Allison Herrera
Indigenous Affairs reporterAllison Herrera is a radio and print journalist who's worked for PRX's The World, Colorado Public Radio as the climate and environment editor and as a freelance reporter for High Country News’ Indigenous Affairs desk.
While at The World, she covered gender and equity for a reporting project called “Across Women’s Lives,” which focused on women’s rights around the globe. This project took her to Ukraine, where Herrera showcased the country’s global surrogacy industry, and reported on families who were desperate to escape the ongoing civil war that they moved to abandoned towns near the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site. In 2019, she received a fellowship from the International Women in Media Fund to report on the issue of reproductive rights in Argentina, a country scarred by the effects of the Dirty War and a legacy of sexual and physical abuse directed towards women.
In 2015 and 2016, Herrera co-created and produced the Localore project “Invisible Nations” with KOSU. The project included video, radio and live events centered on telling better stories about Native American life in Oklahoma. Invisible Nations received several awards from the Associated Press and the Society of Professional Journalists.
In 2017, she and her colleague Ziva Branstetter received an Emmy Award nomination for their Reveal story “Does the Time Fit the Crime,” which centered on criminal justice in Oklahoma.
in 2019, Herrera’s story for High Country News and Center for Public Integrity titled When Disaster Strikes, Indigenous Communities Receive Unequal Disaster Aid received a Scripps Howard nomination for best environmental reporting along with the One Disaster Away series.
Herrera’s Native ties are from her Xolon Salinan tribal heritage; her family’s traditional village was in the Toro Creek area of the Central California coast.
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After nearly three decades of waiting, Oklahoma's Indigenous communities will finally get the chance to showcase their stories and history in a brand-new museum located along the Oklahoma River in Oklahoma City. -
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Citizens of the Quapaw Nation will get more of the settlement money disbursed to the Tribe to pay for environmental damage done to Quapaw land by the lead and zinc mines in the Tar Creek area of northeast Oklahoma.
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The latest season of the award-winning podcast This Land by Cherokee Journalist Rebecca Nagle explores the efforts to dismantle the Indian Child Welfare Act. The law was passed in 1978 to protect Indigenous children from being separated from their families and communities. Some people don't see it that way.
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Chief Chester "Chet" Brooks of the Delaware Tribe of Indians passed away last Sunday after a battle with cancer.
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The Cherokee Nation granted citizenship to formerly enslaved people known as Freedmen in 2017. Now, other tribes are feeling pressure to do the same. And Congress is beginning to get involved.
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The Cherokee Nation granted citizenship to the descendants of former enslaved people known as Freedmen. Other tribes feel pressured to do the same, and Congress is beginning to get involved.
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On Thursday, the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals ruled last summer's U.S. Supreme Court McGirt v. Oklahoma decision will remain the law of the land, but it will only apply going forward when it comes to criminal cases.
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The FX series Reservation Dogs is a dark comedy featuring four Indigenous teenagers who navigate life in a small town, brought to you by Oklahoma director Sterlin Harjo and Taika Waititi.
