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Dispossessed, Again: Climate Change Hits Native Americans Especially Hard Many Native people were forced into the most undesirable areas of America, first by white settlers, then by the government. Now, parts of that marginal land are becoming uninhabitable. Pierre Augare, a member of the Quinault Nation in Taholah, Wash., a community on the Olympic Peninsula that has been planning a retreat from the ocean for almost a decade.Credit...Josué Rivas for The New York Times June 27, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET In Chefornak, a Yu’pik village near the western coast of Alaska, the water is getting closer. ...

Environmentalists' respect for tribes is contingent on political agreement

Anger lingers among tribal leaders in Washington after a surprise veto from Gov. Jay Inslee last month. As he signed the cap and trade Climate Commitment

As the great literary critic cautioned more than a half century ago, liberals increasingly reduce a complex world to black and white.

May 24, 2021 Share NEW YORK (AP) — CNN is cutting ties with former Republican senator and current TV analyst Rick Santorum over disparaging comments he made about Native American culture. On CNN, Santorum was a senior political commentator who was often tasked with giving the Republican point of view during campaign coverage. His parting ways with the network was confirmed Saturday by Alison Rudnick, vice president of HLN Communications and CNN Diversity and Inclusion. He sparked controversy in an April 23 speech before the Young America’s Foundation, a conservative youth organiza...