Climate Indigenous Affairs
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![A portrait of state Sen. Mary Kunesh from Minnesota]()
![A portrait of state Sen. Mary Kunesh from Minnesota]()
The state senator leading efforts to return land to tribal nations
"We can't sit back anymore and not participate."
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![Dozens gather to protest deep-sea mining in Hawaii in December 2023.]()
![Dozens gather to protest deep-sea mining in Hawaii in December 2023.]()
How the last queen of Hawaiʻi is influencing the debate over deep-sea mining
As the U.N. weighs ocean floor mining, Hawai'i just banned the practice.
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![Cityscape of downtown Denver with the Flatirons and Longs Peak in the background from a drone perspective]()
![Cityscape of downtown Denver with the Flatirons and Longs Peak in the background from a drone perspective]()
Colorado’s dirty secret: A $500 billion mining industry built on Indigenous land
A new report says that it’s only a fraction of the almost $2 trillion the state has made on stolen land.
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![A group of young people holding signs in Spanish with their arms raised walk down a dusty road.]()
![A group of young people holding signs in Spanish with their arms raised walk down a dusty road.]()
To save the Amazon, what if we listened to those living within It?
Aiming to prevent “climate and ecological collapse,” rainforest inhabitants release a detailed plan to save their home, honing in on ending fossil fuel subsidies and securing Indigenous land rights.
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![A researcher in scuba gear counts fish swimming around a coral reef at Palmyra Atoll in the central Pacific Ocean.]()
![A researcher in scuba gear counts fish swimming around a coral reef at Palmyra Atoll in the central Pacific Ocean.]()
A Biden effort to conserve oceans is leaving out Indigenous peoples, report finds
U.S. Pacific territories bear the burden of marine protected areas while missing out on economic benefits.
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![A beaver sitting on top of a pile of branches, holding a piece of wood up to its mouth]()
![A beaver sitting on top of a pile of branches, holding a piece of wood up to its mouth]()
The Tule River Tribe of California recruits an old ally in its fight against wildfires: Beavers
Beavers were once abundant in North America. Bringing them back could have serious climate benefits.
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![View of Lake Mille Lacs between trees]()
![View of Lake Mille Lacs between trees]()
The Mille Lacs Band will see the return of 18 acres of state trust land
Of several landback bills the Minnesota Legislature considered this year, the Mille Lacs measure was the only one to return school trust lands.
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![Pacific Islanders in traditional outfits performing at an arts festival]()
![Pacific Islanders in traditional outfits performing at an arts festival]()
A rare celebration of Indigenous Pacific cultures underscores the cost of climate change
The festival highlights a cultural scene that is threatened by rising seas and dangerous storms.
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Nations need to do more to defend Indigenous rights, UN report says
The U.N. also calls for stronger safeguards against exploitative green transition projects.
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![Murrawah Maroochy Johnson poses for a portrait in Australia after receiving the Goldman Environmental Prize.]()
![Murrawah Maroochy Johnson poses for a portrait in Australia after receiving the Goldman Environmental Prize.]()
How an Aboriginal woman fought a coal company and won
Goldman Prize Winner Murrawah Maroochy Johnson talks climate justice and inheriting a legacy of Indigenous resistance.
