Native Environmental News and Articles (Page 12)

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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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...

University of Montana Strives for Diversity, Meet Some Tenure-Track Native Faculty

Alysa Landry

March 17, 2013

The Native student population at the University of Montana has more than doubled in the last decade, a trend that has prompted university officials to seek a more diverse faculty...

Native Man Drowns Trying to Pluck 6-Year-Old Boy From Great Sioux River in South Dakota

ICTMN Staff

March 16, 2013

Native and non-Native alike are mourning Lyle Eagle Tail, who passed on as a hero while trying to save a 6-year-old boy from the raging waters of the Big Sioux River on the evening...

Quinault Nation Less Worried About Flood, Thanks to Risk-Management Experts

ICTMN Staff

March 16, 2013

Virginia Brings Yellow chuckles when asked what she knows about risk management. Turns out, she knows more than most...

Anti-Keystone XL Tribal Members Urge Fellow Natives to Comment on Environmental Impact Statement

ICTMN Staff

March 15, 2013

Tribal opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline are urging fellow Natives to use the 45-day comments period of the U.S...

Exaggerated Consultation Claims, Factual Errors in State Department's Keystone XL Environment Report Rankle Natives

Rob Capriccioso

March 15, 2013

Consultation? Depends on your definition. Cultural preservation survey? The Yankton Sioux Tribe, the alleged conductor of said survey, says it didn’t happen...

International Wildlife Trade Group Votes to Protect Hundreds of Species

ICTMN Staff

March 14, 2013

In its final plenary vote, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) formalized the protection of hundreds of species, including m...

Illegal Artifact Ring Broken Up in Florida

ICTMN Staff

March 14, 2013

A group of thirteen individuals—11 from Florida and two from Georgia—were arrested February 27 on 400 felony counts for trading in illegal historical artifacts, many of them Native...

EPA Honors Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Director for Environmental Stewardship

ICTMN Staff

March 13, 2013

Stan Ellison, who has administered land and natural resources for the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community for nearly 20 years, was recognized for his love of Mother Earth, fitting...