Climate Indigenous Affairs
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![Miners working in dirt and mud in rainforest clearing]()
![Miners working in dirt and mud in rainforest clearing]()
Amid illegal Amazon gold mining, Indigenous land defenders get reinforcements
Experts say the mines lead to murder, deforestation, pollution, and other crimes against Indigenous people in Brazil.
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![animated illustration of waving wild rice stalk dropping grains into oily water with grasses, water, and trees in the background]()
![animated illustration of waving wild rice stalk dropping grains into oily water with grasses, water, and trees in the background]()
How rights of nature and wild rice could stop a pipeline
Meet the Ojibwe attorney fighting a Line 3 expansion that threatens Indigenous rights and the environment
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![foreboding black and white photo of a tree covered mountain with more mountains fading into the distance]()
Indigenous people are being killed to ‘protect’ a Congolese park
A new report reveals how U.S. agencies and conservation organizations have supported the violence.
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![Protestors hold up a sign that says stop mining indigenous land]()
![Protestors hold up a sign that says stop mining indigenous land]()
Land defenders face violence and repression. Clean energy could make it worse.
Human rights advocates faced hundreds of attacks last year. Opposition to mining was most dangerous.
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![collage: green silhouette of California with lines showing Native American treaties; orange circle with $100 bills inside; back view of woman with braids wearing a shirt that reads]()
![collage: green silhouette of California with lines showing Native American treaties; orange circle with $100 bills inside; back view of woman with braids wearing a shirt that reads]()
California offers $100 million for tribes to buy back their land. It won’t go far.
“Let’s face it, this is California: $100 million goes nowhere.”
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![Fones Cliffs with the Rappahannock River below]()
![Fones Cliffs with the Rappahannock River below]()
Rappahannock Tribe gets 465 acres of land back on the Chesapeake Bay
The return of the land is "a historic victory for conservation and racial justice."
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![Branches coming out of the tops of tipis next to anti-pipeline flag and flag of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe]()
![Branches coming out of the tops of tipis next to anti-pipeline flag and flag of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe]()
A new report reveals how the Dakota Access Pipeline is breaking the law
Authors say the study could be pivotal in stopping DAPL.
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![Blue red yellow and green Sami flag hanging from snow covered trees]()
![Blue red yellow and green Sami flag hanging from snow covered trees]()
Sweden approves controversial iron mine on Indigenous Sami land
The proposed mining project has been condemned by the Sami and the United Nations.
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![Glen Canyon Dam Lake Powell Arizona]()
![Glen Canyon Dam Lake Powell Arizona]()
Lake Powell water crisis is about to be an energy crisis
As the West's megadrought continues, communities reliant on hydroelectric power — including tribes and rural towns — face shortages.
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![White oval sticker with red and blue american flag and blue text saying]()
Redistricting could make it harder for tribes to protect the environment
Indigenous leaders worry redistricting will lead to more disenfranchisement and environmental issues.
