Native American

A task force is helping state officials examine how African Americans have been harmed by slavery and systemic racism and, weighing that, how the state should respond. What reparations should there be?

Urban Indians need a seat at the table to discuss the issues that matter to their communities, and to preserve their values and traditions.

AB 1703 will ensure that students have an opportunity to learn the factual accounts of history involving Indigenous people of California.

Californians have an opportunity to begin to repair historic wrongs endured by the state’s tribes with a plan to protect the environment.

Resident and activists are urging Fresno County change the name of Squaw Valley community. They say it's derogatory to Native American women.

EN RESUMEN Residentes y activistas instan al condado de Fresno a cambiar el nombre de la comunidad de Squaw Valley. Dicen que es despectivo para las mujeres nativas americanas. Read this article in English.  Más de un año después de lanzar un esfuerzo para cambiar el nombre de la comunidad de Squaw Valley, un grupo de […]

Health officials have tried to reach out to hundreds of thousands of people speaking Mixteco and other Indigenous languages but barriers remain, leaving them vulnerable to COVID.

En resumen Los funcionarios de salud han tratado de llegar a cientos de miles de personas que hablan mixteco y otras lenguas indígenas, pero persisten barreras que las deja vulnerables al COVID. Read this article in English.  Ismael Patia y su familia llegaron a una clínica de vacunación en el centro de Fresno un sábado por […]

Thousands of California high school graduates didn’t go to college last year due to the pandemic. The drop, which mostly affected community colleges, might be temporary, but it showed the need to provide more support for students going from high school to college. A new counseling program in Riverside County aims to do just that.

Why can’t California utilize prescribed burns that everyone knows are key to restoring biodiversity and resilience?