Tag: indigenous rights
Why Indigenous activists are occupying the Hamptons until Thanksgiving
As a leader of Sovereignty Camp 2020, Shinnecock attorney Tela Troge discusses why they are protesting a lawsuit by New York state.
Native Americans protesting Trump border wall tear gassed, arrested by US...
United States Border Patrol agents and Arizona law enforcement officials violently repressed a peaceful action held Monday morning by roughly 30 land and water protectors.
The most effective conservation is indigenous land management
American conservationists have said and done terribly racist things over the years. Now is the opportunity to center justice.
Anti-pipeline protests shut down Canadian rail networks
The Canadian government said Sunday it hoped to resolve the tension through dialogue.
‘A matter of life and death’: COP 25 protest outside US...
"It's a matter of life and death, of dignity, which is why all federal initiatives must include local Indigenous communities in positions of leadership that recognize and respect our sovereignty."
Senate VAWA bill ‘undercuts tribal sovereignty’
“Placing paternalistic restrictions on tribal courts in the name of 'due process' is nothing more than a disguise for prejudice."
When disaster strikes, indigenous communities receive unequal recovery aid
“There are huge gaps in the way the federal government responds to tribes when a natural disaster occurs.”
Why Indigenous hunting is essential to forest sustainability
Hunting has a bad reputation and is rarely considered in forest governance and conservation strategies. But what if, instead, we tried to learn from it?
Nebraska Supreme Court upholds law that ignores landowners’ property rights, Indigenous...
Despite the flawed state decision, three federal lawsuit challenges to pipeline project continue to proceed.
Arctic word games or Indigenous survival?
Indigenous leaders call climate change an urgent threat that requires a global response (an idea that was trashed by the Trump administration).
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GOP-led states risk leaving 10 million children hungry by rejecting $1.14 billion summer food...
Twelve Republican-led states face a January 1 deadline to join the Summer EBT program, a lifeline for millions of hungry kids, as advocates urge governors to act amid rising food insecurity and economic challenges.
More than 120 House Democrats urge Biden to ratify Equal Rights Amendment as deadline...
Lawmakers push President Joe Biden to finalize a constitutional ban on sex discrimination while Republicans invoke past deadlines to stall progress.
Trump’s Cabinet picks aren’t just unqualified and inexperienced—they’re morally bankrupt
While every president has a right to select their own Cabinet appointees, the Senate also has the Constitutional authority to decide whether each nominee is fit to serve.
Endo’s end around: How one of the nation’s largest opioid makers escaped a $7...
Endo “came with a strategy purposely intended to reduce payments to opioid victims."
6 fracking Billionaires and climate denial groups behind Trump’s cabinet
Trump’s nominees are backed by major players in the world of climate obstruction – from Project 2025 and Koch network fixtures to oil-soaked Christian nationalists.