Honoring Earth Day: Protecting the Sacred Straits of Mackinac
As we celebrate Earth Day, it’s crucial to reflect not only on the beauty and bounty of our planet but also on the ongoing threats it faces. One threat it currently
Important Capacity Funding for Legal Needs Related to Tribal Nations’ Land Stewardship
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
Michigan Tribes Ask Court to Overturn 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, 2023, that they will appeal the Michigan Public Service Commission’s (MPSC) recent approval of a permit for Canadian oil giant Enbridge to build the Line 5 tunnel project beneath the Straits of Mackinac.
Line 5 Pipeline: Tribal Groups Respond to DOJ’s Amicus Brief
The U.S. Dept. of Justice weighed in for the first time on a legal challenge brought by a Wisconsin-based Tribal Nation against Enbridge, a Canadian corporation whose dangerous ...
30 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
Grand 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
EPA 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...
Stand Strong with the Bay Mills Indian Community to Protect Treaty Rights and the Straits of Mackinac
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.
Preserving 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.
