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Saving a sacred lake: Zuni activist Pablo Padilla

Zuni Tribe member and law student Pablo Padilla helped lead a triumphant fight against a coal strip mine planned near Zuni Salt Lake in New Mexico, a site sacred to Native Americans

by Hillary Rosner, Feb 02, 2004
Tribes gain power through federal environmental laws

Today, 15 tribes manage their own air-quality programs under the federal Clean Air Act

by Bob Struckman, Jan 20, 2003
An inspiring, devastating story

Land, Wind and Hard Words: A Story of Navajo Activism by John W. Sherry tells the story of the Navajo grassroots environmental group Dine CARE and the dedicated small group of people who founded it, 10 years ago.

by Michelle Nijhuis, Sep 02, 2002
A water tale to set you on fire

Drury Gunn Carr's new documentary follows the Shoshone Tribe's legal battle to change Wyoming water law and win its water rights.

by Rachel Jackson, Dec 03, 2001
Wildlife management blossoms on the reservations

The Nez Perce tribe's success in wolf recovery is one of many stories of successful and innovative wildlife management by Indian tribes.

by Michelle Nijhuis, Feb 26, 2001
Return of the natives

In Idaho, the Nez Perce have become the first tribe to oversee the statewide recovery of an endangered species, the gray wolf, an experience that is energizing the tribe's own political and spiritual recovery.

by Michelle Nijhuis, Feb 26, 2001
Native Americans gather to defend homelands

More than 1,000 Native Americans met at Mount Taylor in New Mexico to celebrate the 10th birthday of the Indigenous Environmental Network.

by Cate Gilles, Aug 16, 1999
Hunt sparks whale of a controversy

In Washington, the prospect of the first hunt of gray whales by the Makah Indians in 70 years has environmentalists worried and tribe enthusiastic.

by Michelle Nijhuis, Sep 28, 1998
Navajo tribe embarks on a long-term cleanup

The Navajo Nation tries to come to terms with a growing garbage problem that has led to numerous illegal dumps on the reservation.

by Bill Donovan, Aug 18, 1997
Navajo role model

Diné CARE, the group monitoring environmental issues on the Navajo Nation, hires Christine Benally as its new director.

by Bill Taylor, Apr 29, 1996

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Saving a sacred lake: Zuni activist Pablo Padilla

Tribes gain power through federal environmental laws

An inspiring, devastating story

A water tale to set you on fire

Wildlife management blossoms on the reservations

Return of the natives

Native Americans gather to defend homelands

Hunt sparks whale of a controversy

Navajo tribe embarks on a long-term cleanup

Navajo role model

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