Native American

The U.S. EPA proposes federal baseline water quality standards for lakes and streams on reservations.

The proposal would allow landowners to kill year-round in unlimited numbers animals that are about to damage property without first getting a permit.

Hear about how Michigan police can take your car even if you are not charged with a crime. Michigan has a long history of opposing mass transit…but how far back does it go? How one man dug up the artifacts of indigenous people around the globe and kept them for himself. And what work is being done to return those artifacts.

There are countless historical photos of Native American people, but often their origins are questionable. A new exhibit at the University of Michigan explores their history.

On today's show, we heard more about an RSV surge and the history of Native American photography, and took a look into a Michigan pregnancy crisis center.

The Menominee Tribe considers the lands culturally and historically significant. But a Michigan board's decision to approve historic designation for the site angers some Upper Peninsula lawmakers, who say it will interfere with the proposed Back Forty mining project.

Today, a conversation about the aggressive legal tactics that helped an infant formula company win lawsuits against the families of sick children.Also, we talked with Danny Fenster—the Michigan journalist who spent nearly six months in a Myanmar prison. Plus, the effort to get Michigan's Indigenous history and culture into classrooms.

The University of California system is the latest to announce free tuition for native students — but many say colleges shouldn't stop there.

We discussed a recent Supreme Court case that could affect Michigan’s constitutional amendment denying public funds for private schools. After that, a discussion with a Detroit artist about community. To end, we retell the tale of Native American Taffy Abel, the first athlete to carry the U.S. flag at the first ever Winter Olympics' opening ceremony.

Native American families have dealt with the devastating impact of residential boarding schools for decades. On this episode of the pod, we talk about what that painful legacy has meant for Native folks here in Michigan.