Oil on Ice is a one-hour documentary that examines the issues surrounding the exploitation of oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR).

The US Government maintains the region is a barren wasteland, as if to say “how can we not take the oil? There’s nothing there but snow!”

However, the claim is no more than a baseless lie. The truth, is that the entire region is teeming with diversity. This becomes apparent when then long winter ends and “its land, mountains, rivers and seas explode with life.” From that point on, “a combination of continual sunlight, abundant …

The Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN) just sent out a reminder that today, March 25th, is the final chance to submit comments regarding the Yukon Flats Land Exchange proposal by the Alaskan Native Regional Corporation Doyon and the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS).

If it’s approved they will be able to “acquire” lands around Gwich’in villages, and “the FWS will also be able to purchase native lands in other wildlife refuges within the State with the proceeds, so this land trade is detrimental to other Native communities in …

The following is an episode from sourcecode. It’s a half-hour look at 4 ongoing indigenous struggles in North America.

The first clip focuses on the dumping of Nuclear Waste on the Skull Valley Goshute Reservation in Utah, and the struggles of the Gwich’in in Alaska; The second clip’s on The Grassy Narrows struggle against Weyerhaeuser, Abitibi, and the Canadian government; and the third and final clip is an intro to the ongoing class action lawsuit against the United States — Cobell vs Kempthorne (previously Cobell vs. Norton)

Gwich’in of Alaska; Skull Valley Goshute
“Most Americans know the story of the Trail …