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Indigenous Peoples
The World Faces a Great Unraveling. If We Ignore Indigenous Wisdom, We Are Lost.
A new podcast, “Holding the Fire,” discusses the global climate crisis with Indigenous people from around the world.
In Canada, Denialism Grows Over Residential Schools Ahead of Orange Shirt Day
As the U.S. and Canada observe days to reckon with their history of Native genocide, racist backlash is growing.
Impending Government Shutdown May Hit Tribal Nations Particularly Hard
Rural tribal governments that heavily depend on federal funding may see relatively more furloughs and service stoppage.
True Climate Solutions Don’t Exploit Indigenous and Marginalized Communities
To effectively address the climate crisis, it will take a system that champions both people and the planet.
Environmental Groups Slam Biden for Skipping Climate Ambition Summit
“Showing up would mean exposing his inadequate climate policies and relentless support for fossil fuels,” said a critic.
We Can Survive Together by Becoming Kin
“What kind of story are we setting ourselves up to replicate in the world?” asks “Becoming Kin” author Patty Krawec.
To Build an Abolitionist Future, We Must Look to Indigenous Pasts
Worlds without police and without prisons have already existed, predating colonization and slavery.
From Hawaii to Haiti, We Must Center Decolonization in Our Climate Action
Tourist “paradises” come at a steep price paid by native islanders and local ecosystems.
Line 3 Pipeline Water Protectors Head to Trial on Trumped-Up Felony Charges
Protesters who faced police torture to fight the pipeline are targets in a corporate crackdown on environmentalists.
As US Begins Crackdown on PFAS, Indigenous Communities Are Getting Left Behind
Tribal water systems have gone largely untested because many are too small to meet the EPA’s PFAS testing parameters.