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Tuesday on Lake Effect: UW-Milwaukee Chancellor, Indigenous Pandemic History, State Symbols

Tuesday on Lake Effect: We hear from UW-Milwaukee Chancellor Mark Mone about how the university is planning for the future and how they’re dealing with…

Monday on Lake Effect: Transmitting COVID-19, Indigenous Farming, 'My Brother The Duck'

Monday on Lake Effect:A virologist discusses COVID-19 and the impact of safer-at-home orders which seemed to be working in Wisconsin. Then, we hear how…

Monday on Lake Effect: impact of Rittenhouse trial, Milwaukee's Indigenous landmarks, Bubbler Talk

We look at the decision in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial and what it could mean for the future of protest safety. Then, speak with local Kenosha and Milwaukee racial justice organizers about how the verdict will impact their work. Plus, tell you about a project to create an interactive map showing Indigenous landmarks in Milwaukee.

Riots haven broken out after soldiers in India killed members of an indigenous tribe

The killings of more than a dozen tribal people by Indian forces threaten a shaky ceasefire in one of the world's longest-running struggles for self-determination by indigenous people.

American Indian activist Leonard Peltier speaks during an interview at the U.S. Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kan., on April 29, 1999. Peltier, who has spent most of his life in prison for the 1975 killings of two FBI agents in South Dakota, was denied parole this week.

Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier denied parole for 1975 killings of 2 FBI agents

The parole commission says Peltier, 79, will be eligible for another parole hearing in 2026. He's serving life in prison for killing two FBI agents during a standoff on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.

Women attend the closing ceremony of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls on Monday in Gatineau, Quebec.

'Genocide' Has Been Committed Against Indigenous Women And Girls, Canadian Panel Says

A years-long inquiry found that Indigenous communities have been targeted by a pattern of rights violations aimed at eradicating "their existence as Nations, communities, families and individuals."

1st Indigenous cabinet secretary wants to right historical wrongs against tribes

America's first indigenous Cabinet secretary wins praise for managing a domestic energy boom and work on Native American public safety issues. Would she be part of a Kamala Harris administration?

A woman spray paints the phrase "Always Alive" below a stenciled image of slain environmental and indigenous rights activist Berta Cáceres in Tegucigalpa.

Family Of Slain Indigenous Rights Activist Wants U.S. To Stop Funding Honduras

Berta Cáceres' family says Honduras is a repressive regime that doesn't deserve U.S. help. But driving a wedge between two long-time allies is a Herculean task.

Cousins Viva Johnson (left) and Bernadette Pete harvest celery with instructor Leonardo Sugteng’aq Wassilie at Calypso Farm and Ecology Center, just outside Fairbanks, Alaska. Johnson and Pete can’t always get fresh produce in their village of Alakanuk, near the Bering Sea. In August, they participated in an Indigenous-led farmer training program at the farm.

Climate change makes farming easier in Alaska. Indigenous growers hope to lead the way

Climate change threatens many traditional foods in Alaska. But it’s also making farming more possible. A new training program aims to help Alaska Native communities grow more of their own food.

Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who's serving 2 life sentences, is denied parole

Leonard Peltier's attorney says the activist was wrongly convicted of killing two FBI agents during a standoff in 1975 on a South Dakota reservation.

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