Washington, D.C. — A federal court today granted a request by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to strike down federal permits for the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline. The Court found the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers violated the National Environmental Policy Act when it affirmed federal … [Read more...]
Trump Blasted for ‘Morally Bankrupt’ Multibillion-Dollar Big Oil Bailout Proposal
Climate advocacy groups responded with swift condemnation Thursday after Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said he will recommend that President Donald Trump ask Congress for as much as $20 billion to purchase oil in what Barron's reported "would essentially equate to a bailout of the U.S. oil … [Read more...]
Bristol Bay organizations argue EPA lawsuit should move ahead
The Defense Alliance is comprised of Bristol Bay Native Association, United Tribes of Bristol Bay, Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association, Bristol Bay Reserve Association and Bristol Bay Economic Development Corporation. These Bristol Bay Tribal and fishing organizations are working … [Read more...]
TO SHARE OR NOT TO SHARE?
“It’s both a risk and an opportunity for indigenous peoples,” said Preston Hardison, policy analyst at the Tulalip Tribes Natural Resources Treaty Rights Office in Washington state. According to Hardison, many elders feel that they’d like to help the world heal, but they want their knowledge to be … [Read more...]
How Native Tribes Are Taking the Lead on Planning for Climate Change
Across North America, other indigenous communities are stepping up to formulate and enact climate action plans to protect their way of life. In 2019, the Karuk tribe of northern California released its climate adaptation plan with a recommendation to return to prescribed burning, an old idea that … [Read more...]
Feds Reject Calls To Remove 4 Snake River Dams, A Plan Aimed At Saving Salmon
The Snake River dams in Washington would stay in place under the federal government’s preferred plan for the Columbia River System. On Friday federal agencies released a draft plan to manage the 14 dams in the Columbia River System, including the four Lower Snake River dams. The U.S. Army Corps … [Read more...]
Indian Country’s COVID-19 syllabus – Updated Daily – Bookmark it!
Get detailed and up-to-date information and various news items on the impacts of COVID-19 in Indian Country. Read updates and more info here. … [Read more...]
STANDING ROCK SIOUX TRIBE RETURNS TO COURT IN LEGAL CHALLENGE TO DAPL
The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe remains steadfast in its commitment to protecting the water flowing through its unceded ancestral lands from the irreversible consequences of a crude oil spill. In 2016, the Tribe adopted a resolution supporting individual or collective activities that respect and … [Read more...]
Why Native people ‘need to count’ in the 2020 census
After decades of historical undercounting, Washington’s nonwhite communities hope the results of this year’s census will boost access to critical resources. Of those frequently undercounted, Native people have been the most underrepresented racial group in the final reports. In 2010, the U.S. … [Read more...]
Coronavirus outbreak prompts call for ICE to release at-risk detainees
The suit, filed by the ACLU and the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, calls for the immediate release of detainees in Tacoma. Advocates who fear for the safety of fragile immigrants being held at the ICE detention center in Tacoma filed a lawsuit Monday demanding all detainees at high … [Read more...]
As coronavirus spreads, some can’t afford a sick day
On Monday, Gov. Jay Inslee called it a “patriotic act” for workers who are feeling ill to stay home. But that advice, while well-taken, has also exposed the rifts in the labor market between those fortunate enough to have health insurance and generous employment policies and the mostly … [Read more...]
The Tornillo 16: Reflections on Migrant Detention and Incarceration at the U.S.-Mexico Border
I remembered one line in particular that James Baldwin wrote in his letter to Angela Davis while she was jailed in 1970. I was in the last and final holding cell awaiting either bail or intake to the upper level of the jail, when his words returned to me: “One might have hoped that, by this hour, … [Read more...]
Terry Mitchell: Indigenous civil rights blockades should be met with a new diplomacy, not violence
Canada is at a critical crossroads. The Wet’suwet’en conflict brings us to a deciding moment in Canada, one that will shape the future of the nation. The divisive conflict is about land, Indigenous law, human rights and the nature of civil disobedience. . . . Indigenous resistance to … [Read more...]
WWF LOBBY DAY AND THE CONVERSATIONS THAT MATTER THE MOST
Every year, WWF activists head to Capitol Hill to meet with their representatives about pertinent conservation issues as part of Lobby Day. The future of nature is at stake. As constituents and citizens, it's up to us to share our concerns and hopes for conservation and to hold our elected leaders … [Read more...]
Follow up story: Washington will study racial bias in searches made by state patrol
In the wake of revelations that Washington State Patrol troopers search Native Americans and other people of color at far higher rates than whites, the state Legislature has agreed to appropriate $50,000 to investigate bias in police stops. . . . The money for the bias study, requested by Rep. … [Read more...]
Oak Flat is the ‘worst mining project I have ever encountered’
In an effort to save Oak Flat, a sacred area to Apache tribes located in the Tonto National Forest in Arizona, a number of advocates traveled to Washington, D.C. last Thursday to testify in a hearing before the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States: “The Irreparable Environmental … [Read more...]
Send love & letters to Sherrie Anne Andre
UU young adult, community organizer Sherrie Anne Andre (pronouns: they/them/theirs) is currently serving a 30-day prison sentence in North Dartmouth, MA. Sherrie is serving the maximum possible sentence for an arrest from a non-violent direct action protest in August 2018, in which Sherrie and … [Read more...]
Savanna’s Act and Not Invisible Act pass Senate
Legislation addressing the crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous women gets unanimous approvalU.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, Tom Udall, D-New Mexico, and Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, applauded the unanimous passage of two bills — directed to addressing the crisis of missing and … [Read more...]
King County’s COVID-19 quarantine plan disrespects communities of color
Welcome to Seattle-King County. If you are not white and planning to live in areas with mostly other people of color, be prepared for the following amenities: toxic industrial waste (South Park), flight-path noise and carbon pollution (Beacon Hill), juvenile detention (Squire Park), low levels of … [Read more...]
WA lawmakers pave the way for electric cars, but activists want more
Washingtonians in the market for a new car could find more electric-powered vehicles in dealer showrooms in the next two years, following the passage of a bill that will require carmakers in the state to meet benchmarks for electric auto sales. Monday’s passage of Senate Bill 5811 marks a modest … [Read more...]
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