Native Environmental News and Articles (Page 11)

Oklahoma Awakes to Grim New Reality as Recovery Efforts Begin

As Oklahoma awoke to a devastating new reality—inasmuch as...

President Obama to Oklahoma: Every Resource Is at Your Disposal

As responders, including at least 250 National Guardsmen,...

Tornadoes Slice Through Midwest, Threatening Indian Country

Tornadoes cut swathes of destruction through Indian country...

Chiefs Declare Keystone XL Consultation Meeting Invalid, Walk Out on State Department Officials

Elders and chiefs of at least 10 sovereign nations walked...

Climate Change: Arctic Ocean Is Acidifying Fast, Study Shows

The Arctic Ocean is heating up, its ice and permafrost are...

Climate Change: Mount Everest Is Melting

In what may be the most glaring example of climate change...

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Chile's Crimson Shore Under Investigation

ICTMN Staff

March 23, 2013

Thousands of dead prawns washed ashore along with hundreds of dead crabs, blanketing the beaches of southern Chile in crimson...

20-Year Ban on New Uranium-Mining Claims in Grand Canyon Holds Up in Court

ICTMN Staff

March 22, 2013

The Havasupai Tribe, and the Grand Canyon watershed, won in U.S...

Video: Night of the Living Deer

ICTMN Staff

March 21, 2013

Police officers were in for quite the surprise when assumed "roadkill" lept out of a man's trunk earlier this week...

First Day of Spring: The Skies Have It, as NOAA Catches the Vernal Equinox in Space

ICTMN Staff

March 20, 2013

Spring may have arrived on Earth with a winterish whimper, but what’s happening in the sky is preordained. At 7:02 a.m...

Indigenous Russian Delegation Shares Concerns at Akwesasne

ICTMN Staff

March 20, 2013

A delegation of six indigenous leaders from the Russian Far East visited the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe at Akwesasne Territory in February to discuss issues concerning the environmen...

First Day of Spring Brings the Light, but not a Hint of Heat

ICTMN Staff

March 20, 2013

It’s the first day of spring, when day and night are just about equal in length. The moment occurred at 7:02 a.m. Eastern Time today...

Bad River Band Establishes Legal Defense Fund to Stop Proposed Iron-Ore Mine

Pam Hughes

March 19, 2013

Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Chairman Mike Wiggins announced a defense fund March 15 for his tribe’s legal fight to stop the permitting of the largest iron-ore, open-pi...

Gary Farmer: Idle No More, 'Consumerization,' Mining Fallout and Indian Humor

Carol Berry

March 18, 2013

Film star and activist Gary Farmer wore an impish grin from time to time as he conducted an Idle No More (Idle) teach-in, but his core message defied humor: “We’re the cutting edge...

Aurora Borealis Bathes Turtle Island in Saint Patrick's Day Green

ICTMN Staff

March 18, 2013

The sun got into the Saint Patrick’s Day act by hurling a coronal mass ejection (CME) straight at Mother Earth a couple of days earlier...

Lake Erie Will Become Toxic-Algae Breeding Ground: Scientists

ICTMN Staff

March 17, 2013

With spring imminent—the equinox occurs on Wednesday March 20—many are watching for the profusion of blossoms that erupt over much of Turtle Island this time of year...