Sumas First Nation Chief Dalton Silver said the spill happened just south of the Lightning Rock site, a cultural and burial ground of great significance to their people. He said it's the fourth time in 15 years that there has been a spill from the pipeline on their land. "Our main concern is … [Read more...]
Lawsuit Challenges EPA Rollback of Human Health Water Standards in Washington State.
Environmental groups, regional tribes and fishing organizations head to court in defense of community health and critical protections for the consumption of fish. Today, a coalition of organizations, in cooperation with regional tribes who have been leading this fight, filed a lawsuit to uphold … [Read more...]
Earth Law Center joins effort to free Sk’aliCh’elh-tenaut (Tokitae/Lolita) Press Conference
Earth Law Center joins effort to free Sk’aliCh’elh-tenaut (Tokitae/Lolita) Press Conference WHAT: A virtual press conference at which individual Lummi tribal members Tah-Mahs (Ellie Kinley) and Squil-le-he-le (Raynell Morris) will announce the next step of their work to bring Sk’aliCh’elh-tenaut … [Read more...]
U.S. Coronavirus Deaths Pass 100,000
The U.S., with less than five percent of the world's population, accounts for nearly a third of its coronavirus deaths, according to NPR. It has by far the highest death toll of any country in the world, and the virus that causes COVID-19 has now killed more Americans than every military conflict … [Read more...]
Emergency Tribal Legislation – Take Action!
Currently there are two bills before our federal legislators. Take action and contact the folks below. S. 3622 – Indian Tribal Government Coronavirus Disaster Assistance Cost Share Relief Act, which would waive the 25 percent non-federal cost share that tribes must currently provide to receive … [Read more...]
Haaland Files Bicameral, Bipartisan Legal Brief to Protect Tribe’s Land From Executive Infringement
Today, Congresswoman Deb Haaland (NM-01) filed a bicameral, bipartisan amicus brief against unprecedented action to remove Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe’s land from tribal trust status. The brief, signed by 25members of Congress, was filed in Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe v. United States Department of the … [Read more...]
‘Virtual’ Hearings Are Silencing Indigenous Voices in Alaska
Throughout April, in the thick of the COVID-19 pandemic, BLM held “virtual” public hearings to gather input on ConocoPhillips’ Willow Project, a massive oil-and-gas drilling plan that will transform a vast expanse of Arctic tundra into a sacrifice zone for industry. Earthjustice is representing … [Read more...]
When the Chehalis floods again, who pays the price?
Over the past few weeks, as the potential impacts of a dam have become clear, lines have been drawn between members of a group bound by state law to work together. The Chehalis Tribe has opposed construction of a dam on the river for years, and the Quinault Indian Nation declared its opposition to … [Read more...]
A timeline from birth to death of Taseko’s embattled New Prosperity mine in B.C.
The Supreme Court of Canada rejected an appeal by a mining company that has, for decades, been fighting to construct a gold and copper mine in an area considered sacred to the Tsilhqot'in First Nation The Taseko Mines saga to construct the New Prosperity gold and copper mine has likely, … [Read more...]
Differing viewpoints on COVID-19 Reservation Road Blocks
Here are a few articles addressing the issue of Cheyenne and Sioux Nations' reservation road blocks during the pandemic: South Dakota tribe: Sovereignty allows checkpoints Update: Tribes respond to Noem's demands to remove highway checkpoints. This one is particularly important as it includes … [Read more...]
Everyone Should Be Able to Vote, Especially in a Pandemic
The COVID-19 crisis puts workers, immigrants, LGBTQ individuals, Black and Brown people, and the most vulnerable among us at great risk. They are on the front lines of the crisis. While DI partners and allies are working day and night to protect their respective communities, President Trump is … [Read more...]
For tribes, casinos fund what the government doesn’t. Now, they’re closed.
Nearly 1,000 casinos across the country have closed since coronavirus hit the U.S., according to the American Gaming Association. More than half of those are on Native American land, where the facilities supplement chronically underfunded health and education programs. Now, many tribes are … [Read more...]
The Fight Against Minnesota’s Line 3 Pipeline: Bill McKibben and Winona LaDuke in Conversation
LaDuke lives on the White Earth reservation, part of the Ojibwe nation in northwestern Minnesota. She’s been a booming voice in Native American land rights for three decades, and in recent years that has intersected directly with campaigns against fossil fuels. She was at the Standing Rock protest … [Read more...]
Tribes Were Supposed To Get $8 Billion In COVID-19 Aid. They’ve Gotten $0.
Tribal governments were supposed to get $8 billion in direct emergency relief from the CARES Act, the $2 trillion COVID-19 stimulus bill that became law on March 27. More than a month later, they haven’t gotten any of it. Read more here. … [Read more...]
Women, minorities shoulder front-line work during pandemic
As America tentatively emerges from weeks of lockdowns, it is becoming clear that the pandemic has taken its toll on workers who have been on the front lines all along. They have been packing and delivering supplies, caring for the sick and elderly, and keeping streets and buildings … [Read more...]
Tulalip lawmaker’s retirement caps long public service career
It’s easy to find high praise for Democrat John McCoy, Tulalip, within Indian Country or from members of his own party. But praise that comes from the other side of the aisle tells volumes about the relationships McCoy nurtured during his 17 years representing the 38th District — 40 miles north of … [Read more...]
For Native Americans, coronavirus looks heartbreakingly familiar
Perhaps no community in North America has been more shaped by infectious disease than Native tribes. Overcoming today’s crisis means turning to deep wells of resilience. For the first North Americans, memories of pandemics are long. Lela Oman was an infant in Nome, Alaska, during the 1918 flu … [Read more...]
Hope For Tokitae by Eleanor C. – SoundCloud
Moving audio interview by Eleanor C. With Kurt Russo of Lummi Sovereignty and Treaty Protection Office and Howard Garret of the Orca Network on Sk’aliCh’elh (Tokitae/Lolita). … [Read more...]
The Whale Bowl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHTilyDYSB8&fbclid=IwAR1Q1MRDBnDb_EWYnSSguDpx9Kg9ogTLL38kNC1jmePypCD6d8aEfpLP9wY … [Read more...]
AS LONG AS GRASS GROWS
The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing Rock: The story of Native peoples’ resistance to environmental injustice and land incursions, and a call for environmentalists to learn from the Indigenous community’s rich history of activism Author: Dina … [Read more...]
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