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Same-Sex Marriage Brings Healing to Me—and My Tribe
by Madeline Ostranderposted May 10, 2012 - Heather Purser set out to win gay marriage rights within the Suquamish Tribe and found herself on a personal journey toward self-acceptance.
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Rising Sea Levels: The View from a Canoe
by Sena Christianposted May 03, 2012 - Decades ago, the legendary journey of the open-ocean canoe Hokule‘a revealed secrets of Hawai‘i’s past and sparked pride in native culture. Now, a voyage around the world offers a new generation lessons about Earth’s uncertain future.
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A Plea for Rio+20: Don’t Commodify Nature
by David Kortenposted Apr 24, 2012 - David Korten: Indigenous wisdom reveals a path to the future that does not include a buy-out of the earth’s natural systems.
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A Dakota Way of Life
by Kris Kolbposted Apr 06, 2012 - Diane Wilson’s new book asks, how do you raise beloved children and break the cycle of self-destruction in native communities?
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After the Quake: Haiti's Slow Road to Healing
by Rachel Harmonposted Jan 13, 2012 - Photo Essay: Two years later, poverty, corruption, and health crises persist. But so does hope.
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Henry Red Cloud: Solar Warrior for Native America
by Talli Naumanposted Dec 19, 2011 - The YES! Breakthrough 15: Bringing renewable energy and jobs to reservations.
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Women Farmers Feed the World
by Christa Hillstromposted Oct 22, 2011 - Grassroots food activist Fatou Batta on why the question of agricultural sustainability is also a question of equality.
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A Sit-In to Save a Sacred Site
by Lily Hicksposted Sep 01, 2011 - How local tribes stopped a Bay Area burial ground from becoming a parking lot.
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Prevent a Tar Sands Disaster
by Nellis Kennedy-Howardposted Aug 19, 2011 - Why developing the tarsands has been called "world's most destructive project."
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What a 10-Year-Old Did for the Tar Sands
by Angela Sterrittposted Aug 15, 2011 - Why a First Nations student from British Columbia is taking on a controversial trans-Canadian pipeline project—through song.
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People We Love: Maria Aguinda
by Oliver Lazenbyposted Jul 25, 2011 - An indigenous elder from the Amazon takes Chevron to court.
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Keepers of the Seeds
by Winona LaDukeposted May 12, 2011 - Winona LaDuke: How Native farmers and gardeners are working to preserve their agricultural heritage.
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Photo Essay: Crude Reflections from the Amazon
by Lou Dematteisposted May 04, 2011 - After enduring years of toxic dumping and rising cancer rates, indigenous Ecuadorians took oil giant Chevron to court to fight for the life of the rainforest—and its people.
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The Law of Mother Earth: Behind Bolivia’s Historic Bill
by Nick Buxtonposted Apr 21, 2011 - A new law expected to pass in Bolivia mandates a fundamental ecological reorientation of the nation's economy and society.
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Our Animal Selves
by Linda Hoganposted Mar 09, 2011 - All around us are radiant species. What can the first peoples teach us about restoring our relationship with animals?
