Tag: indigenous rights

As a leader of Sovereignty Camp 2020, Shinnecock attorney Tela Troge discusses why they are protesting a lawsuit by New York state.

United States Border Patrol agents and Arizona law enforcement officials violently repressed a peaceful action held Monday morning by roughly 30 land and water protectors.

American conservationists have said and done terribly racist things over the years. Now is the opportunity to center justice.

The Canadian government said Sunday it hoped to resolve the tension through dialogue.

"It's a matter of life and death, of dignity, which is why all federal initiatives must include local Indigenous communities in positions of leadership that recognize and respect our sovereignty."

“Placing paternalistic restrictions on tribal courts in the name of 'due process' is nothing more than a disguise for prejudice."

“There are huge gaps in the way the federal government responds to tribes when a natural disaster occurs.”

Hunting has a bad reputation and is rarely considered in forest governance and conservation strategies. But what if, instead, we tried to learn from it?

Despite the flawed state decision, three federal lawsuit challenges to pipeline project continue to proceed.

Indigenous leaders call climate change an urgent threat that requires a global response (an idea that was trashed by the Trump administration).