Researchers, patients optimistic in fight against alpha-gal syndrome
A support group and a lab in the St. Louis area provide resources for people with the allergy to mammal products — and evidence that its effects can be reversed.
Indigenous Affairs
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What is a Superfund site? And how does cleanup work?
There are more than 1,300 active Superfund sites across the country, including nearly 200 on tribal land
A Superfund site in Minnesota is spreading, disrupting a tribe’s way of life
Little progress has been made despite 40 years of cleanup on Leech Lake Reservation. Locals fear for the health of surrounding lakes and the Mississippi River downstream.
‘Gaining back our identity’: Standing Rock Sioux Tribe looks to expand buffalo herd
Reaching a goal of 1,000 buffalo will require more land and fencing. An alliance of tribal nations may help.
Tribes reach for sun, start from ground up
Solar nudges North Dakota’s dominant wind sector in renewable energy
On the Wisconsin-Iowa border, the Mississippi River is eroding sacred Indigenous mounds
CLAYTON, Iowa - The Sny Magill Unit of Effigy Mounds National Monument is a hidden wonder. A dozen miles downstream from
Tribal food assistance program in shambles after USDA warehouse consolidation
This August a food program for Spirit Lake Nation in northeastern North Dakota had to send people home without block
Louisiana tribes restore river cane to preserve their culture and the environment
As one of the few bamboos native to North America, river cane was once common across the Southeast – but its habitat has declined by an estimated 98% since European settlement.
Midwest maple syrup producers adapt to record warm winter, uncertainty as climate changes
The art of maple syrup production flows through generations of Dan Potter’s family history. His great-grandfather bought the
Embracing traditional foods rejected by centuries of colonization
While on a foraging trip through a wooded area of Kansas City, Jojo Blackwood discovered a plant that would change