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Navajo Nation Fights for Water Rights & Access to Colorado River as West Battles Historic Drought
Navajo Nation Fights for Water Rights & Access to Colorado River as West Battles Historic Drought
At the U.N. Water Development Conference, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland delivered the U.S. statement and called for Indigenous governance of shared waters, underscoring the importance of Indigenous-led conservation in addressing the climate and drought crises. This comes after the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments last Monday on whether to allow the Navajo Nation to argue the federal government must address the Native American tribe’s water rights. For more, we are joined in Fort Defiance, Arizona, by Crystal Tulley-Cordova, principal hydrologist for the Navajo Nation Department of Water Resources, water management branch, covering 27,000 square miles of reservation land that straddles New Mexico, Arizona and Utah, much of which borders the Colorado River. She talks about what must be done to address the ongoing lack of access to water there now as the west battles a historic drought.
·democracynow.org·
Navajo Nation Fights for Water Rights & Access to Colorado River as West Battles Historic Drought
The Red Nation
The Red Nation
We feature interviews, talks, and short audio documentaries about politics, culture, and history from an Indigenous left perspective. The Red Nation podcast is co-hosted by Nick Estes and Jen Marley with help from our friend and comrade Sina. Email: rednationpodcast@gmail.com For more information about the Red Nation visit: therednation.org. https://www.patreon.com/redmediapr
·youtube.com·
The Red Nation
Biden creates national monuments in Nevada, Texas mountains
Biden creates national monuments in Nevada, Texas mountains
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Tuesday he is establishing national monuments on more than half a million acres in Nevada and Texas and creating a marine sanctuary in U.S. waters near the Pacific Remote Islands southwest of Hawaii.
·apnews.com·
Biden creates national monuments in Nevada, Texas mountains
Justices appear divided over Navajo Nation’s water rights - SCOTUSblog
Justices appear divided over Navajo Nation’s water rights - SCOTUSblog
What water the United States owes the Navajo Nation under the 1868 Treaty of Bosque Redondo formed the crux of the argument in Arizona v. Navajo Nation. The treaty, known by the Navajo people as the Naal Tsoos Sani, or the Old Paper, established the Navajo Reservation as a “permanent home” for the N
·scotusblog.com·
Justices appear divided over Navajo Nation’s water rights - SCOTUSblog
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) jointly released new government-wide guidance and an accompanying implementation memorandum f
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) jointly released new government-wide guidance and an accompanying implementation memorandum f
for Federal Agencies on recognizing and including Indigenous Knowledge in Federal research, policy, and decision making. This announcement coincides with the Biden-Harris Administration’s 2022 Tribal Nations Summit and responds to a 2021 OSTP-CEQ memorandum that called for development of the guidance with Tribal consultation and Indigenous community engagement, as well as agency, expert, and public input.
·whitehouse.gov·
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) jointly released new government-wide guidance and an accompanying implementation memorandum f
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) - new government-wide guidance
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) - new government-wide guidance
for Federal Agencies on recognizing and including Indigenous Knowledge in Federal research, policy, and decision making. This announcement coincides with the Biden-Harris Administration’s 2022 Tribal Nations Summit and responds to a 2021 OSTP-CEQ memorandum that called for development of the guidance with Tribal consultation and Indigenous community engagement, as well as agency, expert, and public input.
·whitehouse.gov·
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) - new government-wide guidance
White House Releases First-of-a-Kind Indigenous Knowledge Guidance for Federal Agencies | OSTP | The White House
White House Releases First-of-a-Kind Indigenous Knowledge Guidance for Federal Agencies | OSTP | The White House
Today, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) jointly released new government-wide guidance  and an accompanying implementation memorandum for Federal Agencies on recognizing and including Indigenous Knowledge in Federal research, policy, and decision making. This announcement coincides with the Biden-Harris Administration’s 2022 Tribal Nations…
·whitehouse.gov·
White House Releases First-of-a-Kind Indigenous Knowledge Guidance for Federal Agencies | OSTP | The White House
Supreme Court rulings undermine Indian law
Supreme Court rulings undermine Indian law
Indian law is a framework for making decisions about Indigenous sovereignty and peoples, but recent Supreme Court rulings create new debates despite centuries of precedents
·prismreports.org·
Supreme Court rulings undermine Indian law
Reclaiming Native Truth
Reclaiming Native Truth
Reclaiming Native Truth is a national effort to foster cultural, social and policy change by empowering Native Americans to counter discrimination, invisibility and the dominant narratives that limit Native opportunity, access to justice, health and self-determination. Reclaiming Native Truth’s goal is to move hearts and minds toward greater respect, inclusion and social justice for Native Americans.
·rnt.firstnations.org·
Reclaiming Native Truth
Grappling with the Land Grant truth | The Ohio State University Inspire
Grappling with the Land Grant truth | The Ohio State University Inspire
Ohio State Professor Stephen Gavazzi learned a painful truth about Land Grant Universities — just after his book on the subject went to press. Now he’s working with a team of Ohio State researchers to find a path to healing harm done to indigenous tribes when they lost lands to fund the university through the Morrill Act of 1862.   Link to transcript
·ohiostateuniversityinspire.podbean.com·
Grappling with the Land Grant truth | The Ohio State University Inspire
State of unease: Colorado basin tribes without water rights
State of unease: Colorado basin tribes without water rights
PEACH SPRINGS, Ariz. (AP) — Garnett Querta slips on his work gloves as he shifts the big rig he’s driving into park. Within seconds, he unrolls a fire hose and opens a hydrant, sending water flowing into one of the plastic tanks on the truck’s flat bed.
·apnews.com·
State of unease: Colorado basin tribes without water rights
Targeted Initiatives Reduce Tuition Costs for Indigenous Students
Targeted Initiatives Reduce Tuition Costs for Indigenous Students
Over the past year, a wave of higher education institutions and state governments have worked to reduce the cost of college for Indigenous students. These tuition relief efforts come at a critical tim
·insightintodiversity.com·
Targeted Initiatives Reduce Tuition Costs for Indigenous Students