Bears Ears Alternative Moves Into House of Representatives as Opponents Cry Land Grab

Kim Baca
10/6/16
A congressional bill touted as an alternative to the Bears Ears proposal, an intertribal request to designate nearly two million acres of land as a national monument in southeast U...

Confronting the Feds: Armed Ranchers and Peaceful Native Water Protectors

Steve Russell
8/25/16
Settlement of the western U.S. was a government project, subsidized every step of the way, starting with the military part of the Indian Wars...

Sally Jewell Visits Bears Ears, Says Obama Will Decide on National Monument Before Leaving Office

Kim Baca
7/18/16
President Barack Obama could decide whether to designate the 1.9 million–acre region known as Bears Ears as a national monument by the end of the year, according to U.S...

‘Keep It in the Ground’ Movement Puts BLM Leasing in Its Sights

Frances Madeson
7/13/16
The fracking battle that is developing near ancient, sacred Chaco Canyon is merely the most visible of a groundswell of opposition to the Bureau of Land Management’s leasing of oil...

Fracking Versus Ancient Astronomy in Chaco Canyon

Frances Madeson
7/13/16
In what could be a win for consultation, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has postponed an oil and gas lease sale on land near Chaco Canyon so as to consult with the nearly two ...

Sacred Blackfoot Land Saved! BLM Cancels Oil and Gas Lease in Badger-Two Medicine Region

Terri Hansen
3/18/16
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) canceled an oil and gas lease in the Badger-Two Medicine region in northwest Montana on March 17, in effect keeping land culturally and traditio...

Groups File Suit to Protect Chaco Canyon From Fracking

ICTMN Staff
3/12/15
Environmental groups including the Navajo organization Diné CARE filed suit against two federal agencies on March 11 in an attempt to keep fracking from harming the ancient astrono...

Former Tohono O’odham Chairman Served at a Difficult Time, Will Be Missed

Executive Office Statement
9/30/13
The Tohono O’odham Nation was saddened to learn of the passing of Jacob A. Escalante, who served as Chairman of the Nation from 1974-1975...

Alaska Requests Superfund Status for Abandoned, Mercury-Oozing Red Devil Mine

ICTMN Staff
8/23/12
Alaska officials are asking the U.S...

Oil and Gas Boom in Indian Country! Tribal Leaders and EPA Meet in Denver

Carol Berry
4/12/12
On April 3, tribal leaders met with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Denver to discuss a number of pertinent issues, including those related to booming oil and gas expl...

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