Indigenous Caucus – UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
Recognizing the threat of climate change to homelands and ways of life, the National Congress of American Indians joined climate change negotiations at the United Nations Framework Convention on...
View ArticlePreserving Iizhik Gwats’an Gwandaii Goodlit
The Neets’ąįį Gwich’in and their work to protect the Arctic Refuge Caribou photo courtesy of Florian Schulz. In 2017, the Congress passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The post Preserving Iizhik Gwats’an...
View ArticleStand Strong with the Bay Mills Indian Community to Protect Treaty Rights and...
Enbridge Energy wants to build a tunnel under the Great Lakes at the Straits of Mackinac, a place the Bay Mills Indian Community and other Anishinaabe peoples consider sacred. The post Stand Strong...
View ArticleEPA Takes Action to Stop Pebble Mine
Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a “Recommended Determination” detailing potential Clean Water Act protections for Bristol Bay that could address the threat... The post EPA Takes...
View ArticleBristol Bay Protections – Pebble Mine (Bristol Bay Economic Development Corp...
Bristol Bay Tribes, organizations, and residents celebrate long-sought protections for the lands and waters that have sustained Bristol Bay since time immemorial. The post Bristol Bay Protections –...
View ArticleNARF Celebrates Earth Day 2023
A Message for Earth Day from NARF’s Green Office Committee: As we reflect on Earth Day again this year, NARF continues to focus on our Native tradition of protecting water The post NARF Celebrates...
View ArticleGrand Canyon Protected from Mining
UPDATE: On August 8, 2023, President Biden designated the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni monument near the Grand Canyon National Park. The designation of the monument will The post Grand Canyon Protected...
View ArticleTribal Nations Stand with Bad River Band to Eject Enbridge from Reservation
Tribal Nations and tribal organizations filed an amicus brief outlining the U.S. trespass laws that protect the inherent sovereignty of Tribal Nations and their lands from corporate land grabs. The...
View ArticleFour Michigan Tribes Appeal Line 5 Tunnel Permit
The Bay Mills Indian Community, Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians, and Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi filed notice on December 22,...
View Article30 Tribal Nations Ask Biden Administration to Condemn Canadian Pipeline Trespass
The leaders of 30 Tribal Nations in the Great Lakes region sent a letter to President Joe Biden urging the United States to speak out against the Enbridge Line 5 pipeline’s The post 30 Tribal Nations...
View ArticleTribal Nations Stand with Bad River Band to Eject Enbridge from Reservation
Tribal Nations across the Great Lakes region asked the United States, as their treaty partner and ally, to break its silence and file a brief against the Enbridge Line 5 pipeline’s trespass on the Bad...
View ArticleImportant Capacity Funding for Legal Needs Related to Tribal Nations’ Land...
The Native American Rights Fund (NARF) received a $100,000 award from the First Nations Development Institute’s (FNDI) “Stewarding Native Lands” program. The 2024 The post Important Capacity Funding...
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