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CollaborationCOP26Industry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeBringing the fight against dams to COP26
-Indigenous activists and allies from Oregon to Chile are highlighting how dams harm the climate and Indigenous peoples worldwide.
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APIndigenous CommunitiesInfrastructureNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsTribes welcome infusion of money in infrastructure bill
-President Joe Biden signed the $1.2 trillion deal earlier this week that includes about $11 billion in benefits for Indian Country, according to the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. About one-third of that, $3.5 billion, will go to the Indian Health Service, the federal agency tasked with providing healthcare for more than 2 million Native American and Alaska Natives.
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Feature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsIndigenous CommunitiesLatest NewsMichiganNewsSturgeonWisconsinSturgeon Restoration: Starting anew in Sturgeon and Saginaw bays
-In the bays where lake sturgeon no longer spawn, Indigenous groups and researchers are hoping to change that.
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Enbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesEquity and Environmental JusticeGreat Lakes News CollaborativeIndigenous CommunitiesIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNewsOntarioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeTribal Governments and First NationsU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsMichigan tribes to Biden: Enbridge Line 5 threatens our treaty rights
-As Canada leans on an international treaty to keep oil flowing through Line 5, Michigan Native American tribal leaders want the Biden administration to acknowledge that the pipeline’s fate affects their treaty rights, too.
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Indigenous leaders face barriers to UN climate conference
-Indigenous leaders are largely being excluded from participation in the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference as the world grapples with escalating problems from floods, fires, heat, drought and other disasters.
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Raising Fish: An inside look at how one hatchery is helping to restore native Great Lakes species
-Raising lake sturgeon, walleye and whitefish requires knowledge of biology, engineering, physics, mathematics and a stomach impervious to strong fish smells.
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Line 3 opponents descend on Minnesota Capitol to seek a stop
-The rally, part of a series of events called Treaties over Tar Sands organized by Indigenous and environmental activists, called on Gov. Tim Walz and President Joe Biden to pull permits and shut down the Line 3 replacement pipeline project.
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BudgetClimate ChangeCollaborationEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageIndigenous CommunitiesLatest NewsNewsOntarioQuebecU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsCanada commits $340 million to Indigenous protected areas, guardians programs
-The Canadian federal government announced it will provide funding over the next five years to support Indigenous-led stewardship of lands and waters under its $2.3 billion commitment to nature conservation.
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“We Can’t Have Land Back Without Water Back”
-The director of Pueblo Action Alliance, an activist group, Julia Bernal is acutely aware that in arid areas like her home in the American Southwest, the fight for Indigenous rights starts with one crucial resource: water.
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CollaborationHabitat RestorationHistory and CultureIndigenous CommunitiesLake MichiganLatest NewsNewsWisconsinAncient human remains unearthed at proposed Kohler golf course site in Wisconsin
-The rapidly eroding Lake Michigan shoreline is also raising questions about the future of the controversial project adjacent to Kohler-Andrae State Park.
