The American environmental movement is rooted historically in ideas about pristine wilderness, free from human presence, that replicate colonial patterns of white supremacy and settler privilege. Native-led movements are changing the script. (UU World Magazine) DINA GILIO-WHITAKER | 3/1/2020 … [Read more...]
The Wild: NW tribes’ legacy, and power, of telling a good story
The Lummi have been telling stories for thousands of years. "I am a Lummi tribal member and it's been taught to me that we are the lactamish people. We are survivors of the flood," Lisa says. The Lummi people are born storytellers and in many ways natural environmentalists. As Lummi … [Read more...]
Amid pandemic and Pilgrim anniversary, Wampanoag face new threat
Unitarian Universalist Association calls for urgent action to support Native American tribe that first welcomed its Pilgrim religious ancestors 400 years ago. ELAINE MCARDLE | 4/17/2020 he Wampanoag, the People of the First Light, were the first Native American nation to give … [Read more...]
The US Has Neglected Indian Country for Years. Now Comes a Pandemic
Nationally, health experts and tribal leaders are sounding the alarm that Native Americans are particularly vulnerable to the spread of COVID-19. Native Americans are more likely to live in overcrowded and intergenerational housing, lack access to running water, and experience health disparities … [Read more...]
Whale People: Protectors of the Sea
The short film from the Lummi partnership with The Natural History Museum for the exhibition "Whale People: Protectors of the Sea" has won an award in three categories at the Best Shorts Competition and the film is also an official selection at the Cannes International Film Festival, American … [Read more...]
CONSERVATIVE OPERATIVES FLOAT PLAN TO PLACE RETIRED MILITARY, POLICE OFFICERS AS GOP POLL WATCHERS ON ELECTION DAY
The idea is a reprise of once-illegal Election Day “ballot security” intimidation tactics, intended to challenge voter registration and remove voters from the rolls. At a strategy session in February attended by conservative donors and activists, several people expressed a specific need for … [Read more...]
Removing Lower Snake River Dams to Protect Salmon and Orcas
May 12, 2020, 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 12, 2020 - 04:00pm - Tuesday, May 12, 2020 - 05:00pm What: “Removing Lower Snake River Dams to Protect Salmon and Orcas” video conference When: May 12, 2020, 4-5 p.m. PST Who: Columbia Riverkeeper Senior Attorney Miles Johnson sets the record … [Read more...]
Western WA Fellowship of Reconciliation Spring Assembly: Peace and Justice in a Time of Coronavirus, May 2, 2020, online
MAY 2 SPRING ASSEMBLY. We are excited to announce that the WWFOR Spring Assembly planners have come up with plans for a no-contact Spring Assembly on May 2. Thank you, planners! Mark Your Calendar! Tell Your Friends! Peace and Justice in a Time of Coronavirus Saturday, May 2, 2020, 9 am - … [Read more...]
STANDING ROCK SIOUX TRIBE PREVAILS AS FEDERAL JUDGE STRIKES DOWN DAPL PERMITS
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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