Shana Lombard, Author at High Country News https://www.hcn.org A nonprofit independent magazine of unblinking journalism that shines a light on all of the complexities of the West. Wed, 31 Jan 2024 16:48:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.hcn.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/cropped-HCN_Logo-Monogram_White_Sq-2-32x32.png Shana Lombard, Author at High Country News https://www.hcn.org 32 32 229054741 2023 in Native environmental news https://www.hcn.org/articles/indigenous-affairs-2023-in-native-environmental-news/ Wed, 27 Dec 2023 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/articles/indigenous-affairs-2023-in-native-environmental-news/ A view of Marble Canyon and the Vermillion Cliffs from above the Kaibab Plateau shows the northeastern parcel of the newly designated Avi Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni-Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon.

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]]> 321333 Washington works to reconcile its history of Indigenous boarding schools https://www.hcn.org/articles/indigenous-affairs-washington-works-to-reconcile-its-history-of-indigenous-boarding-schools/ Tue, 12 Dec 2023 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/articles/indigenous-affairs-washington-works-to-reconcile-its-history-of-indigenous-boarding-schools/ “The Beginning of the End” is a quilt by Diné quiltmaker, Susan Hudson, which speaks to the legacy of Indian boarding schools in the United States and Canada (where they are known as “residential schools”).

An all-Indigenous committee will identify the state’s responsibility of rectifying harm caused to boarding school survivors and their descendants.

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]]> 321335 Cultural fire is good fire, and California needs more of it https://www.hcn.org/articles/cultural-fire-is-good-fire-and-california-needs-more-of-it/ Mon, 23 Oct 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/cultural-fire-is-good-fire-and-california-needs-more-of-it/ The Thomas Fire burns through Los Padres National Forest, California on December 8, 2017.

Indigenous land stewards say cultural fires are key to building a fire-resilient landscape.

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