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This story ran in Arizona Highways' August 2015 issue. For the White Mountain Apache Tribe, history lives in the spoken word. Significant events from the past, cultural practices and spiritual teachings are often transmitted and preserved simply by the telling. Among the most treasured of the tribe’s oral traditions is the “wolf song.” 

RHODE ISLAND - A Rhode Island prison system is denying a White Mountain Apache inmate his right to practice his religious beliefs by wearing an Apache headband, according to a lawsuit filed by American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) attorneys in Rhode Island District Court on Jan. 24.

Coverage of tribal natural resources is supported in part by Catena FoundationEDITOR'S NOTE: This story includes graphic descriptions of an animal death.

A guide to using Grist's database on state trust lands.

A Rhode Island prison system is denying a White Mountain Apache inmate his right to practice his religious beliefs by wearing an Apache headband, according to a lawsuit filed by American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) attorneys in Rhode Island District Court on Jan. 24. Since 2019, plaintiff Wolf Pawochawog-Mequinosh (formerly Brian Brownell, who changed his name in 2022) has filed four petitions with prison administration at the Adult Corrections Facility in Cranston, Rhode Island, seeking permi...

So far, the museum’s idea of addressing Hollywood’s treatment of Native American people has been to pay tribute to Sacheen Littlefeather, the Bay Area activist accused of faking an indigenous identity

So far, the museum’s idea of addressing Hollywood’s treatment of Native American people has been to pay tribute to Sacheen Littlefeather, the Bay Area activist accused of faking an indigenous identity

On the White Mountain Apache reservation, an acclaimed chef embarks on an ambitious project to establish a first-of-its-kind Indigenous cafe. In South Dakota, a gifted Lakota high school student analyzes the health effects of a...

Autumn Chacon holds a lot of titles: mother, artist, activist. Sometimes, she merges these roles; whether it meant bringing her daughter with her in a cradleboard while installing a musical soundscape at a gallery, or making performance art rooted on a social justice issue she was struggling with.

Cassadore’s efforts are part of a much larger Tribal Food Sovereignty movement among the numerous Tribal Nations in the United States. And she and her people are healthier for it.