30-Year Campaign by Colorado AIM and its allies finally advances to remove anti-Indian holiday from Colorado landscape. Continue reading
Colorado to Abolish Columbus Day
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Category Archives: Tribal Leadership
Wells Fargo Rejects Funding for Drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Fairbanks, AK – Wells Fargo has released an update to its environmental policy on arctic drilling, which included no direct finance of oil and gas projects in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Continue reading
JPMorgan Chase Announces It Will Stop Funding Arctic Drilling
Fairbanks, Alaska—The Gwich’in Nation of Alaska and Canada applaud the decision by JPMorgan Chase, the largest bank in the United States, to rule out financing new oil and gas drilling on sacred lands of the Gwich’in that is in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Continue reading
Washington State Moves Towards Banning Bottled Water Extraction
Washington State Senate approves legislation to stop all new permits for bottled water withdrawals
Olympia, WA – On February 18th, the Washington State Senate passed a bill that would, “ban water withdrawals for commercial bottled water production.” Continue reading
Support Native Owned Banks
Did you know that Native-owned banks have a combined asset base of almost $3 billion?
The Center for Indian Country Development (CICD) recently published an interactive map of all 100-plus Native American financial institutions across Indian Country. Continue reading
