ONCE THE KARA controlled land on both sides of the Omo River, but gradually the Nyangatom pushed them across to only the eastern side. A seminomadic tribe from southwestern Ethiopia, the Nyangatom ...

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The Bodi people live in Ethiopia’s South Omo Valley - Bodi spiritual leader Baradhi here with his daughter Choma. Bodi girls Choma (L) and her sister wearing red ochre for a dance. Bodi boy from ...

FTC's noncompete rule is effectively deadThe absence of federal regulation means that each state's noncompete laws will govern. Risk, expected value and 'heads in beds'Risk on vacation may have ...

For more than a century, dams have blocked fish migration on California’s second-largest river. VOA’s Matt Dibble takes us to the removal of the last of four dams, a victory for Native ...

Thompson, who is now 28 and a member of the Yurok Tribe, had witnessed the 2002 fish kill on the Klamath River. "It was devastating seeing thousands of dead bodies the same size as me in the river ...

Two-thirds of the tribes with lands and water rights in the Colorado River Basin are calling for equal status in developing new river management guidelines and protection of their senior water ...

Salmon are once again swimming freely in the Klamath River after the world's largest ... ecosystem and upended their way of life. The Yurok Tribe, based in California, is one of the tribes behind ...

For years, members of the Walker River Paiute Tribe who depend on well water have been plagued by water scarcity, brought on by a lack of infrastructure and funding. Between aging pipes ...

The river system has been steeped in controversy: During the recent historic Western drought that dried up the Klamath Basin, an intense water war pitted local farmers against Indigenous tribes ...

Tribes say their future is at stake as they push for Congress to consider Colorado River plan Navajo officials are celebrating the signing of legislation outlining a proposed water rights ...