Latest updates from Native Climate on events, funding, and more.
At the recent Roots-2-Results Tribal Food and Agriculture Summit in Sparks, Nevada, members of the Native Resilience team led a facilitated discussion on drought impacts
Native Resilience presents for K-12 educators at the Nevada Museum of Art.
Join us on Zoom the third Tuesday of each month for a webinar series on snow drought and tribal agriculture.
Features by Climate Reporter Interns on traditional ecological knowledge and changing environments
A conversation on water, storytelling, and leadership with Kirin Vicenti-Lacapa, tribal water comissioner and mucician from Jicarilla Apache Nation
Join host, tylee nez, to explore the communities, climate, hydrology, and history of the Colorado River Basin through a new podcast, Listening to the Ripples, featuring Indigenous matriarchs living in the basin and advocating for water sovereignty.
Just as Indigenous peoples once fought to protect their lands from railroad tracks and gold mines, today’s tribes face a new wave of environmental injustice. Story by Mary Cathleen Wilson.
Writer Andra Hawk-Valdez recounts the relationship between her family and the Tinpsila plant in Lakota culture.
Reflections from a rafting trip on the San Juan River, a snowmelt-fed river flowing into the desert, for Indigenous women to reconnect with ancestral waterways and share generational knowledge. By tylee nez.
Note: This story by Mary Cathleen Wilson was originally published by Tribal College Journal and is shared here with permission. It also appears in the print version of Tribal College Journal, Volume 37, No. 2 - Winter 2025. View Original Article. The Tohono O’odham...
An interview with Houma filmmaker Mariah Hernandez-Fitch on storytelling, climate change, and cultural resilience. By tylee nez.
Arizona Daily Star | June 20, 2025 | Mary Cathleen Wilson | View Original Article Note: This opinion piece by Mary Cathleen Wilson was originally published in the Arizona Daily Star and is shared here with permission. Mary Wilson is a Resilience Reporter for the...
Author Shecota Rae Nalwood Nez explores the history and future of the Santa Cruz River in a changing climate.
A poem by Gina McGuire honors the ancestral home of the Lək̓ʷəŋən and W̱SÁNEĆ Peoples, connected to her own island home by humpback whales that summer in northern waters and winter in Hawaiʻi.
Stories by Native reporters on the lived experiences of climate change in their communities
The Missouri River is the longest river in the United States with a length of 2,636 miles.
Its watershed (more than 525,000 square miles) is the largest in the country and it spans over ten states and two Canadian provinces.
Indigenous peoples have been living on and with these lands since time immemorial.
Media reccomendations on tribal and climate issues from the Native Climate Team
by Ryan E. Emanuel and Karen Dial Bird
This excellent article unpacks the legacy of extractive research on Native communities, telling the story of how innacurate publications by non-native people threatened the self-determination and identity of Lumbee people. Get the article here:
Hosted by Rebecca Nagle, Produced by Crooked Media and Cadence 13
This documentary podcast follows relevant political issues with Native communities, covering subjects such as the Sharp v. Murphy Supreme court case, the Indian Child Welfare act, and sovereignty issues. Nagle is a journalist and citizen of the Cherokee Nation. Listen using the link below:
Collaborative product of the USDA Southwest Climate Hub and the DOI Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center
This podcast showcases strategies for building resilient landscapes and communities in the southwest, covering subjects such as forestry, water management, extreme heat, and beef production. The podcast is funded by U.S. Geological Survey, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture funded Sustainable Southwest Beef Project.
USDA-NIFA, Margaret Lawrence. 27 September 2022.
Nevada Independent, Daniel Rothberg. 22 September 2022. (Native Climate mentioned under “Here’s what else I’m watching this week…”)
Daily Yonder, Kristi Eaton. 10 February 2022.
Tribal Business News, Chez Oxendine. 31 January 2022.
University of Montana. 24 January 2022.
Tribal Business News, Chez Oxendine. 23 January 2022.
Desert Research Institute. Grant announcement, 13 January 2022.