Coverage of issues facing Native people, here in our region and around the country.
JPR's studios are on the campus of Southern Oregon University (SOU), which is located within the ancestral homelands of the Shasta, Takelma, and Latgawa peoples. In recognition of this history, SOU has adopted a Land Acknowledgement Statement that honors the sovereignty and rich cultural heritage of indigenous people.
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: Chance White Eyes, the first Director of Tribal Relations at Oregon State University. -
Bureau Of Indian AffairsThe Coquille Indian Tribe has been trying to open a new casino in Medford for over ten years. After hitting bumps along the way — including a hard 'no' from the feds in 2020 — the project is again moving forward. Among its most vociferous critics: other regional tribes.
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Klamath River Renewal Corporation (KRRC) on the details of the project, with one dam (Copco 2) already gone and the rest being readied. KRRC CEO Mark Bransom visits with a tribal representative -
'It means the river has a future': Advocates cheer milestone as water flows from a Klamath River damThis week, water started being released from a reservoir on the Klamath River, kicking off the largest dam removal in U.S. history.
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Ahead of 2024 elections, voting advocates in the swing state of Arizona are aiming to boost voter registration strategies for Native voters, as they still face barriers to the ballot.
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A CEO of one of the companies offering "memorial spaceflights" says his customers view it as "an appropriate celebration" of their loved ones.
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The Trinity River Restoration Project has spend two decades trying to put things back more like they were, but with dams and diversions still in place.
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Last week, the Hoopa Valley Tribe in Northern California announced its largest land acquisition since its reservation was established in 1864.
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Cooking with ingredients that are original to this country is a passion for some indigenous chefs. We get into the kitchen with one of them.
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The Biden administration punted on key demands from Indigenous leaders to tear down hydroelectric dams hindering salmon. But tribes won control over $1 billion for other salmon efforts.
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Lynnee Jacks of the Oregon Coast Visitors Association about plans to make oregon coast beaches accessible to wheelchairs.
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Salmon populations in the Scott and Shasta rivers have crashed, so state officials are about to restrict irrigation again. And the controversial rules may even become permanent.
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Shana McConville Radford's appointment to the new position of Tribal Affairs Director.
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The White House has reached what it says is an historic agreement over the restoration of salmon in the Pacific Northwest, a deal that could end for now a decades long legal battle with tribes.
