Northwest Coastal Tribes Threatened by Rising Seas Are Drowning—in Paperwork
A storm barrier, the result of an emergency federal project, will prevent winter storms from thrashing the coastal lowlands of the Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe’s lands near Tokeland, Washington. Courtesy of Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe via High Country News This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Coastal…
DC Regulators Are Welcoming Indigenous Knowledge—and the Right Is Freaking Out
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Last September, when the Biden administration canceled several oil and gas leases in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, it cited in its decision the expertise of the Native “original stewards” of the land. The move was the fruit…
Catholic Bishops Finally Apologize for Church’s Role in Harming Kids at Indigenous Boarding Schools
Students at Sherman Institute in Riverside, California, take part in a Christmas Nativity play.From “Shadows of Sherman Institute,” by Cliff Trafzer, Jeffrey Smith, Lorene Sisquoc. Photo courtesy of Sherman Indian Museum Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. The US Conference of Catholic Bishops, which…
Native Hawaiʻians Seek Self Determination After 2023’s Lāhainā Inferno
Orange light radiates from wildfires burning over Lāhainā, as seen on August 8, 2023. Gonzalo Marroquin / Getty Images via Grist This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. On the evening of August 8, hours after a wildfire ravaged West Maui, Maui County’s top emergency management official, Herman Andaya,…
Congress Ponders Competing Bills to Aid Tribes and Wildlife
Jack Bonner and Dakotah Pinkus, technicians for Colorado Parks and Wildlife, transfer trout fry that will be placed in a lake in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Luna Anna Archey/High Country News This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Nine years ago, Glenn Olson joined a…
Criminalization of Indigenous Land Defenders on the Rise, Says UN Report
Indigenous leaders and their water-protector allies set up camp to protest a pipeline in front of the Minnesota Capitol Building. Michael Nigro/AP This story was originally published by Grist as part of the Global Indigenous Affairs Desk, an Indigenous-led collaboration between Grist, High Country News, ICT, Mongabay, Native News Online, and APTN. It is reproduced here…