Uploaded April 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Watch this week’s Halito from High Country News. Brian Oaster rounds up some of our news stories from this past week. Oaster is a staff writer and a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. “Halito” is the Choctaw greeting for hello.
Why rural communities struggle to bring in much-needed federal grants
By Kylie Mohr and Theo Whitcomb
hcn.org/articles/economy-why-rural-communities-struggle-to-bring-in-much-needed-federal-grants
Biden’s broken promise on climate?
hcn.org/articles/energy-industry-bidens-broken-promise-on-climate
By Jonathan Thompson
National parks center colonizer histories through place names
By Miacel Spotted Elk
hcn.org/articles/indigenous-affairs-national-park-service-national-parks-center-colonizer-histories-through-place-names
'This is what reconciliation work can look like.'
By Brian Oaster
hcn.org/articles/indigenous-affairs-national-park-service-national-parks-center-colonizer-histories-through-place-names
High Country News is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) independent media organization that covers environmental news and other important issues and stories that define the Western U.S. Through insightful, in-depth journalism, it strives to inform and inspire people to act on behalf of the West's diverse natural and human communities.
Watch this week’s Halito from High Country News. Brian Oaster rounds up some of our news stories from this past week. Oaster is a staff writer and a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. “Halito” is the Choctaw greeting for hello.
Why rural communities struggle to bring in much-needed federal grants
By Kylie Mohr and Theo Whitcomb
hcn.org/articles/economy-why-rural-communities-struggle-to-bring-in-much-needed-federal-grants
Biden’s broken promise on climate?
hcn.org/articles/energy-industry-bidens-broken-promise-on-climate
By Jonathan Thompson
National parks center colonizer histories through place names
By Miacel Spotted Elk
hcn.org/articles/indigenous-affairs-national-park-service-national-parks-center-colonizer-histories-through-place-names
'This is what reconciliation work can look like.'
By Brian Oaster
hcn.org/articles/indigenous-affairs-national-park-service-national-parks-center-colonizer-histories-through-place-names
High Country News is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) independent media organization that covers environmental news and other important issues and stories that define the Western U.S. Through insightful, in-depth journalism, it strives to inform and inspire people to act on behalf of the West's diverse natural and human communities.
