State trust lands generate millions of dollars for carceral facilities and programs every year, largely from extractive industries like oil and gas drilling.

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How schools, hospitals, prisons and other institutions in 15 states profit from land and resources on 79 tribal nations.

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An investigation by High Country News and Grist reveals how public institutions benefit from extractive industries on Indian reservations.

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The next international climate meeting could make carbon markets permanent. Indigenous leaders call for a moratorium before it’s too late.

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Ten states own 1.6 million acres of land within 83 tribal nations’ reservations. How did they get there?

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Extractive industries are filling public university coffers on stolen land.

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‘Indigenous presence is vital to the stewardship of the land.’

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