'YOU HAVE TO FIGHT IT'
How One Inuit Community Won Against Big Oil
... and what it means for those opposing the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge explorations.
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In the Kingdom of the Bears | Hakai Magazine
The human-bear bond is ancient, but across the northern hemisphere, only a few societies remember the art of neighboring bears.
THAT MUMMY WAS SOMEONE'S MOMMY
In A Study Of Human Remains, Lessons In Science (And Cultural Sensitivity)
Excavating and studying human remains can be a delicate cultural dance. Researchers handling a Chilean specimen approached it with two left feet.
LINGUISTIC ECHOES EVERYWHERE
North America's Nearly Forgotten Language
Chinook Wawa was once spoken by more than 100,000 people, from Alaska to the California border, for more than 100 years.
'WE ARE LOSING OUR CULTURE'
Last Resort
More than two centuries after settling in Honduras, the Garifuna people are still fighting for a place to raise their families.
WE'LL NEVER BE ROYALS, BUT THEY WILL
Pageants Of The Navajo Nation
Every summer, women and girls known as "royals" work to preserve their tribe's identity.
FACING THE FACTS
'Their Spirits Were Trapped In Those Masks'
No one knows quite what to do with these coerced masks made from the faces of Native American POWS.
GET OUT OF HERE WITH YOUR DAMN PINEAPPLE
Mainland Poke Sucks
Hawaii is the only place that gets it right.
DARE TO CARIBOU
Inside The Complicated Fight For The Right To Eat Seal Blubber
In Alaskan nursing homes and hospitals, tight federal regulations have meant that the most comforting foods for natives have been labeled illegal. That's slowly changing.
WOULD WE KIT?
Mayans Weave Their Identity Into Their Soccer Team
C.S.D. Xejuyup of Guatemala incorporates traditional clothing into its uniforms, a decision that echoes its founder's desire to have his team reflect its community.
PURE ARTISTRY
These Life-Saving Medical Devices Can't Be Made By Machine, So Indigenous Women Weave Them By Hand
The devices, which take between three hours and a day and a half to weave, help to fix heart abnormalities.
SEE YOU IN TRIBAL COURT
Cherokee Nation Sues Drug Firms, Retailers For Flooding Communities With Opioids
Lawyers for the Cherokee Nation filed a lawsuit in tribal court that accuses the nation’s six top drug distributors and pharmacies of flooding communities in Oklahoma with hundreds of millions of highly addictive pain pills.
SCARY STORIES
When Folklore Saves Lives
Indigenous peoples around the world tell myths which contain warning signs for natural disasters. Scientists are now listening.
This Ancient Building Technique Could House Millions Of People In Africa
Nubian vaults–built from just mud, water, and stones–were a feature of ancient Egypt, but could they be a solution to climate change and the housing crisis in Central Africa.
WHALE YOU MARRY ME?
Nothing Says 'I Love You' Like A Sperm Whale Tooth
Known as a tabua in Fiji, a sperm whale’s tooth is often given by a groom and his family to the parents of the man’s (hopefully) future bride when he asks permission to marry her.
CATCH OF THE CENTURY
Native Americans Caught Salmon Here For Millennia. Now The World Is Hooked.
On the Northwest’s Columbia River, tribes fish for a new prosperity.
