Dossier
Native tribes
Coverage of Native tribes in the Nexus archive.
- Why firefighters in Colorado tried to save firewood during a summer wildfire
The Wood for Life program utilizes unsellable timber salvaged from thinning projects at San Juan National Forest. This material is destined to help Native tribes heat their homes during the winter.
- ‘Native children belong in Native communities’: tribes decry New Mexico drug-exposed newborn rule
New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham issued a directive requiring the state's child welfare department to seek custody of newborns exposed to drugs or alcohol in utero. Native tribes in the state criticized the policy, arguing it disrespects Native sovereignty and ignores the historical trauma of Indigenous child removals.