 billion in federal contracts last year, helping to offset the pandemic's economic damage.

Representatives from the U.S. Departments of Interior and Commerce, along with NOAA, will meet with tribal leaders at ONC on Oct. 5 to hear about how they can help subsistence users in an era of historically low salmon runs.

Climate change is forcing tribal citizens to choose between staying on ancestral lands or moving to protect themselves.

NationofChange “We have the least amount of resources. So we’re doing more with less every year." At any moment, on any school day, the entire future of the Quileute Tribe is at risk. The Quileute tribal school is within a stone’s throw from the Pacific Ocean, which has been a source of life for the Quileute people since the beginning of time. The Quileutes regularly harvest fish and shellfish off the coast of northwest Washington, and their ancestors hunted whales and tr...

 and is republished here as part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story. At any moment, on any school day, the entire future of the Quileute Tribe is at risk. The Quileute Tribal School is located within a stone’s throw from the Pacific Ocean, which has been a source of life for the Quileute people since the beginning of time. The Quileutes regularly harvest fish and shellfish off the coast of northwest Washington, and their anc...

Native communities confront painful choice: move away, or succumb to rising waters? Students at the Quileute Tribal School play basketball playground as the Pacific Ocean waves crash just yards away in the Quileute community of La Push, Washington. Photograph: Tony Overman/The Olympian/MCT via Getty Images Students at the Quileute Tribal School play basketball playground as the Pacific Ocean waves crash just yards away in the Quileute community of La Push, Washington. Photograph: Tony Overman...