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Land & Water

Environmental issues, land rights, natural resource management and water protection efforts across Native communities.
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Winnebago Tribe among the first to enter industrial hemp industry

The Ute Mountain Ute Tribe goes solar
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Kanaka Maoli: 'Do not mistake our aloha for weakness'
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Earthquake: Mother Earth is powerful 'and there's nothing you can do about it. Nothing'
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ShineThe Shine series explores limitations and solutions to government transparency in Indian Country.
Seven ways tribes are repairing the Salish Sea and Washington waterways
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How do tribal nations’ treaties figure into climate change?
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Energy Department to redefine 'high level' waste as 'low level' waste; so much 'more efficient'
Navajo Generating Station power plant in daytime putting steam into blue sky in distance
Interior Department’s coal reboot ignores tribes and curtails public input
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Tribes are harnessing cutting-edge data to adapt to the climate crisis
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Treaty rights prevail in Supreme Court
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Waiting for Congress to fund tribal water projects... as promised
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‘Landmark’ climate ruling on BLM fracking
Oil and gas developments on tribal lands cow eating grass next to metal towers on the plains
The Navajo Nation's transition beyond coal 'starts now'
Navajo Generating Station power plant in daytime putting steam into blue sky in distance
Canada’s crisis is about Indigenous rights. It’s about pipelines and promises. It’s about the future.
Jody Wilson-Raybould PC QC MP, JWR. Her Kwak’wala name, Puglaas. Canadian politician
Reckoning with History: Wildfire suppression is a decades-old conundrum
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In Victory for Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Court Finds That Approval of Dakota Access Pipeline Violated the Law
By Jodi Rave Spotted Bear
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It's Time to Return to Mother Earth
By Jodi Rave Spotted Bear
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Association between localized geohazards in West Texas and human activities, recognized by Sentinel-1A/B satellite radar imagery
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A shrinking supply of abalone shells affects coastal tribes
By Jodi Rave Spotted Bear
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Emission Impossible? Few Signs of Coal Revival Despite Trump Administration Support
By Jodi Rave Spotted Bear
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