The state has 15 years to comply.
Tribes
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Inside the military tactics used during Standing Rock
Documents show the company behind DAPL used paramilitary security to track activists.
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Meet the people in the path of a massive pipeline expansion
Standing Rock tactics are being used in a Canada pipeline fight.
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Police shootings of Native Americans spark a movement
A new generation of activists on and off reservations struggle for visibility.
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How far will Canada go to honor tribal sovereignty?
In pipeline fights, ‘there’s no process for Indigenous peoples to say no.’
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Why we should fight against Utah’s war on public lands
And where to submit your comments to protect Bears Ears National Monument.
Posted inMay 29, 2017: The Cost of a Comeback
Zinke went to Bears Ears to listen, but supporters felt unheard
The Interior Secretary’s monument review is off to a complicated start.
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Oregon keeps the Elliott State Forest public
The state reverses course and decides not to sell its first state forest.
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Interior has yet to meet with Bears Ears tribal leaders
Zinke is losing the faith of a tribal coalition as a monument review looms.
Posted inMay 1, 2017: Change Comes to Short Creek
Latest: Zinke releases ATV plans for Recapture Canyon area
The Interior Secretary wants to prioritize public-land access.
Posted inMay 29, 2017: The Cost of a Comeback
Montana refuge divides tribes and ranchers
The American Prairie Reserve offers a controversial vision for an intact prairie ecosystem.
Posted inMay 15, 2017: Prison Town
Fact-checking Trump’s Antiquities Act order
Trump and Sen. Orrin Hatch rely on dubious claims to attack national monuments.
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A conversation with Obama’s top Interior lawyer
A look at how the department has changed its relationships with tribes, and at legal battles on the horizon.
Posted inMay 15, 2017: Prison Town
A tribe wins rights to contested groundwater in court
A major federal court decision acknowledges that tribes have priority rights to groundwater — and could limit how much other users can take.
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Oil expected in Dakota Access Pipeline this week
What ongoing legal battles tell us about protections for religious freedoms and government consultation with tribes.
Posted inMarch 20, 2017: The Tree Ring
‘Look for something white’
Discovering the North through its most iconic birds.
Posted inMarch 20, 2017: The Tree Ring
What the Navajo Generating Station will leave behind
Cleaner air, wounded economies.
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Standing Rock is history repeating itself
We need to come to terms with our past and present treatment of tribes.
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What will a Zinke-led Interior Department look like?
His priorities so far: energy, sportsmen access, park repairs & restoring public trust.
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Indian Country cannot afford to close the door to Republicans
Tribal issues cut across party lines.