Selected Works
A sled dog, without him, we would not have survived
In the 50th Iditarod, Alaska Native mushers confront the past – and a cultural divide
(Mushing Magazine, Indigenously)
*Series Winner: 2022 Izzy Award, Park Center for Independent Media
How do you revive a language if tribal elders don’t want you to?
(The World in Words, PRI the World)
Climate Justice Meets Racism: This Moment at Standing Rock Was Decades in the Making
North Dakota’s militarized response to activists opposing the Dakota Access pipeline—and the Standing Rock Sioux’s fierce resolve—reflect the area's particular racial divides.
(Yes! Magazine)
*Series Winner:
2017 Paul Tobenkin Memorial Award, Columbia Graduate School of Journalism
2017 Journalist of the Year, Newswomen's Club of New York
2017 First Amendment Award, Hugh Hefner Foundation
The crisis in covering Indian Country
(Columbia Journalism Review)
Even before Merbok, Alaska Native villages were in harm’s way
A trail of coastal flooding reveals gaps in government support to address climate threats
(The Nome Nugget, Indigenously)
‘Green colonialism’: Indigenous world leaders warn over west’s climate strategy
UN summit in New York hears how resources needed for sustainable energy threaten Indigenous land and people
(The Guardian)
The Native Voters Who Could Decide Control of the Senate
In political races that may end with the narrowest of victories, the nation’s Indigenous electorate is playing a key role
(Indigenously)
How a 14-year-old girl is making Quechua cool in Peru — with music and lyrics from Michael Jackson
(PRI The World)
Her Ancestor Was a Slave to Cherokee Indians. Now She’s Applying to Be a Citizen of the Tribe
(Yes! Magazine)
In North Dakota, Native Americans face a voter ID law they believe is aimed at them
(Los Angeles Times)
Deb Haaland, A Living Testament
The path to becoming the nation's first Native interior secretary
(Sierra Magazine)
(Native American Rights Fund)
*Winner: Best Public Service Documentary, American Indian Film Institute