In response to requests from the parties to narrow the ruling, the court allowed some minor projects to proceed under Nationwide Permit 12, but reaffirmed that the Army Corps cannot use the permit to approve the construction of Keystone XL or other oil and gas pipelines.
Read MoreEducation systems were created to benefit European settlers. History classes are written by and for them. Most curriculum taught in schools comes from a European perspective. They even teach that Columbus “discovered” America. How can you discover a land where peoples already lived?
Read MoreThe English definition of consultation is “a meeting with an expert or professional, such as a medical doctor, in order to seek advice.” In the Lakota language, wóglakA means “to speak about something.” In meeting with county commissioners, municipal, South Dakota Department of Transportation, Public schools and Federal agencies we have met the definition of consultation in both of our languages.
Read MoreBusinesses in our little Oregon town are beginning to shut down, the uneasy reality of this worldwide situation reaching our midst, flowing into our world. Everybody’s talking about shelter-in-place
Read MoreThe death of Andrea "Andi" Circle Bear, Cheyenne River Sioux tribal member, is what many are describing as a very preventable and unjust killing of our sister. Andrea was transferred to a federal medical facility, FMC Carswell in Fort Worth Texas on March 20th. By April 1, Andrea gave birth by cesarean section a month prematurely while on a ventilator.
Read MoreAll roadways providing access to the City of Gallup shall be closed and only Gallup residents, those who work in Gallup, and members of the media shall be permitted entry into the municipality;”. Gallup is a border town to both the Navajo Nation and the Zuni Pueblo. Every weekend tens of thousands of people from both Navajo and Zuni travel to Gallup to purchase groceries, do laundry and haul water, among other essentials.
Read MoreAs COVID-19 began to spread across the country in late March, the tribal chairman of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe ordered checkpoints on that would limit non-reservation travelers into the Cheyenne River Indian Reservations.
Read MoreThey love to put on the caps, wear the tactical gear like to say “we support cops and the military,” unless we have to fight them. Which is it? You can’t be all “pro-industrialized governmental agency” but think you can keep it checked with your rifles and fantasies of a street revolution. Do these men really believe that Bill from the suburbs of Chicago can defeat the most powerful military in the world? I hate to break it to you, but they’ve got Tomahawk missiles along with people so well trained, every neckbeard with an Alex Jones sticker on his truck would be toast in seconds. Waco is trending on Netflix. Give that spin if you’re thinking a standoff is a capable mission.
Read MoreThe youth pledge is calling on people ages 13-25 to commit not to open their first bank account with JPMorgan Chase, due to the banks’ outsized role in financing climate change.
Read MoreLead Plaintiffs the Tulalip Tribes, the Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation in Washington state, the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians in Maine and three federally recognized Indian tribes in the state of Alaska, won a major victory for all tribes today at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
Read MoreTo me, balance means finding a way to have stable and equal footing in your body, mind, spirit, and emotions. In order to feel grounded in any of the four aspects, you need to feel stable in all of them.
Read MoreWe are at a point in Indigenous history where our role as caretakers of the planet will be tested; we are the generations that will decide whether or not our ceremonies and languages will live on. We are the generations that will decide to protect mother earth.
Read MoreOn February 22, 2017, Eric W. Poemoceah was peacefully demonstrating against DAPL. He was unarmed, facing a group of about 30 militarized law enforcement officers clad in riot gear, with about 15 feet between him and the group of officers.
Read MoreLiberty Mutual’s role in the fossil fuel industry is coming under increasing scrutiny. In advance of the company’s annual policyholder meeting on April 8, dozens of customers have asked if Liberty Mutual will drop coverage of the Keystone XL and Trans Mountain tar sands pipelines, rule out the entire tar sands sector, and stop supporting fossil fuel expansion.
Read MoreI get asked this question so frequently and I always struggle with a response because, for every amazing gardener, there’s a different and probably contradictory answer to this question.
Read MoreIn important elections like this, both parties cue their most mediocre white men from the one percent whose electability is based almost entirely on their race, gender and financial class, coupled with their uncanny ability to peddle nostalgia.
Read MoreA federal judge ruled to revoke Nationwide Permit 12 for the Keystone XL pipeline, a key water-crossing permit needed to complete construction of the project. The ruling states that the US Army Corps violated the law by granting the permit, and that the Corps must begin formal consultations under guidelines of the Endangered Species Act, causing major delays for construction.
Read MoreFort Peck Assiniboine Sioux frontline organization Kokipansi held the first frontline #NoKXL action in Montana on the direct path of the Keystone XL pipeline. If built, this dirty tar sands project will run through the tribal nation’s only fresh water sources, the Milk and Missouri Rivers, and put at high risk the tribe’s new $300M water treatment plant.
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