Small magnifying glass Search

Ongoing Topics

Native Affairs

Joe Gratz / Flickr
Yessenia Funes  Jun 21, 2017 2:04PM EDT

UPDATE: Judge Likely to Make Decision on DAPL Operations in September

A U.S. District Court judge will hear arguments from both sides throughout the summer.
Image courtesy of Rainforest Action Network
Yessenia Funes  Jun 21, 2017 12:09PM EDT

REPORT: Bank Investments in Fossil Fuels Threaten Climate Change Goals

A new report finds that with $87 billion going toward the fossil fuel industry last year, banks are funding the possible failure of the Paris Agreement.
Buildings are seen near the ocean as reports indicate that Miami-Dade County will be one of the most at-risk places for rising water levels due to climate change on March 14, 2012, in North Miami, Florida.
Yessenia Funes  Jun 20, 2017 2:53PM EDT

This #WorldRefugeeDay, Let's Remember the Victims of Climate Change

By 2050, we could see up to 350 million climate refugees.
Four Asian men in black, grey, red and white formal wear against silver railing and black background with yellow lights
Kenrya Rankin  Jun 19, 2017 5:00PM EDT

SCOTUS Rules That Government Can't Censor Offensive Trademarks

Even if they disparage an ethnicity or race.
Miriam Zoila Pérez  Jun 16, 2017 10:01AM EDT

LISTEN: Rewire's CHOICE/LESS Podcast Takes on Sterilization Abuse in Native Communities

The episode is a deep dive into the history of sterilization among Native communities at the hands of U.S. government and medical officials.
Demonstrators rally downtown before marching to Trump Tower while protesting the construction of the Dakota Access pipeline on February 4, 2017, in Chicago, Illinois.
Yessenia Funes  Jun 15, 2017 12:05PM EDT

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Gains Ground in Dakota Access Court Case

The Army Corps of Engineers did not “adequately consider the impacts of an oil spill on fishing rights, hunting rights or environmental justice,” per the court order.
Colorlines screenshot of Bureau of Indian Affairs' website before and after, taken on June 14, 2017.
Yessenia Funes  Jun 14, 2017 11:45AM EDT

Climate Change Mentions Are Deleted From the Bureau of Indian Affairs' Website

This is the second website to remove all mentions of the manmade catastrophe.
Ancient granaries, part of the House on Fire ruins, are shown here in the South Fork of Mule Canyon in the Bears Ears National Monument on May 12, 2017, outside Blanding, Utah.
Yessenia Funes  Jun 13, 2017 1:51PM EDT

The Trump Administration Suggests Reducing the Size of Bears Ears National Monument

The site, home to ancient cliff dwellings and ancient rock art, currently covers 1.35 million acres.
Flags of the G7 group of nations, as well as the flag of the European Union, stand on a stage in the ancient amphitheater prior to the beginning of the G7 Taormina summit on the island of Sicily on May 26, 2017, in Taormina, Italy.
Yessenia Funes  Jun 13, 2017 11:34AM EDT

U.S. Does Not Sign G7 Document on Climate Change

This is the administration's latest move in staying out of the Paris Agreement.
Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, 16, speaks at a rally for the federal climate lawsuit, of which is a plaintiff, on February 20, 2017, in Denver.
Yessenia Funes  Jun 9, 2017 3:15PM EDT

5 Things to Know About The Youth-Led Climate Lawsuit Against Trump

For one, the case didn't always involve the 45th president.
Journalist Maria Hinojosa speaks after "The Latino List: Volume Two" Screening on September 21, 2012 in New York City. Listen to her and co-host Julio Ricardo Varela interview two guests on their podcast, "In the Thick."
Yessenia Funes  Jun 8, 2017 3:53PM EDT

ICYMI: This Podcast Breaks Down a Deeper Issue Hidden in the Paris Agreement Withdrawal

And that's environmental racism.
Support ships are seen near the Deepwater Horizon spill site on July 3, 2010, in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana. Jeffrey Bossert Clark was on the legal team representing BP for the incident.
Yessenia Funes  Jun 8, 2017 2:48PM EDT

Trump's Latest Environment Nominee Has History With Oil and Gas Industry

The president announced Jeffrey Bossert Clark as his assistant attorney general nominee for the Department of Justice's Environment and Natural Resources Division.
Located near Page, Arizona, the Navajo Generating Station is a coal-fired power plant that employs almost entirely Navajo people.
Yessenia Funes  Jun 7, 2017 12:50PM EDT

Navajo Nation Moves Forward on Coal Plant Lease Extension

In order to extend through 2019, the tribe still needs the approval of two-thirds of the full council.
People drive ATVs along the streets of town, which sits on a barrier island in the Chukchi sea, on July 8, 2015, in Shishmaref, Alaska.
Yessenia Funes  Jun 5, 2017 11:26AM EDT

READ: An Alaska Native Village Faces Relocation Due to Climate Change

The town was hoping to receive funds for the move, but the proposed federal budget eliminates all funding earmarked for it.
Yessenia Funes  Jun 2, 2017 11:09AM EDT

Politicians and Environmentalists React After Trump Pulls US From Paris Agreement

The president says he's open to negotiating the terms of the agreement, though world leaders assert it can not be renegotiated.
Guillermo Rosette (L) and Linda Velarde of the Chichimeca Anasazi tribe from Taos, New Mexico, join hundreds of other Native Americans and their supporters in a traditional Round Dance outside the Trump International Hotel April 27, 2017, in D.C.
Yessenia Funes  Jun 1, 2017 12:40PM EDT

Report Outlines How Federal Agencies Can Improve Tribal Consultation

But none of it is enforceable.
Military veterans confront police guarding a bridge near Oceti Sakowin Camp on the edge of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation on December 1, 2016, outside Cannon Ball, North Dakota, during a protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline.
Yessenia Funes  May 30, 2017 2:45PM EDT

Report Claims the Company Behind DAPL Tried to Sabotage the Movement

The Dakota Access Pipeline developer used counterterrorism tactics to monitor and surveil pipeline protestors, says a new investigative article.
A house sits on the edge of the Chukchi Sea on July 7, 2015, in Shishmaref, Alaska. In April, the Trump administration approved offshore drilling for gas and oil in Arctic regions, including the Chukchi sea.
Yessenia Funes  May 26, 2017 11:33AM EDT

Diverse Alliance Calls on Interior Secretary to Protect Arctic and Atlantic From Drilling

The 38 groups include Latinx, Black, Asian American and indigenous people.
Protesters march during a demonstration against the Dakota Access Pipeline on March 10, 2017, in Washington, D.C. Thousands of protesters and members of Native nations marched in D.C. to oppose the construction of the pipeline.
Yessenia Funes  May 25, 2017 3:13PM EDT

Company Behind Dakota Access In Spotlight for Numerous Pipeline Incidents

The Dakota Access Pipeline has already had three spills; the Rover Pipeline is facing litigation over incidents, too.
(L-R) Samantha Jones and Tashina Red Hawk of the Sicangu Lakota Band of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe from South Dakota and Casey Camp of the Ponca Nation help raise a large tepee as part of a demonstration against the Keystone XL pipeline on April 22, 2014.
Yessenia Funes  May 25, 2017 12:58PM EDT

READ: In Nebraska, a Tribe Joins With Landowners to Challenge Keystone XL

The Ponca Tribe may not live on Nebraskan land anymore, but it's still their home.