Native American
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Indigenous tribes are at the forefront of climate change planning in the U.S.
According to a University of Oregon database, at least 50 tribes across the U.S. have assessed climate risks and developed plans to tackle them.
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Federal agencies are required to consult with tribes about pipelines. They often don’t.
Tribes say the federal government often views consultation as a "box-checking exercise."
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This pipeline cuts across a reservation. Wisconsin might make tribal members felons for protesting it.
If Governor Tony Evers’ signs this bill into law, protesters could face up to six years in jail.
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Bernie Sanders among 2020 candidates joining the first-ever Native American political forum
Candidates will likely speak on voter ID laws and the recent spate of harsh new punishments for pipeline protesters.
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Native Americans caught salmon here for millennia. Now the world is hooked.
On the Northwest's Columbia River, tribes fish for a new prosperity.
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Many Native Americans lack access to healthy food, but there’s a growing movement to change that
Gardening brings health and peace of mind on reservations.
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There’s a new mega-pipeline in town. Here’s why it has so many protesters in the trenches.
A court battle is one of the last obstacles remaining in Dakota Access' way.
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Oil lease on sacred Blackfeet land is canceled — but the fight is far from over
In Montana, the Blackfeet tribe have been fighting the oil drilling leases for decades.
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Climate change might force this Native American tribe off of the land it’s been on for generations
The Quinault tribe in Washington state is experiencing rising seas and disappearing salmon.