Remembering the activist and author Karsten Heuer.
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Culture that impacted our sense of the West
Some books, happenings and other cultural endeavors that helped expand our sense of place in 2024.
After the Klamath River dams came down, salmon came back
What it’s like to witness the first run of fish above the removed dams in over a century.
What Nevada’s Culinary Union wants this presidential election
La Culinaria, which represents 60,000 hospitality workers in the battleground state, faces a high stakes election year.
A lens on the Latino vote in Yakima, Washington
Organizers work to get out the vote within the diverse Latino population in the Yakima Valley.
Audio: What do we really learn from trail cams?
Documenting wildlife can bring us back to nature.
‘Rez Ball’ is no easy feat, but Indigenous communities win in the end
The latest Indigenous Netflix film shows the challenges of Native life through the culture of rez ball.
Reservation Dogs is finally up for the recognition it deserves
Producer and writer, Migizi Pensoneau, ‘brings the realness’ to Emmy voters.
Audio: What’s so funny about climate change?
Resorting to absurdity can make people care.
‘Frybread Face and Me’ shows the complexity of Indigeneity
Billy Luther’s new coming-of-age film shows characters grappling with city life juxtaposed against the reservation.
The era of the Black Western has arrived. Is it here to stay?
The miniseries, ‘Lawmen: Bass Reeves,’ doesn’t fully live up to its potential to showcase a multifaceted Black identity.
Pro skier Lily Bradley disrupts mountain culture in new queer ski film
In ‘People Like Us,’ LGBTQ+ skiers take center stage.
The new film ‘Tatanka’ and the many narratives of the buffalo
Oglala Lakota Richard Two Bulls discusses his new project, which documents the restoration of the buffalo and the revival of a language.
Dispatch from the scaffolds: Native fishing culture on the Columbia River
An Indigenous fisherman describes how to hook a salmon, the meaning of life and his faithful dog Sturg.
A climate heist and revenge movie
‘How to Blow Up a Pipeline’ stands firm in its sympathetic framing of its protagonists, and then asks you to evaluate yourself.
Fossil-fuel sabotage comes to Hollywood
The director of ‘How to Blow Up a Pipeline’ discusses the value of popular media for environmental ends and whether destroying pipelines is an act of self-defense.
Ken Burns on ‘The American Buffalo’ and Indigenous histories
The prolific filmmaker discusses his latest project and his attempt to make space for Indigenous voices.
A Los Angeles exhibit reverse-engineers Joan Didion’s writing
‘What She Means’ attempts to re-create the Western writer’s world.