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Trying to escape sea-level rise, Northwest coastal tribes are …
WEBAug 27, 2024 · Coastal tribal communities in the Lower 48 live on the frontlines of climate adaptation, with some facing the daunting challenge of relocating altogether to safer inland places as sea levels rise.
The Gadsden flag is a symbol. But whose? - High Country News
WEBMay 18, 2020 · Historians point to Christopher Gadsden — a slave-owning South Carolinian — as the namesake for the iconic yellow flag. Gadsden, a colonel in the Continental Army, is believed to have gifted ...
Diverted, drained and dwindling: What’s the fate of New Mexico’s …
WEBJan 14, 2021 · The Rio Grande used to provide water on a bell curve, with powerful floods in the spring and summer and lower and slower flows in the winter. Now the dams release about 20% of what naturally ...
The Supreme Court’s attack on tribal sovereignty, explained
WEBJul 1, 2022 · As part of its recent precedent-breaking spree, the U.S. Supreme Court turned federal Indian law on its head this week on Wednesday, June 29. In the case of Oklahoma v.Castro-Huerta, a majority of ...
A human-caused wildfire burns Oregon’s Columbia Gorge
WEBSep 8, 2017 · The human-started Eagle Creek Fire burned more than 30,000 acres as of September 8. Curtis Perry/Flickr. In the long term, Lang says, the “gorge is incredibly resilient.”. But on a human ...
Reckoning with History: The legacy of lynching in the West
WEBJul 13, 2018 · In his provocatively imagined and deeply researched visual history, “Lynching in the West: 1850-1935,” artist Ken Gonzales-Day compiled known lynchings in California from statehood until the ...
Questions about the LandBack movement, answered
WEBAug 22, 2022 · Acrylic. Credit: Jimmy Gerald Stone (Seminole and Cherokee) September 1, 2022: Going Under Social Justice. Questions about the LandBack movement, answered. Number one: Why are Indians spray ...
Trump’s impact on Indian Country over four years
WEBDec 16, 2020 · When President Donald Trump took office in January 2017, many tribal leaders took a wait-and-see approach, given his poor record on Indigenous affairs. Four years later, Indian Country has ...
A reality check on Biden’s ‘30 by 30’ conservation plan
WEBJun 23, 2021 · A week after Joe Biden became president, he signed an executive order that announced his commitment to protecting 30% of U.S. land and water — over 720 million acres — by 2030. The move ...