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The Republican Party and The Trump Administration’s Last Attack on Indigenous Rights of 2017

by Indigenous Environmental NetworkDecember 20, 2017

Washington D.C. -Today the Republican House and Senate passed the Republican Tax Reform Bill, a bill that has seen unprecedented disapproval by American citizens. According to The Hill, “Public polling on the GOP’s tax overhaul indicates support hovering at less than 30 percent, which is even lower than the favorability toward ObamaCare when Democrats passed […]

‘God Hates Native Culture’: Westboro Baptist to Picket Alaska Natives

by Vincent SchillingApril 16, 2014

The Westboro Baptist Church, infamously known for its offensive protest signs which celebrate the death of soldiers, God’s hate toward homosexuals and more, has set their sights to protest the Alaska Native Heritage Center in Anchorage on Sunday June 1. Though the former leader of the church Fred Phelps recently died, the members of the […]

Shell cancels 2014 Arctic drilling – Arctic Ocean & Inupiat rights reality check

by Faith GemmillFebruary 4, 2014

On Jan 30 Shell announced it was canceling its 2014 drilling in the Alaskan Arctic. Writing for Platform London, Faith Gemmill, Executive Director of Resisting Environmental Destruction on Indigenous Lands (REDOIL), discusses the court decision that forced Shell’s hand, and the Indigenous rights context behind it. Last week the Court of Appeals for the Ninth […]

We Can’t Eat Gold in Bristol Bay – An Interview with Yup’ik spokesman Bobby Andrew

by Hannibal RhoadesJanuary 23, 2014

Bristol Bay, Alaska, has re-captured headlines as the battle to protect the area from the extractive industry continues. Last week the Pebble Mine Partnership‘s efforts to establish a vast gold mine in the region was dealt a devastating blow by the EPA’s latest watershed assessment. This extensive study definitively reveals that large-scale mining operations would […]

We Can’t Eat Gold

by John Ahni SchertowJanuary 18, 2014

“How does it feel when your ancestors have been surviving off the same land for thousands of years and then that land is threatened?” The Indigenous Peoples of Bristol Bay face this very question. The Yup’ik-Eskimo, Aleut and Athabaskan Peoples continue to maintain the subsistence way of life practiced by their ancestors. The proposed Pebble […]

Underreported Struggles #47, February 2011

by John Ahni SchertowFebruary 28, 2011

In this month’s Underreported Struggles: Ngobe Leaders reach an accord with Panama, securing their land from mining and exploration; 4,000 indigenous people block entries to the oil-producing department of Arauca, Colombia; the Innu Council of Pessamit discovers a mining company illegally drilling on their territory. Underreported Struggles #47, February 2011 A BC Judge dismissed the […]

Alaskan Native Human Rights Violated; Fast Ongoing, More Protests Planned

by John Ahni SchertowFebruary 19, 2011

On February 8, 52-year-old Gwich’in and Yup’ik activist Desa Jacobsson started to fast in protest of “the comprehensive violation of subsistence rights and continued de-humanization” of Indigenous Peoples in Alaska by State Governor Sean Parnell, the Calista Corporation, and the Federal Subsistence Board. In a letter that was hand-delivered to the offices of Governor Parnell, […]

From Ecuador to Nigeria to the Gulf of Mexico

by John Ahni SchertowJuly 14, 2010

Oil industry sycophants, with their dollar store logic, are quick to tell us that oil spills are one of those ‘unfortunate facts of life’, like taxes in a market economy or Geraldo Rivera becoming a journalist. They’re tragedies that we’re just supposed to live with, they tell us. After all, ‘We’re only human. We all […]

Underreported Struggles #36, March 2010

by John Ahni SchertowMarch 31, 2010

In this month’s Underreported Struggles: Alaska Natives win battle against world’s largest zinc mine; Mayan communities order halt to mining projects on their land; Indigenous Peoples of Guyana demand the right to consent; Colombia government signs accord with Indigenous People; Coastal First Nations bar tankers, pipeline from their territories. Indigenous People bar proposed pipeline from […]

Underreported Struggles #35, February 2010

by John Ahni SchertowFebruary 28, 2010

In this month’s Underreported Struggles: Indigenous People in Ecuador Call for a “Permanent Mobilzation”; 5,000 Dongria Kondh protest against Vedanta Resources; Bangladesh army opens fire on Indigenous Jumma; Okanagan Band launches protective blockade against logging. Feb 28 – Indigenous People in Ecuador Call for “Permanent Mobilization” – Indigenous representatives and leaders have issued a call […]

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