"The Keystone XL pipeline project is officially terminated, the sponsor company announced Wednesday. Calgary-based TC Energy is pulling the plug on the project after Canadian officials failed to persuade President Joe Biden to reverse his cancellation of its permit on...
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Native Americans in Philanthropy: Intersectional Indigenous Identities — Two-Spirit People
To all of our young people: We love you. We support you. You are immeasurably precious to us, and we stand behind you 100 percent. Live your lives with authenticity and integrity, and always remember — the only thing that can ever truly define you is your čante. Your...
CBC: Remains of 215 Children Found Buried at Former B.C. Residential School, First Nation Says
WARNING: This story contains details some readers may find distressing. "Preliminary findings from a survey of the grounds at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School have uncovered the remains of 215 children buried at the site, the Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc First...
Indian Country Today: Graduations Shouldn’t Be Another Form of Erasure
"The disagreement over allowing Native students to wear eagle feathers and regalia during high school graduation rears its contentious head once again this year."...
Science Magazine: Pacific Northwest’s ‘forest gardens’ were deliberately planted by Indigenous people
"For decades, First Nations people in British Columbia knew their ancestral homes—villages forcibly emptied in the late 1800s—were great places to forage for traditional foods like hazelnuts, crabapples, cranberries, and hawthorn. A new study reveals that isolated...
The Hill: The time to return land to Native Americans is long overdue
"President Joe Biden’s pick for Interior secretary, Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) will be responsible for upholding the country’s treaties with Native Americans. Haaland should use her unique position to rectify one of the most damaging early Indian policies of the United...
Indian Country Today: Madam Secretary
"A fierce Indigenous woman is now the caretaker of the nation’s public lands and waters for the first time in U.S. history. "Deb Haaland was confirmed as the nation’s 54th Secretary of the Interior in a 51-40 vote Monday, making her the first Native American to lead a...
Lancaster Online: Native American teen Gary Bad Warrior leaves S.D. reservation during pandemic, finds outlet on Pequea Valley basketball court
"One of the coolest names in Lancaster-Lebanon League boys basketball this season resides in the Pequea Valley School District, where the varsity roster includes 17-year-old guard Gary Bad Warrior. "The junior moved to Lancaster County over the Thanksgiving break,...
Yale Environment 360: Forest Defenders — A Panamanian Tribe Regains Control of Its Lands
"Tribal groups in Panama are celebrating a victory for their rights to control some of Central America’s largest forests — a victory that could benefit conservation throughout the region. "The landmark ruling, by the country’s Supreme Court, upholds a claim by the...
Seattle Times: Biden appointments, including Nez Perce fisheries champion, bolster Native American presence in federal government
"There’s a saying in Indian Country: either you are at the table, or you are on the menu. "Appointments by the Biden administration now in the works would put American Indian and Alaska Native people very much at the table, including posts where Native people have...