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U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland (Laguna Pueblo) has signed Public Land Order 7956, solidifying protections for the Pactola Reservoir–Rapid Creek Watershed within the Black Hills National Forest. This decision aims to safeguard the area from potential impacts of mineral exploration and development.
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As mining activities escalate in western states and jeopardize indigenous lands and resources, the National Congress of American Indians called on Congress to enact legislation to protect Indigenous sacred sites from mining. The group’s General Assembly passed the resolution at its 2024 annual convention in Las Vegas, Nevada. NCAI is the oldest, largest and most representative Native American and Alaska Native organization serving the broad interests of tribal governments and communities.
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Gila River Indian Community Governor Stephen Roe Lewis was named on Tuesday to the 2024 Time100 Climate 2024. The list features the 100 most influential leaders driving business to real climate action from around the globe.
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The Navajo Nation is set to address longstanding chemical and petroleum contamination across its lands, targeting abandoned business sites and a significant former tribal enterprise in a mountainous region.
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Biologists from the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs and Portland General Electric (PGE) have successfully gathered over 250 adult steelhead at the Pelton Round Butte hydroelectric project—the largest steelhead return recorded since dams were constructed on the Deschutes River in the 1960s. This early return signals a positive trend for the season, as Deschutes River steelhead runs usually continue from late summer into the following March.
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The National Park Service (NPS) has issued its first-ever Director’s Order focused on nation-to-nation consultations with Indian and Alaska Native Tribes, a move aimed at strengthening relationships and ensuring Tribal voices are central in federal decision-making regarding park resources.
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This story is a product of the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk, an independent reporting network based at the University of Missouri in partnership with Report for America, with major funding from the Walton Family Foundation.
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Yellowstone Voices, a Montana-based nonprofit dedicated to wildlife conservation and advocacy, will host a public educational event titled “The Future of Yellowstone’s Wild Bison” on Friday, November 1, 2024, at the Museum of the Rockies' Hager Auditorium in Bozeman, Mont.
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In a historic first, last week, the homelands and ocean waters of the Chumash Peoples on the central California coast were designated a national marine sanctuary.
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Building on the success of the winter planting, the Yurok Tribe’s Fisheries Department has launched the second phase of a large-scale revegetation project along the recently restored river section, as salmon make their way to the Upper Klamath Basin for the first time in over 100 years.
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