Ten newsrooms came together to explore how to best represent and reach Indigenous communities facing generation-defining economic challenges in this series, an early example of the signature projects from the Rural News Network.
Read stories in the collaboration below.
Seven INN members and three tribal outlets used audience engagement and a new model of editorial leadership to produce a series on the state of the economy in rural Indian Country, building relationships in tribal communities.
The Osage Nation works with the Pawhuska and the county to develop new businesses and jobs.
A proposed lithium mine along the Nevada-Oregon border would produce materials for car batteries, but also damage ancestral lands.
While some North Dakotans benefit from the state’s oil boom, Native-owned businesses say they are often cut out of lucrative contracts.
Dozens of tribes across the country look to harness energy from wind, sun and water to generate millions in revenue.
Local policies encourage people to look for jobs off the Spokane Indian Reservation, but new programs are popping up to help.
Muscogee (Creek) Nation’s ranch and meat processing plant can generate jobs and food security for tribal citizens.
About 1,000 jobs could be created over the next 10 years for every $1 billion spent on cleanup of uranium mines, but those jobs could…
Citizen Potawatomi Nation is investing in the first tribally owned sports team in Oklahoma as part of a partnership with the city of Shawnee.
Wisconsin tribes look to other sources of revenue after the pandemic highlighted overreliance on casinos.
ICT and nine news partners examine the state of the economy in Indian Country, its impact on local communities.
The collaboration participants are INN members Indian Country Today, InvestigateWest, Buffalo’s Fire, KOSU, New Mexico In Depth, Wisconsin Watch and Underscore. They are joined by the Rawhide Press, Mvskoke Media and Osage News. Seven participants are members of the Native American Journalists Association (NAJA), which provided guidance on the development of the collaboration.
This project was made possible through funding from the Walton Family Foundation.
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