Articles by Joseph Lee
Joseph Lee is an Aquinnah Wampanoag writer and lives in New York City.
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![Group of Maasai tribesmen wearing bright red shawls and carrying sticks, walking down a dirt path, viewed from behind]()
![Group of Maasai tribesmen wearing bright red shawls and carrying sticks, walking down a dirt path, viewed from behind]()
Tanzania drops murder charges against 24 Maasai land defenders
The alleged murder occurred when state security forces tried to evict the Maasai to create a hunting preserve.
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![Collage: canyon hills and water reflecting the sky, with watercolor sky and an orange sun; water droplet shapes have been cut out of the water]()
![Collage: canyon hills and water reflecting the sky, with watercolor sky and an orange sun; water droplet shapes have been cut out of the water]()
Tribes in the Colorado River Basin are fighting for their water. States wish they wouldn’t.
Indigenous nations have significant water rights, but many lack the infrastructure to take advantage of them.
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![Man in a suit and tie stands at a podium in front of two flags]()
![Man in a suit and tie stands at a podium in front of two flags]()
At COP27, Tuvalu joins call for an international treaty to stop fossil fuel expansion
The Pacific island nation becomes the second U.N. country to support the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty.
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![person stands in a forest holding a stick with a bunch of fruit collected at the top]()
![person stands in a forest holding a stick with a bunch of fruit collected at the top]()
Report: Countries need an impossible amount of land to meet climate pledges
Pressure to convert land for carbon removal puts Indigenous communities at risk.
