In October 2020, the Native American Journalists Association (now the Indigenous Journalists Association) published the Tribal Nations Media Guide [2], a reporting tool for covering Indigenous communities.   

The Guide offers a context checklist to consider when reporting on Indigenous communities:

• Government
• Economy
• Geography
• Treaties
• People
• Culture

"No two tribal nations are the same, and reporting on them effectively requires understanding their respective government, people, history, art, and environment."