Native Environmental News and Articles (Page 6)

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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S. 340 Hearing Could Restore 70,075 Acres to Alaska Natives

ICTMN Staff

April 24, 2013

On Thursday, April 25 the Public Lands Subcommittee will be holding a hearing on the Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act, that will return...

Three Years in Three Minutes: Whirling Sun Sparks and Flares in Entrancing Video

ICTMN Staff

April 24, 2013

The sun is a wondrous thing, enabling Mother Earth to be the life giver that she is...

Salish Kootenai College Student Recovers in Hospital After Grizzly Attack

Jack McNeel

April 24, 2013

A student at Salish Kootenai College in Montana is recovering in the hospital after being attacked and injured by an adult female grizzly with two yearling cubs on Friday, April 19...

Actress Michelle Thrush Helps Win Oil Company Concession for Indigenous Ecuadorians

Brandi Morin

April 23, 2013

Canadian Gemini award–winning Cree actress and self-proclaimed “artist in solidarity with Idle No More” Michelle Thrush is wielding her celebrity clout in defense of Indigenous Peo...

Worldwide Protests Demand Protection for Peru's Uncontacted Tribes

ICTMN Staff

April 23, 2013

In cities around the world today, Survival International supporters held protests outside Peruvian embassies and consulates – seeking an end to the deadly expansion of the Camisea ...

'Oil 4 Blood,' by Frank Waln: An Environmental Hip Hop Poem for National Poetry Month and Earth Day

ICTMN Staff

April 22, 2013

It's a misconception that poetry is a dying art—sure, we may never see a TONY-winning play written in iambic pentameter, and the stories of the 21st century won't be told in a 15,0...

Red Lake’s Earth Day Event Focuses on Healthy Homes

Michael Meuers

April 22, 2013

Healthy Homes is the theme for Aki Giizhigad , or Earth Day events at Red Lake on Thursday, April 25...

Earth Day: Stunning Aurora Borealis Video Highlights Just How Small We Are

ICTMN Staff

April 22, 2013

The sun is spurting all manner of plasma this year and next, with sunspots bursting forth in solar flares and coronal mass ejections every few days...

Pacific Islanders Hold Warrior Dance Day of Action to Highlight Climate Change Effects

ICTMN Staff

April 21, 2013

“We are not drowning...

Lyrid Meteor Shower Graces Pre-Dawn Earth Day Sky

ICTMN Staff

April 20, 2013

The pre-dawn hours of Earth Day this year bring the Lyrid meteor shower, during which fragments of Comet Thatcher (no relation to iconic Iron Lady Margaret Thatcher, who was laid t...