Articles by Joseph Lee
Joseph Lee is an Aquinnah Wampanoag writer and lives in New York City.
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![Lake Mead, surrounded by rock formations with bleached]()
![Lake Mead, surrounded by rock formations with bleached]()
How Colorado River Basin tribes are managing water amid historic drought
As the federal government calls for cuts, Indigenous leaders work to protect tribal water rights.
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![aerial view of mine complex next to grand canyon]()
![aerial view of mine complex next to grand canyon]()
Poll: Arizonans want to ban uranium mining near the Grand Canyon
Protecting the state’s water supply appears to be a top priority among likely voters.
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![CEO of African Wildlife Foundation, Kaddu Sebunya, speaks at a podium; a backdrop with Africa Protected Areas Congress's logo on it in the background]()
![CEO of African Wildlife Foundation, Kaddu Sebunya, speaks at a podium; a backdrop with Africa Protected Areas Congress's logo on it in the background]()
Indigenous leaders say Africa’s conservation plan puts lives at risk
'We cannot co-manage what is under the custody of people who have been destroying it.'
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![Collage: a topographic map of a mine with a blueberry bush sprig, a rainbow smelt, a ptarmigan and two chicks, and a caribou surrounding it, with a gold nugget in the middle of the map and a river running through the center]()
![Collage: a topographic map of a mine with a blueberry bush sprig, a rainbow smelt, a ptarmigan and two chicks, and a caribou surrounding it, with a gold nugget in the middle of the map and a river running through the center]()
A Native Corporation wants to mine gold on the Kuskokwim River. Alaska Natives say no.
The world’s largest open-pit gold mine could destroy the tundra — and the livelihoods of those who depend on it.
