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Paul Tso and Joseph Day haul an old battery off for proper disposal. A good portion of homes on Hopi do not have electricity and have relied on batteries and generators in the past, and, increasingly now, solar panels. © Tomas Muscionico

Paul Tso and Joseph Day haul an old battery off for proper disposal. A good portion of homes on Hopi do not have electricity and have relied on batteries and generators in the past, and, increasingly now, solar panels. © Tomas Muscionico

Tristan Ahtone

Tristan Ahtone is a member of the Kiowa Tribe and serves as associate editor for tribal affairs at High Country News. He has reported for PBS NewsHour, National Native News, Wyoming Public Radio, NPR, Al Jazeera America, Indian Country Today, and National Geographic, and more. Tristan’s stories have won multiple honors, including investigative awards from Public Radio News Directors Incorporated and the Gannett Foundation. He additionally was awarded a Nieman Fellowship to study at Harvard University in 2017. He is president of the Native American Journalists Association.

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