Long before cats took over the internet—and long before there was an internet to conquer—one photographer spent months in the sitting rooms of America’s well-to-do, capturing elaborate staged photos of some very pampered pussycats on.natgeo.com/3Qnp7dy
The Siksikaitsitapi are a confederacy of four nations, three in Canada and one in Montana, U.S. The Native nations have intimate human-animal relations
Dams along the Klamath River—which is sacred to Klamath societies—have blocked salmon from reaching spawning grounds and harmed the water quality. The California tribes battled to have the dams removed, protesting their environmental impact 
The Indian Self-Determination Act in 1975 was a turnaround in Native America—creating mechanisms for tribes to establish and direct their own programs. It meant bringing back Chahta dance and Chahta language, and reviving the traditional team sport of ishtaboli (stickball)
For nearly two decades, the Tla-o-qui-aht have been in negotiations over their homeland, over which they have asserted control—protesting that they had never signed a treaty with British Columbia, and thus had given up none of their rights or land
Take a city like Los Angeles: its identity was built on sunshine—in photos, in Hollywood, and even in our imaginations. By midcentury, "sunshine had become one of our central commodities," says L.A.'s chief design officer Christopher Hawthorne. 
Q1: How did you first become interested in music and what inspired you to use it to spread the message of clean water and sanitation?
“Black Boy. White world. Perpetually exhausted.” 
QUESTION 1: How did you become interested in astrophysics and astronomy, and what inspired you to pursue this career path?
Greenwood Avenue was a street so prosperous it would later be remembered as Black Wall Street. But 100 years ago, a white mob descended on the all-Black community in Tulsa and burned it to the ground. Here’s how the city is coming to terms with that night on.natgeo.com/3vu3RJq
With cicadas, though, there’s nothing to fear.
