-
Whitebark pine restoration in Yellowstone National Park, Glacier, and Grand Teton National Park is receiving $44 million from the Inflation Reduction Act.Federal agencies, conservation groups and tribal leaders recently gathered in Bozeman at the Museum of the Rockies to view a new film about the imperiled tree species and to discuss how to save it.
-
Look up “runner” on the Internet and results likely include training plans, exercise clothes, and inspirational photos of muscular athletes, most of them white. Verna Volker didn’t see herself in those search results, so she created Native Women Running, a community for women who often run as an act of healing.
-
Dating in small town Montana can be tough. But for Native Americans, navigating the dating pool can be even more complicated thanks to a government imposed tribal enrollment system dating back to the 1900's. Salish and Kootenai photojournalist Tailyr Irvine explores the ties and binds of love and identity in “Reservation Mathematics,” an exhibit showing at the Smithsonian through October. The 2019 National Geographic Explorer and We, Women Artist spoke with YPR News' Kaitlyn Nicholas about her exhibit and work.
-
Cheryl Morales started the medicinal garden at the Aaniiih Nakoda College demonstration farm with only four plants: yarrow, echinacea, plantain and…
-
Montana officials say a Navajo Nation company may continue operating a coal mine for two more months amid negotiations over the terms of a state…
-
Navajo Nation leaders say the Tribe won’t financially back bonds for a subsidiary energy company that recently acquired three mines in Montana and…
-
Montana officials reached a temporary deal on Friday that will allow one of the largest coal mines in the U.S. to reopen amid a legal dispute with its new…
-
A historic election near Bears Ears National Monument in southeastern Utah faces a legal challenge as Republicans have appealed a federal judge’s...
-
MONUMENT VALLEY, Utah — On a recent Monday morning, Tara Benally crept along the red clay of San Juan County Road 433 in her Chevy Equinox, in search of...
-
This week The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints meets in Salt Lake City for its bi-annual conference. Meanwhile a report in the Salt Lake...