Posts tagged Trump
Apache file lien on Oak Flat, temporary restraining order to stop land transfer from Forest Service to foreign mining company

Apache Stronghold, on behalf of traditional Apache religious and cultural leaders, filed a lien on Oak Flat, or Chi'chil Bildagoteel, Wednesday with the Pinal County Recorder’s Office in Florence, Ariz., to stop the transfer of Oak Flat to British-Australian corporate mining giant Rio Tinto and its subsidiary, Resolution Copper.

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Traditional Medicines to Help with the Stress and Anxiety of 2020 by Linda Black Elk

It is more important than ever that we break free of this corrupt system and the corrupt people who run it...and that we move forward with open hearts and open minds...but what do we do about all of this pent up rage? What do we do when we are too sad or too anxious to get up in the morning? How do we fight the depression that threatens to consume us?

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We need to talk about classism: The real reason ANCs don't deserve COVID-19 bailout funds by Frank Hopper

Three separate lawsuits against the Treasury Department have been filed by 18 tribal governments, seeking to stop ANCs from receiving stimulus funds. They all say Alaska Native corporations are private, for-profit companies, not tribal governments, and should not receive bailout money meant for tribes.

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“Earth Day Live” Stop the Money Pipeline Announces Plan for a Digital Mobilization to Demand Climate Action

As the coronavirus pandemic upends life in the United States and makes public rallies and protests impossible, Stop The Money Pipeline, alongside the Youth Climate Strike Coalition is announcing Earth Day Live, a three-day innovative and interactive livestream to address another global crisis threatening humanity: the climate emergency.

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“Stop the Money Pipeline” Coalition Blasts Oil CEOs White House Visit

Stop the Money Pipeline, a coalition of over 90 organizations working to end the financing of climate destruction, are warning that an upcoming visit of oil CEOs to the White House on Friday cannot lead to a public bailout of the fossil fuel industry.

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Alberta, Canada Announces US$1.1 Billion Investment in TC Energy’s Keystone XL

The Alberta Government has announced they will ignore the calls for climate action and instead invest $1.1 Billion dollars to TC Energy to build the Keystone XL pipeline. This project has been seen as an upon attack Indigenous sovereignty and direct contributor to fueling climate change.

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Trump Administration Orders the Disestablishment of the Mashpee Wampanoag Reservation

On the very day that the United States has reached a record 100,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus and our Tribe is desperately struggling with responding to this devastating pandemic -- the Bureau of Indian Affairs informed me that the Secretary of the Interior has ordered that Mashpee Wampanoag reservation be disestablished.

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Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Prevails as Federal Judge Strikes Down DAPL Permits

The Court found the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers violated the National Environmental Policy Act when it affirmed federal permits for the pipeline originally issued in 2016. Specifically, the Court found significant unresolved concerns about the potential impacts of oil spills and the likelihood that one could take place.

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