Climate Indigenous Affairs
All Stories
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![A man sitting on a rock watching over a herd of sheep spread across a mountainous pasture]()
![A man sitting on a rock watching over a herd of sheep spread across a mountainous pasture]()
Living with drought has taught pastoralists lessons the world needs
Half a billion pastoralists draw on generations of knowledge to thrive on rangelands. They say protecting their way of life would help others prepare for a hotter, drier world.
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![A wide view of the Mackinac Bridge on a stormy day.]()
![A wide view of the Mackinac Bridge on a stormy day.]()
US Army Corps approves a pipeline project it knows harms Indigenous lands
The proposal to replace an aging segment of the Line 5 pipeline in the Great Lakes still needs state approval. Tribal nations say the federal review violates treaty rights.
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![A yellow sign reading No Uranium Mining against a desert landscape with red dirt and a hill in the background]()
![A yellow sign reading No Uranium Mining against a desert landscape with red dirt and a hill in the background]()
Mining executives bought stock in their own firm days before Trump shrank Bears Ears
House Democrats have opened an investigation for insider trading.
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![A diarama consisting of an iconic Indigenous headdress made of $2 bills hanging in front of a screen next to cut out dollar bills. Over the tableau, a video of a Texas SpaceX launch plays with the land in the forefront of the scene.]()
![A diarama consisting of an iconic Indigenous headdress made of $2 bills hanging in front of a screen next to cut out dollar bills. Over the tableau, a video of a Texas SpaceX launch plays with the land in the forefront of the scene.]()
The climate movement gave this Texas tribe millions and a global platform. No one checked its story.
The Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe turned family lore into money, media, and a place at the United Nations.
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![A satellite image shows enormous clouds of smoke rise from a forest burning in northwestern Ontario.]()
![A satellite image shows enormous clouds of smoke rise from a forest burning in northwestern Ontario.]()
Canada’s wildfire season is taking a heavy toll on First Nations
Thousands have been forced from their homes as Indigenous leaders raise concerns about firefighting resources, emergency assistance, and who decides when communities are safe.
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Indigenous leaders give the UN a roadmap for protecting their peoples
A new 12-point plan calls for stronger protections for Indigenous rights, lands, and voices as climate change, conflict, and other threats intensify.
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![Tall grass in the foreground and dark, craggy cliffs in the background -- a part of Bears Ears National Monument.]()
![Tall grass in the foreground and dark, craggy cliffs in the background -- a part of Bears Ears National Monument.]()
Most Utahns want to protect their national monuments. Trump had other plans.
Utah's Republican politicians and the Trump administration said shrinking Bears Ears was what locals really wanted.
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French Polynesia objects to an American seabed mining plan made without its input
French Polynesia says it was "approached, but not consulted" about a Bay Area startup's plan to explore seabed mining near its marine preserve.
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![The shadows cast by a line of reindeer appear on a snowscape in Finland.]()
![The shadows cast by a line of reindeer appear on a snowscape in Finland.]()
As climate change threatens their lands, Indigenous nations demand more power at the UN
From the Arctic to the Pacific, Indigenous advocates say their voices are too often ignored.
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![the sun against an orange sky filled with wildfire smoke, and a tree in the foreground]()
![the sun against an orange sky filled with wildfire smoke, and a tree in the foreground]()
Thousands flee as First Nations bear the brunt of Canada’s wildfires
Residents of one First Nations community went door-to-door warning neighbors before fleeing by boat. More than 900 fires continue burning across Canada.
