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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.
The Yurok Tribe is bringing condors home to Northern California skies
By Brian Oaster
hcn.org/issues/54.6/indigenous-affairs-birds-the-yurok-tribe-is-bringing-condors-home-to-northern-california-skies
Yes, the drought really is that bad
By Theo Whitcomb
hcn.org/articles/south-drought-yes-the-drought-really-is-that-bad
The Navajo Nation’s first economist takes a fresh view on development
By Miacel Spotted Elk
hcn.org/issues/54.6/indigenous-affairs-economy-the-navajo-nations-first-economist-takes-a-fresh-view-on-development
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.
The Yurok Tribe is bringing condors home to Northern California skies
By Brian Oaster
hcn.org/issues/54.6/indigenous-affairs-birds-the-yurok-tribe-is-bringing-condors-home-to-northern-california-skies
Yes, the drought really is that bad
By Theo Whitcomb
hcn.org/articles/south-drought-yes-the-drought-really-is-that-bad
The Navajo Nation’s first economist takes a fresh view on development
By Miacel Spotted Elk
hcn.org/issues/54.6/indigenous-affairs-economy-the-navajo-nations-first-economist-takes-a-fresh-view-on-development
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.




