Tristan Ahtone
Tristan Ahtone is a member of the Kiowa Tribe and editor-in-chief at the Texas Observer. He previously served as Indigenous Affairs editor at High Country News. He has reported for Al Jazeera America, “PBS NewsHour,” “National Native News,” NPR and National Geographic. Ahtone’s stories have won multiple honors, including investigative awards the Gannett Foundation and Public Radio News Directors Incorporated. He additionally led the High Country News team that received a George Polk Award, an IRE Award, a Sigma Award, a Society of News Design Award and a National Magazine Award nomination. A past president of the Native American Journalists Association, Ahtone is a 2017 Nieman Fellow and director of the Muckrock Foundation.
Articles by Tristan Ahtone
Texas Draws Criticism With Plan to Lure Tourists to Sites Where Indigenous People Were Banished
Nations once exterminated or displaced are now being asked to help bring in tourism dollars.
Anatomy of a Crime
How one reporter followed a notorious jailhouse snitch into one of the ugliest parts of the criminal justice system.
Announcing the Texas Observer’s Indigenous Affairs Desk
News organizations in Texas don’t report on Indigenous communities. The Texas Observer intends to be different.
The Anti-Indigenous Handbook
Across the globe, anti-Indigenous organizations and sympathizers work to undermine the collective rights of Indigenous peoples. This collection of reports reveals some of the most common attacks Indigenous communities face today.