There was an American Indian Studies program at UW-Madison when Aaron Bird Bear was hired on campus back in 2002. But, as he remembers it, there was “hardly anything else […]
The Fight Against Line 5 Continues
For years, local residents and water protectors have opposed Line 5, Enbridge’s tar sands oil pipeline stretching from Sarnia, Ontario to Superior, Wisconsin and running through the Straits of Mackinac […]
Decolonize Wealth to repair historic global colonization
After centuries of “Global Bleaching” — colonization with the goal to expand the territory of white conquerors and remove local cultures — Edgar Villanueva, author of “Decolonizing Wealth: Indigenous Wisdom […]
When a White Woman Goes Missing The Whole World Flips Tables
Damita Brown talks with Christine Nobliss, Founder of Great Plains Action Society about Native American issues and how they intersect with Black issues: voter suppression; Covid-19 impact; missing, murdered and […]
Mauna Kea Protests and Violence Against Indigenous Women
Native Hawaiian activists have been protesting a massive telescope project planned for the Mauna Kea mountain on Hawaii’s Big Island. Protests began in October 2014, when plans were first announced […]
The Fight for Public Lands in Utah
“Every conservation battle has to be fought over and over again,” says Stephen Trimble. Right now, environmental activists in Utah are working to restore full protections to two national monuments, […]
