Friday, April 4, 2025

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Native American patients are sent to collections for debts the government...

Native communities are twice as likely to have medical debt in collections, agency finds.

The National Day of Mourning honors indigenous resistance

A solemn tradition since 1970, the National Day of Mourning reflects on Indigenous genocide and land theft while advocating for justice and solidarity with global struggles.

Why Indigenous-led management is integral to reconciliation and restoration efforts

Indigenous traditional knowledge has the potential to overturn western systems destined for doom.

Forests thrive when Indigenous people have legal stewardship of their land

The fate of intact forests is closely linked to that of Indigenous peoples.

The day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

Let’s move beyond stereotypes and recognize the ideas, movements, and rights of all peoples formerly and still subject to the violence of fossil colonialism. 

Biden’s Arctic drilling protections: Indigenous and environmental groups urge further action

Indigenous groups and climate advocates welcome Biden’s proposal to protect the Western Arctic from oil and gas drilling, urging further action for long-term preservation.

Facing a surge in wildfires, the US government turned to Native...

Collaborative efforts between forest agencies and Indigenous communities are improving wildfire management by combining oral histories with long-term archaeological datasets, demonstrating the value of integrating an understanding of the past into solutions for a better future.

First Nation sues Alberta Energy Regulator over Kearl Tailings Pond spill

The lawsuit alleges “negligence, nuisance, breach of the duty to consult, breach of the Honour of the Crown, breach of fiduciary duty, and unjustified treaty infringement by the AER and Alberta against the ACFN.”

Indigenous self-determination is key climate solution in new report

The National Climate Assessment affirms that Indigenous peoples bear both the weight of climate change’s impacts and carry knowledge that may help lessen its burden.

After dam removal, Washington state tribe fishes for salmon on Elwha...

For the first time in more than a hundred years, members of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe are fishing for coho salmon on the free-flowing river.

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GOP plans to sidestep Senate rules to force $4.6 trillion tax giveaway for the...

Republicans aim to make Trump’s 2017 tax cuts permanent by bypassing the Senate parliamentarian—an approach Democrats refused to take to raise the minimum wage.

Why more environmental justice organizations must join the call for a militarism-free future

An open letter initiated by CODEPINK urges the world to take the arduous baby step of recognizing the deadly intersection of war and environmental destruction.

A lawyer who helped the Kushners crack down on poor tenants now helps renters...

This attorney used to represent companies owned by Trump’s in-laws, whose apartments were known for shoddy maintenance and aggressive legal tactics.

Trump Administration fires thousands of US health workers, putting well-being of Americans at ‘serious...

Termination emails were sent out to employees of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration and several smaller agencies.