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Native and Indigenous tribes are using traditional skills on reacquired ancestral land to combat climate change. #ABCNews #Indigenous #ClimateChange source

Five tribes in western Washington will receive federal funding to help them prepare for the impacts of climate change, like floods and heat waves. The funding will come from President Biden’s infrastructure bill. Western Washington tribes will receive nearly a quarter of the $45 million awarded to tribes across the …

Wild rice, manoomen, is deeply connected to the origins of tribal migrations to the Great Lakes region. Roger LaBine works on restoring and protecting the native vegetation in Michigan. (Sheri McWhirter | MLive) source

[ad_1] The novel coronavirus outbreak has intensified a decadeslong battle between indigenous tribes and evangelical Christian missionaries in the most remote regions of the Brazilian Amazon rainforest, as tribes warning of the virus’s potential to cause their “genocide” have pushed to ban controversial religious groups from entering their lands. On …

[ad_1] Tribes Claim U.S. Government Violates Human Rights by Failing to Address Climate-Forced Displacement This January, five U.S. tribes in Alaska and Louisiana submitted a complaint to multiple U.N. special rapporteurs, claiming that the U.S. government is violating its international human rights obligations by failing to address climate change impacts that result …

[ad_1] On a hot summer’s day, marine ecologist Courtney Greiner walks the shore of a rocky Washington beach at low tide with a handful of staff and interns. They stake out the ground and hunch down, digging up the top two inches of mud, silt, and gravel looking for baby …