Native Americans

Fishery on Elwha rewards tribe’s long push for river restoration

Vanessa Castle and Matt Beirne from the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe head up the Elwha River to a fishing hole.…

6 months ago

Biden’s $8 billion quest to solve America’s groundwater crisis

A researcher measures water levels in an irrigation well near Marienthal, Kansas. Water levels in the state's Ogallala Aquifer have…

6 months ago

Colorado River water debate: Tribes weigh in on future agreements

FILE – Phillip Yazzie waits for a water drum in the back of his pickup truck to be filled in…

7 months ago

AG ALERT: Farmers, tribes weigh in on river flows for salmon

Farmers, ranchers, tribal members and others who rely on water from the Scott River and Shasta River watersheds turned out…

7 months ago

Tribal water infrastructure needs more than one-time fix, senators told

Photo: Brian Bennon, a water expert with the Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, told a Senate hearing that funding for…

7 months ago