Climate Indigenous Affairs
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![Two people on a canoe holding a long stick]()
![Two people on a canoe holding a long stick]()
The government froze food aid. Tribes are thawing old traditions.
Decades of work to rebuild traditional food systems are paying off, but droughts and funding cuts threaten to unravel the progress.
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![A village experiences flooding]()
![A village experiences flooding]()
Native Alaska villages were already on the front lines of climate change. Then a typhoon hit.
As Typhoon Halong swept through western Alaska, it laid bare how centuries-old policies made Native villages particularly vulnerable to climate change.
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![A Gwich'in hunter keeps an eye out for the Porcupine caribou herd just outside the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska.]()
![A Gwich'in hunter keeps an eye out for the Porcupine caribou herd just outside the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska.]()
Trump officials say Alaska is ‘open for business.’ So far, no one’s buying.
Despite the administration’s enthusiasm for developing the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, oil companies have shown little interest — leaving the state to spend millions propping up the idea.
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![Three Indigenous women attend the opening of UNPFII 2025]()
![Three Indigenous women attend the opening of UNPFII 2025]()
Want to go to the UN’s biggest gathering of Indigenous peoples? Here’s how.
Applications are open until October 31 to receive funding to attend major Indigenous gatherings in New York and Geneva next year.
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![A gathering of people in a room]()
Global conservation body backs genetically modified wildlife over Indigenous opposition
Indigenous leaders say free, prior, and informed consent must guide decisions about synthetic conservation technologies on their lands.
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![Molly Wilcox, of Damariscotta,holds a candle in front of a sign supporting Juliana v. US during a candlelight rally organized by 350 Maine in support of the plaintiffs in downtown Portland on Monday, October 29, 2018.]()
![Molly Wilcox, of Damariscotta,holds a candle in front of a sign supporting Juliana v. US during a candlelight rally organized by 350 Maine in support of the plaintiffs in downtown Portland on Monday, October 29, 2018.]()
The kids who sued America over climate change aren’t done yet
They want an international human rights body to hold the U.S. accountable — and are spotlighting Indigenous communities on the frontlines.
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![A panoramic view of the Kigluaik Mountains in western Alaska is seen from the road between the towns of Nome and Mary's Igloo.]()
![A panoramic view of the Kigluaik Mountains in western Alaska is seen from the road between the towns of Nome and Mary's Igloo.]()
In Alaska, a graphite mine races toward approval without the required tribal consent
A project in western Alaska is being fast-tracked in a process that has not yet included legally required consultations with Inupiaq communities.
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![Activists are holding up signs]()
![Activists are holding up signs]()
California extends cap-and-trade, as Indigenous nations grapple with the trade-offs
The Yurok Tribe has earned tens of millions from offsets, but critics say carbon markets perpetuate colonialism and allow companies to pay to pollute.
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![digital collage of portrait of Indigenous woman on photo of ocean]()
![digital collage of portrait of Indigenous woman on photo of ocean]()
What would an Indigenous Law of the Sea look like?
From deep-sea mining to climate change, this Indigenous woman sees a better future for the world's oceans.
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![Activists demonstrate outside the International Court of Justice in July 2025.]()
![Activists demonstrate outside the International Court of Justice in July 2025.]()
Trump axes climate reporting program, ignoring international courts and frontline communities
“There is an international responsibility here, even if the U.S. still tries to deny that there is one."
