Sovereignty by the barrel: Tribes sit on vast reserves of oil, coal, natural gas, and uranium. Is this a blessing or a curse? [Katie Scarlett Brandt for Native Science Report]

Under pressure from all sides, the natural resources sequestered in Native lands must evade a matrix of conflicting influences before they see the light of day. A growing number of Indigenous communities would rather see the land unbroken from the start.

Great reporting and storytelling by Katie Scarlett Brandt out of North Dakota.