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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For nearly two years, a group of Native American community members, activists and artists have gotten input from people across the state to envision an Indigenous-led Land Run monument in Oklahoma City. -
The Cherokee Nation celebrated the opening of a new domestic violence shelter in Stilwell on Tuesday, Dec. 20, to help families and children who suffer at the hands of violence.
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A dispute over four Oklahoma gaming compacts may be near legal resolution in a Washington D.C. federal court, but the case may have a significant impact on the relationship between the state legislature and the governor around tribal relationships going forward.
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Increased criminal jurisdiction in Oklahoma’s Indian Country is leading tribal nations to evaluate how they are responding to emergency calls and increased investment in mental health services.
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Two Creek Freedmen descendants were in Muscogee Nation court Thursday, arguing they have a right to citizenship in the tribal nation.
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Put on your ribbon skirts and get ready to shop. Oklahoma's own First Americans Museum will have over 50 artists selling items ranging from handmade neckties to baskets to makeup products for those on your holiday shopping list.
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Oklahoma ranks fifth in the nation for deaths due to diabetes, and Native people are three times as likely to be diagnosed with the disease than their non-Native peers. One woman in Oklahoma City is determined not to let the disease get in the way of her activism.
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November is National Diabetes Awareness month. Native Americans are twice as likely to suffer from the disease, but a new program created by the Citizen Potawatomi Nation is helping citizens keep the condition in check.
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Cherokee Nation leaders testified before Congress Wednesday to call for a delegate to be seated.
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Following oral arguments U.S. Supreme Court justices are considering how to rule in Brackeen v. Haaland, a case challenging the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act.
