politics
Disorder in the Court: GOP wants to break up the 9th Circuit
This story originally appeared in High Country News What could have been a bland hearing by the House Judiciary Committee
Anna V. Smith
Anna V. Smith is an assistant editor for High Country News. 
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Trump could turn back clock on tribal land ownership
During President Barack Obama’s eight-year tenure, tribal sovereignty, the power by which tribes govern themselves, was a prime concern.
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What Neil Gorsuch could mean for Indian Country
This story was originally published on High Country News. During the Senate hearings that put Neil Gorsuch on the Supreme
Environment
As Malheur recovers, wildlife refuges struggle
This story originally appeared in High Country News. Alice Elshoff first saw Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in 1959. The 82-year-old,