Native Environmental News and Articles (Page 138)

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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Traditional Knowledge Complements Modern Science

Carol Berry

May 12, 2011

When polar scientist Henry Huntington was studying a drop in the beluga whale population in Alaska some years ago, he and his colleagues were stumped by conversations they had with...

Farmers, Fishermen and Tribes Working Together to Preserve CA Delta

Dan Bacher

May 11, 2011

Family farmers and fishermen, along with California Indian tribes and grassroots environmentalists, are working closely together to preserve the imperiled Sacramento–San Joaquin Ri...

Poarch Tribe Donates $500,000 to Tornado Relief

ICTMN Staff

May 11, 2011

When tornadoes cut a deadly swathe through northwestern Alabama last month, the Poarch Creek Band of Creek Indians Tribe (Muskogee) stood ready to help ...

Bison, Givers of Life: Lakota Women Speak

ICTMN Staff

May 10, 2011

Women on the Pine Ridge Reservation talk about the spiritual, cultural and nutritional role that the American buffalo, or bison, has played in tribal life historically and today...

Northwest and Canada Have Proactive Plan in Case of Trans-border Oil Spill

ICTMN Staff

May 09, 2011

Being proactive and making rules and responses uniform in the case of a trans-border oil spill is on the agenda of officials in Washington State, Alaska and British Columbia...

Alberta’s Biggest Oil Spill Since 1975 Casts More Doubt on Oil Sands

ICTMN Staff

May 09, 2011

As details emerge about a 28,000-barrel oil spill from a pipeline rupture in northern Alberta, Canada, environmentalists and indigenous leaders are calling for a halt to the notion...

Genocide by Other Means: U.S. Army Slaughtered Buffalo in Plains Indian Wars

Adrian Jawort

May 09, 2011

As long as the North American buffalo roamed free and bountiful, the Plains Indians were able to remain sovereign.

Energy Initiatives Bring Tribes and Government Together

ICTMN Staff

May 06, 2011

Representatives from every government agency dealing with energy and the environment—from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), to the Department of Energy (DOE), ...

Alberta Oil Spill Fumes Sicken Little Buffalo Students

ICTMN Staff

May 05, 2011

Fumes from a 28,000-barrel oil spill into Lubicon traditional territory caused officials in the Little Buffalo community in northern Alberta to suspend classes at the local school ...

Mashpee Wampanoag Member Files Suit to Fish

Gale Courey Toensing

May 04, 2011

In the 1960s and 1970s, controversial “fish-in” protests and courtroom battles in the Pacific Northwest and upper Midwest pushed the issue of American Indians’ aboriginal fishing r...