UPDATED: Maine and Oklahoma haven’t had the easiest relationship with tribal nations largely due to their respective governors. Now, gubernatorial candidates vie for the Native vote in the 2026 midterm elections
Author Archives: Pauly Denetclaw
Pauly Denetclaw, a citizen of the Navajo Nation, is Haltsooí (Meadow People) born for Kinyaa’áanii (Towering House People). She is ICT's climate correspondent. An award-winning reporter based in Missoula, Montana, she has worked for the Navajo Times and Texas Observer covering Indigenous communities, and her radio pieces have aired on KYAT, National Native News, NPR’s Latino USA and Texas Public Radio. Denetclaw was a board member of the Indigenous Journalist Association. She is originally from Gallup, New Mexico.
