UT: Native American/Indigenous
Utah Food Bank opens two pantries on Navajo Nation
Utah Food Bank is expanding in San Juan County, and has announced the opening of two new pantries that will help support residents of the Navajo …
Technology, ingenuity deliver addresses to UT residents of Navajo Nation
By Peter Yeung for Yes! Magazine.Broadcast version by Alex Alex Gonzalez for Utah News Connection reporting for the Yes! Magazine-Public News Service …
UT Tribes Urge Lawmakers to Pass Bill Ensuring Protections for Native Kids
Tribal leaders from the eight federally recognized tribes in Utah gathered at a news conference at the state Capitol this week and called on state law…
SCOTUS to Hear Constitutional Challenge to Indian Child Welfare Act
A case before the U.S. Supreme Court has Native Americans in Utah and other states concerned the outcome could revive the centuries-old practice of …
Interior Dept. Orders Changes to 650 Place Names to Remove Indigenous Slurs
The U.S. Interior Department has ordered name changes for nearly 650 sites on federal lands, in Utah and across the country, containing words …
Totem Pole Journey to Support Bears Ears Restoration This Weekend
MONTICELLO, Utah -- The movement to restore the Bears Ears National Monument in southeast Utah gets a major boost this weekend when a hand-carved …
30x30 Plan Fights Climate Change by Protecting Public Lands, Waters
MONTICELLO, Utah - The 30 by 30 Plan, also called the "the "America the Beautiful" campaign" campaign, aims to preserve 30% of the nation's public …
Haaland on Track to be First Native American Cabinet Secretary
SALT LAKE CITY -- The Biden administration's nomination of Rep. Deb Haaland, D-N.M., to head the U.S. Interior Department is seen as a momentous …
Groups Look to Biden Administration to Save Utah Wildlands
MOAB, Utah -- Utah conservation groups, battered by four years of Trump administration rollbacks of public-land protections, say they're looking for …
Utes Fear Uranium Mill is Becoming Radioactive Waste Dump
WHITE MESA, Utah -- Native tribes and environmental groups alike are worried that a Utah uranium-processing mill is becoming a dumping ground for …
Groups Say Federal Agencies Hide Behind Pandemic to Attack Public Lands
MOAB, Utah -- Conservationists are accusing federal officials of using the coronavirus crisis as a smokescreen to issue controversial rules on public …
Groups, Tribes Battle Trump's Plan to Develop Utah Monuments
MONTICELLO, Utah -- Advocacy groups are upset -- though not surprised -- by the Trump administration's plan to open up almost 1 million acres of …