The Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) has paid Tulalip Tribal fishermen Hazen Shopbell and Anthony Paul $50,000 to settle their false arrest claims against the agency and its officers.
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If built, the Perennial project would have turned the Hermiston area into a clustered hot spot of pollution-spewing power plants and would have locked the state into at least thirty years of additional climate-destroying emissions.
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Speaking before a federal judge today, representatives from the Biden administration’s U.S. Army Corps of Engineers indicated that the agency will not shutter the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), despite the ongoing threats it poses to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and the fact that it is operating without a federal permit.
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Every life form on our planet has power and absorbs energy, our Mother Earth included. This energy comes from the sun and is absorbed or consumed by the life thriving on our planet even after they are dead and buried.
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On Wednesday morning, Water Protectors marched through downtown Duluth to call out Wells Fargo’s investments in Enbridge’s Line 3 pipeline. Two people chained themselves to the front doors of the bank, shutting down the branch for nearly an hour.
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On Sunday morning, dozens of people marched through downtown Duluth in protest of the Line 3 pipeline. The group gathered near the shore of Gitchigami (Lake Superior) before marching through the downtown area, led by Indigenous Water Protectors.
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Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler is urging the insurance industry in Washington state to work with Native Americans on adopting policies of consent on environmental projects that affect Tribal nations.
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As a parent, I believe that my life has been preordained with exactly what I needed to become the Indigenous woman and mother that I am today.
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On Monday, March 22nd, Michele Naar-Obed, one of the four necessity valve turners, was released from the Aitkin County jail after spending three nights in custody. Naar-Obed had responded to an unjustified warrant for her arrest by turning herself in to authorities and demanding to see a judge.
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During manifest destiny, the doctrine of discovery, and western expansion, the non-indigenous world deemed indigenous peoples too primitive and therefore, incapable of operating an “advanced nation.” The question here is, what exactly is an advanced nation?
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However, while their contributions to the economy and the business world are mounting, there continues to be an unfair representation of the Native American community in workplaces today, contributing to another hidden epidemic within the Native American community.
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Today, the United States Congress confirmed the appointment of Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) for the U.S. Secretary for the Department of the Interior, making her the first Native American to serve in the U.S. cabinet.
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Covid-19 is killing Native Americans and Alaska Natives at rates that are more than three times higher compared to white people in Washington according to the data from the State Department of Health
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Many different reasons brought the Native American members of the Tribal Sons to prison, but once there one thing united them: The path of the Red Road. For many, like myself, it was our first introduction to Native Spirituality, to the Sweat Lodge and to the Čhaŋnúŋpa.
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I recently read a story via the new moccasin telegraph (social media) that expounded upon the reasons why a young boy cut his long hair, this boy was not Indigenous. However, you don’t have to be indigenous to have a connection to your long hair.
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This is not a Native issue, it is a world issue, the outcome of this fight will affect all life on our beautiful planet.
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The final day of confirmation hearings for Rep. Deb Haaland was held today regarding her nomination by President Biden for Secretary of the Dept. of the Interior. If confirmed, Haaland would be the first Native American to hold a seat in a Presidential cabinet.
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