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Hopi, Navajos Say Environmentalists Not Welcome

The leader of the country's largest Indian reservation threw his support behind the neighboring Hopi Tribe, whose lawmakers declared environmental groups unwelcome on the reservation.

(9/30/2009)

Tribe Wins Air Quality Fight With Michigan

A federal appeals court has ruled against Michigan in a nearly 15-year dispute with a Wisconsin-based Indian tribe over air quality standards.

(9/11/2009)

Native Groups Vow to Fight Oil Pipeline

A coalition of environmental and Native American organizations vowed Thursday to challenge a U.S. State Department permit allowing construction of a pipeline that will bring crude oil to the U.S. from Canada's oil sands.

(8/20/2009)

Team Tries to Revive Sacred Spring

After years of drought and livestock grazing, a spring sacred to an American Indian tribe in north-central New Mexico has dried up, and now the concern is that erosion, climate change and the region's growing demand for water will keep the spring from recovering.

(5/26/2009)

Navajo Nation Lists Bald Eagle as Endangered

A zoologist says approval of protections for the bald eagle represents a move within tribal government to become more of a player in the recovery of the species.

(9/28/2008)

College of Menominee Nation Recycling 101: EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge and interfaith Earth Healing Initiative

Submitted by Greg Peterson on Sun, 2008-05-04 06:49.

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College of Menominee Nation: EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge and a lesson in Great Lakes recycling 101

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Update: Earth Day Challenge goals exceeded, Wisconsin Menominee Tribe: Gang graffiti, litter gone; pill cache, e-waste collected

Submitted by Greg Peterson on Wed, 2008-04-23 20:39.

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Menominee tribal school students remove gang graffiti, pick up litter; College students collect 23 pounds of pills; dozens of computers in Earth Week projects connected to the EPA Great Lakes Earth Day Challenge

Northern Michigan University 2008 Indigenous Earth Day Summit : Aboriginal Australia Delegation, Garry Morning Star Raven

Submitted by Greg Peterson on Sun, 2008-04-20 22:49.

The Earth Healing Challenge: Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin shines in EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge

Submitted by Greg Peterson on Wed, 2008-04-09 19:22.

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Youth and adults at the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin holds three events for EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge

The 2008 Indigenous Earth Day Summit: April 22-23 at Northern Michigan University in Marquette, MI

Submitted by Greg Peterson on Wed, 2008-04-09 19:04.

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The 2008 Indigenous Earth Day Summit is April 22-23 at Northern Michigan University in Marquette, MI

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