Today is the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, and I wanted to take some time to tell you what that means to me. Continue reading
As a native woman by Sharice Davids
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Yurok Tribe files lawsuit against federal agencies over high salmon disease rates
New Biological Opinion contributes to serious disease outbreak on the Klamath River
This afternoon, the Yurok Tribe and the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations (PCFFA) filed a lawsuit against the Bureau of Reclamation and the National Marine Fisheries Service in response to low flows and high salmon disease rates under the federal agency’s new management plan for the Klamath River. The groups are represented by the environmental law firm Earthjustice. Continue reading
Green New Deal Legislation Introduced in Seattle
Seattle, WA – On July 30th 2019, a briefing was held before the Sustainability and Transportation committee on a proposed Green New Deal [GND] for Seattle. Continue reading
Protect Sacred Sites a Message from Chief Arvol Looking Horse
I, Chief Arvol Looking Horse, of the Lakota, Dakota, and Nakota Nations, ask you to understand an Indigenous perspective on what has happened in America, what we call “Turtle Island.” My words seek to unite the global community through a message from our sacred ceremonies to unite spiritually, each in our ways of beliefs in the Creator. Continue reading
“Development” and Extraction: Water Scarcity in Chiapas
The colors of the May rains. How many greens can there be? The green of the grass reflected in the hanging dewdrops, the shadowy greens of the river cypresses, the purple green, the silent green of the pines, the dignity in the stillness of the fog that surrounds the scene; a mountain slope of conifers and oaks whose roots support the thin soil of the highlands. Continue reading
