Nika Bartoo-Smith is a reporter who covers Indigenous communities in the Pacific Northwest. Our Living Lands Producer Daniel Spaulding spoke with Bartoo-Smith about her work and the impact of climate ...

A ritual dance would reunite his people with their dead. The Ghost Dance swept across other North American tribes, until fear and violence brought it to a tragic end.

Australia has made its biggest Pacific sporting bet so far. Will it deliver results for both Australia and the Pacific ...

Keeya Wiki, 17, of Ashland paddled the newly undammed Klamath from Oregon to the Pacific, becoming one of the youth voices ...

Indonesian police unlawfully dispersed, beat, and detained 11 Papuan protesters in Merauke City, South Papua, on January 25, 2026.

For Elizabeth Bryant, a Takelma language program leader for the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians, the answer lies in years of dedication, advocacy and community-driven teaching. Takelma, the ...

Access to electricity in Africa was a central topic at the recent World Governments Summit in Dubai. While hundreds of millions of Africans still live without power, new solutions are emerging, ...

Angola’s President João Lourenço and representatives of the African Union have called for an immediate ceasefire in eastern Congo.

A newly confirmed vertebrate species has drawn international attention to the Louisiade Archipelago, a remote island chain in southeastern Papua New Guinea. The discovery occurred during a field ...

Papua New Guinea marked 50 years of independence in 2025 with an unbroken record of democratic government, even as political stability coexisted with leadership challenges, constitutional reform and ...