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Honoring Earth Day: National monument protections for Tribal homelands and sacred places

National monuments are precious places that preserve our heritage and make our country a better place to live. They are a shared resource that Americans support across

Tribes Blow Whistle on Line 5 Tunnel Federal Fast-Tracking

Six Michigan Tribes withdrew from Line 5 federal discussions after learning that the US Army Corps of Engineers will likely fast-track its approval for Enbridge...

Tribal Nations Take Line 5 Tunnel to Michigan Supreme Court

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.

Decades of unmitigated pollution caused losses that Teck Cominco should compensate

Columbia River Treaty Tribes filed a Ninth Circuit amicus brief in support of the Colville Tribes compensation for service loss...

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...

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.

Lummi Carvers Arrive At the Straits of Mackinac

To raise awareness about environmental threats to the Place Where Life Began (the Straits of Mackinac), the Bay Mills Indian Community (BMIC) welcomed the House of Tears

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