Owners of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) must halt operations while the government conducts a full-fledged analysis examining the risk DAPL poses to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, a federal judge ruled today. The court decision delivered a hard-fought victory to the Tribe, which has been engaged in a high-profile struggle against the Dakota Access Pipeline since 2016.
Read MoreWearing a face covering has become a political issue thanks to American exceptionalism. The loonies are storming city and town halls, yelping that "freedoms" are compromised because they can't get a manicure or chug Miller Lite on a lake. Back in "Normal Times," we'd let these dummies take their lives into their own hands, but we can't because we don't want to die. Kids in Alabama don't believe the Coronavirus hype so they're throwing parties with zero social distancing. The first one to get sick wins a cash prize. The future is bright.
Read MoreElder Native Americans are especially vulnerable to COVID-19, according to a new study by the Arizona Department of Health Services.
Read MoreFollowing decades of threat to our cultural homeland, the Blackfeet Nation on Thursday released a legislative proposal to permanently protect the Badger-Two Medicine as a “Cultural Heritage Area.”
Read MoreThe duration and wake of this worldwide pandemic brings uncertainty for all of us – especially for children. History teaches us that during a global crisis, children experience greater suffering. For caregivers, loss of jobs and suspension of wages means stress. Stress means a limited bandwidth for caring for children.
Read MoreThe U.S. Supreme Court in Washington D.C. today upheld the senior water rights of the Hoopa Valley Tribe and other tribes in Baley v. United States
Read MoreFrom Minneapolis to New York and from Atlanta to Seattle, thousands upon thousands of concerned citizens have taken to the streets in a show of solidarity. Their message: Black Lives Matter.
Read MoreThe proposed tunnel would encapsulate oil giant Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline under the Straits of Mackinac, purportedly to prevent another oil spill. Enbridge was responsible for the largest inland oil spill in 2010 in Michigan’s Kalamazoo River, which resulted in nearly 1 million gallons of oil being released into Michigan’s waterways.
Read MoreOur moral, environmental, social and economic justice pleas to the heads of these banks and shareholders simply will not compel them to stop giving money to these corporations. It is therefore imperative that we ensure that our money does not go to these banks. Divestment.
Read MoreOur struggles are inherently intertwined with those of the Black Community. The Indigenous Peoples Movement views all members of the African American community and all African people as Indigenous People.
Read MoreLast night the Tulalip Reservation was the target of vandalism and looting under the pretense of a protest. Based on the tone of the social media posts that encouraged this incident, it seemed likely that violence, rather than a peaceful demonstration was the goal.
Read MoreThe Navajo Nation has reported 5,145 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 231 deaths. This makes them one of the hardest hit during the pandemic.
Read MoreDeb Haaland co-led the introduction of a bill that will establish a Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation (TRHT) Commission to examine the effects of slavery and racism against people of color, on American history, and its impact on laws and policies we have today.
Read MoreKing did NOT believe that using violence FIRST was good or useful, but he ACCEPTED THE REALITY that sometimes violence IS necessary to defend the innocent.
Read MoreThe membership of this collaborative strongly condemns the murder of one of our fellow citizens, at the hands of the Minneapolis Police Department. Furthermore, Metropolitan Urban Indian Directors Group condemns the ongoing and systemic racist ideologies that continue to run strongly through the department like a virulent and lethal pathogen.
Read MoreTwenty-one months ago, the Tulalip Tribes took a major risk by venturing into the cannabis industry and opening one of the very first recreational dispensaries operated in Indian Country.
Read MoreThis situation isn’t about getting back to work – this is an excuse for the people who've felt trapped in an isolating system which is deteriorating in front of their eyes thanks to a diverse America waking up, to take up arms and to champion violence.
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