NationofChange
Native communities share heritage ways to live and care for each other during this latest pandemic.
2AYCFT9 A cultural performance in the village of Kake, a Tlingit village located on Kupreanof Island where Frederick Sound meets Stephens Passage and Chatham
In reporting on the transformative thinking Native communities are putting into action in these tumultuous times, I heard time and time again: âThis is not our first pandemic.â Since the 1500s, when ever-larger numbers of Europeans began arriving in this hemisphere, disasters have come thick and fast for the First Nations, including tens of millions wiped out within a century by continual waves of unfamiliar diseasesâmeasles, influenza, smallpox, typhus, diphtheria, and more. Village after village stood empty. Enduring shock and grief, the survivors relied on ancient lifeways to support them as new trials arose.
for our health, our wild places, and our climate.
You saved Clean Water Act protections for rivers, lakes, and oceans in the “Clean Water Case of the Century” at the U.S. Supreme Court.
Attorneys in Earthjustice s Mid-Pacific Office represented the Hawaiʻi Wildlife Fund, Sierra Club-Maui Group, Surfrider Foundation, and West Maui Preservation Association.
You stood with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, as they were vindicated in the court of law, after years of perseverance against the Dakota Access Pipeline.
Attorneys in Earthjustice s Northwest Office have represented the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in their legal fight against the Dakota Access Pipeline since 2016.
Haaland nomination to Interior Department ‘an unprecedented nod to Indian country’
Joseph Morton and Jessica Wehrman
Cq-Roll Call
As the chief executive officer of Ho-Chunk, Inc., the economic development corporation owned by the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, Lance Morgan says he knows who makes the big decisions in an organization.
That’s why he was pleased Thursday to learn Rep. Deb Haaland, D-N.M., will be nominated by President-elect Joe Biden as the first Native American to lead the Interior Department.
After all, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, located within the department, answers to the person sitting in the secretary’s chair.
Friday, December 18, 2020
With the current legal and financial restrictions on the sale of cannabis, and confusion regarding the legal framework that governs this multi-billion dollar medical and recreational trade, many Tribes may have been hesitant or unable to enter the cannabis industry. The upcoming change in administration, along with legislative developments on both the federal and state level, suggest that the legal landscape for the cannabis industry may move further towards rationalization. Tribes considering entering the industry as well as those that have been in the cannabis business for some time should be aware of several key legal developments that will influence the future of this industry.
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