Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig School, a tribal school on the Leech Lake Band Indian Reservation in Minnesota, discovered that its drinking water wells were contaminated with PFAS, or forever chemicals, at levels 40 times higher than the proposed safe limit. The school has been providing clean drinking water to its students and faculty, but a long-term solution has yet to be found. The extent of PFAS contamination on tribal lands in the US is largely unknown due to limited testing, and experts argue that the federal government has a responsibility to protect tribes from contaminants under their treaties.

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