First Nations

Yurok Tribe signs historic MOU to help salmon populations

Contributed photo: CalTrout Executive Director Curtis Knight, CalTrout Mount Shasta-Klamath Regional Director Damon Goodman, Andrew Hurlimann (current FDC president), Sam…

10 months ago

EPA Proposes to Establish First-Time Clean Water Act Protections for Over 250 Tribes

EPA’s proposed baseline water quality standards would usher in new Clean Water Act protections for Tribal Nation waterways May 3,…

12 months ago

Canada oil sands leak heightens First Nations’ calls to clean up tailings

Photo: Demonstrators rally against Imperial Oil’s ongoing tailings pond leak, in Ottawa By Nia Williams (Reuters) - In early February,…

1 year ago

‘Water is life’: Native leaders honor sacred river spaces as courts debate water rights

Photo: A view near the confluence of the Little Colorado River and the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon on…

1 year ago

Without water, Native American tribes hit hard by the pandemic

Photo: An analysis by USC Gould’s Robin Craig found that limited access to running water and basic infrastructure put the…

1 year ago