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Washington tribes evacuate coast in response to tsunami threats (03/11)
At least three tribes conducted late night and early morning evacuations in response to tsunami advisories along the coast of Washington. The Quileute Tribe evacuated about 350 to 400 people last night. The reservation sits in a tsunami and flood...
Columbia River treaty tribes back bill to lethally remove sea lions (03/09)
Tribes with treaty rights on the Columbia River support a bill that will allow them to lethally remove California sea lions in order to protect endangered salmon runs. H.R.964, the Endangered Salmon Predation Prevention Act, authorizes the Warm Springs Tribes,...
Timothy Chavez: Tribes looking for energy development partners (03/09)
In 2009, federally recognized tribes across the U.S. received a collective $54.8 million in federal funding from the Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program to support energy efficiency and conservation initiatives. These funds are critical...
Lawmakers worried about action on genetically modified salmon (03/09)
Lawmakers from both parties are worried that the Food and Drug Administration will approve a request to market and sell genetically modified salmon in the U.S. One bill, H.R.521, bars the FDA from allowing AquaBounty to sell the modified salmon....
Mohawks support lawsuit to block shipment of nuclear equipment (03/09)
Mohawk First Nations in Canada are supporting a lawsuit that seeks to block the shipment of nuclear equipment along the St. Lawrence River. Mohawk communities in Kahnawake, Tyendinaga and Akwesasne don't think it will be safe to ship radioactive equipment...
Editorial: Protect Havasupai Tribe from uranium mine exploration (03/09)
"In July 2009, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar imposed a two-year halt to uranium exploration and mining on one million acres around the Grand Canyon. The moratorium was a much-needed timeout to a rush of prospecting claims near the canyon, most...
Interviews: Tracey LeBeau, director of new Indian Energy office (03/08)
The Arctic Sounder interviews Tracey LeBeau, a member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe who serves as the director of the new Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs at the Department of Energy. "Question: The Office of Indian Energy...
Fort Mojave Tribe revives lawsuit over sacred place in California (03/04)
The Fort Mojave Tribe filed a new lawsuit to protect one of its most sacred sites. The tribe says the California Department of Toxic Substances Control is violating a settlement that was reached in 2006. The tribe says the state...
This Magazine: First Nations suffer from dirtiest water in Canada (03/03)
"If you were to turn on a tap in the First Nation of Little Salmon Carmacks, Yukon, your cup might run over with gasoline, fecal matter, and worse (yes, there’s worse). It’s been this way for years, at least going...
Native Sun News: Rosebud Sioux Tribe fights Devil's Tower mine (03/03)
The following story was written and reported by Talli Nauman, the health and environment editor for Native Sun News. All content © Native Sun News. To contemporary music lovers, Rare Earth is a Motown band famous for soulful 1970s pop...
NPR: Oregon tribes return to tradition with Montana bison hunt (02/28)
"The tribes of the Umatilla reservation in northeast Oregon are hunting bison in southern Montana for the first time in more than a century. It's part of an effort to revive traditions that were once the heart of the tribe's...
Federal eagle repository deals with backlog of 6000 requests (02/25)
The National Eagle Repository in Colorado responded to more than 3,000 requests for eagle feathers and eagle parts last year. But that still wasn't enough to reduce the backlog. The repository, which is part of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife...
APRN: Chickaloon Tribe worried about coal mine development (02/25)
"The Chickaloon tribe is taking its concern over a proposed mine in the Mat Su Valley to an international audience. The Athabascan community near Palmer is opposed to a coal mine project being developed by the Usibelli Company that would...
Quileute Tribe asks Sen. Cantwell to support federal land swap (02/24)
The Quileute Tribe of Washington wants Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Washington) to support a land swap with Olympic National Park. Chairwoman Bonita Cleveland and other tribal leaders met with Cantwell in Washington, D.C., last week. They are working with Rep. Norm...
Bill introduced to ratify Blackfeet Nation water rights compact (02/24)
Sen. Max Baucus (D-Montana) and Sen. Jon Tester (D-Montana) introduced a bill to ratify the water rights compact of the Blackfeet Nation. The tribe and the state signed the compact in 2007 after more than 10 years of negotiations. The...
Oregon tribes exercise treaty rights for bison hunt in Montana (02/24)
Members of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation in Oregon are exercising their treaty right to hunt bison in Montana. Tribal leaders had just returned from a hunt when they signed the treaty in 1855. "Our tribe has been...
Hopi Tribe seeks to remove 'ruins' from the name of state park (02/24)
At the request of the Hopi Tribe, the Arizona Parks Board is seeking to change the name of Homolovi Ruins State Park. The tribe wants to remove the word "ruins" from the name of the park. Public comments are being...
HCN: Crow Tribe prepares to vote on water rights settlement (02/23)
"In December of 2010 President Obama put pen to paper to settle long-standing water rights negotiations for four western tribes, including the Crow Tribe of southern Montana. The settlement finalizes the 1999 Crow Tribe-Montana Water Compact, giving the tribe 500,000...
KPBS: Pala Band discusses opposition to landfill by sacred site (02/23)
"San Diego County Department of Environmental Health will hold a meeting at the Fallbrook Library, on Wednesday Feb. 23 at 6:30, to listen to public input on the Gregory Canyon Landfill. A public information meeting will be held tonight in...
St. Regis Mohawk Tribe against shipment of nuclear equipment (02/22)
The St. Regis Mohawk Tribe of New York is opposing the shipment of nuclear equipment through a waterway on the reservation. The owner of a nuclear power plant in Canada wants to ship 16 large steam generators through the St....
Editorial: Oneida Nation addresses concerns over energy plant (02/22)
"Oneida Seven Generations Corp. made the right choice in shifting its site plan for a gasification plant away from Ashwaubenon, where some neighbors opposed the biomass facility's location. Kevin Cornelius, CEO of Oneida Seven Generations, told the Green Bay Press-Gazette...
HCN: Water right settlement contentious within Navajo Nation (02/22)
"The Navajo Nation sprawls across about one-tenth of the nearly quarter-million-square-mile Colorado River drainage. But ever since the seven states that depend on the river met to divide its water 88 years ago, the tribe has been pushed into the...
Native Sun News: Tribes urged to support bill for pipeline spills (02/18)
The following story was written and reported by Talli Nauman. All content © Native Sun News. PIERRE, SOUTH DAKOTA — Sisseton Wahpeton Tribal Historic Preservation Officer Dianne Desrosiers is urging tribes to support a South Dakota state bill making crude-oil...
State park to reopen in March thanks to funds from Hopi Tribe (02/18)
The Homolovi Ruins State Park in Arizona will reopen March 18 thanks to funds from the Hopi Tribe. The state closed the park last February due to lack of funds. The tribe came through with $175,000 to reopen the facility...
Navajo Nation Council backs lease extension for power plant (02/17)
The Navajo Nation Council voted 18-2 to extend a lease for a coal-fired power plant on the New Mexico portion of the reservation. The lease will for the Four Corners Power Plant will run until 2041. The tribe is due...
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