Uploaded November 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Watch this week’s Halito from High Country News where Staff Writer Toastie rounds up some of our news stories from this past week. Toastie is a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. “Halito” is the Choctaw greeting for hello.
When dams come down, fish come home
By Sarah Trent
6 minute read
hcn.org/articles/north-fish-when-dams-come-down-fish-come-home
From dominance to stewardship: Chuck Sams’ Indigenous approach to the NPS
By B. ‘Toastie’ Oaster
9 minute read
hcn.org/issues/54.11/indigenous-affairs-national-park-service-from-dominance-to-stewardship-chuck-sams-indigenous-approach-to-the-nps
The true stakes of the Indian Child Welfare Act
By Nick Martin
10 minute read
hcn.org/articles/indigenous-affairs-justice-the-true-stakes-of-the-indian-child-welfare-act
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 where Staff Writer Toastie rounds up some of our news stories from this past week. Toastie is a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. “Halito” is the Choctaw greeting for hello.
When dams come down, fish come home
By Sarah Trent
6 minute read
hcn.org/articles/north-fish-when-dams-come-down-fish-come-home
From dominance to stewardship: Chuck Sams’ Indigenous approach to the NPS
By B. ‘Toastie’ Oaster
9 minute read
hcn.org/issues/54.11/indigenous-affairs-national-park-service-from-dominance-to-stewardship-chuck-sams-indigenous-approach-to-the-nps
The true stakes of the Indian Child Welfare Act
By Nick Martin
10 minute read
hcn.org/articles/indigenous-affairs-justice-the-true-stakes-of-the-indian-child-welfare-act
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.










