Indigenous

Media coverage around the death of 22-year-old Gabrielle Petito looks racist to those who note that murders and disappearances of Native Americans are mostly ignored.

Prior to World War I, Nevada’s Douglas County adopted an ordinance that prohibited Native Americans from being in the towns of Minden or Gardnerville after sunset — at the risk of jail time or worse.

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a great impact on Indigenous communities. Wyoming Public Radio's Signa McAdams spoke to tribal members Patrick Littleshield, Sam HerManyHorses, Fred Hebahand Dean Littleshield at Wyoming's largest powwow, the Eastern Shoshone Indian Days, about what it was like to be at the grounds after a year of lockdown.

Yellowstone National Park is working to expand tribal presence and representation of their cultural heritage in the park.

Willy Pepion had a cracked skull, and guards at the federal jail on the Blackfeet Reservation dismissed his pleas for help. He died in his cell. Three hours went by until anyone noticed.

"The corrections officers are basically holding these lives in their hands with their decisions."

The National Congress of American Indians has urged the federal government to place medical personnel in its tribal jails, arguing that the current situation "exacerbates the already challenging problem of health disparities for American Indians."

After months of repeated written questions and public records requests from NPR and the Mountain West News Bureau, Interior Department officials said they now plan to contract with an outside agency to examine the troubles plaguing tribal detention centers.

A two-day event in Sheridan will honor a past celebration that worked to bridge gaps between Native and non-Native communities.

A Little Free Library is going to be installed in Fort Washakie, Wyoming providing the community of all ages more access to books.