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3Groups ask Mexico to pull Coca-Cola ad on indigenous
2015-12-02 04:56:45| Beverages - Topix.net
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Keystone XL Rejection: Indigenous Resistance Exults, Trudeau Disappointed
2015-11-08 11:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Indian Country: Indigenous activists and environmentalists hailed President Barack Obamas rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline on Friday November 6, calling it a victory for Mother Earth and a step toward shutting down the Alberta oil sands entirely. In the fight against Keystone XL our efforts as indigenous peoples, whether Lakota, Dakota, Assiniboine, Ponca, Cree, Dene or other, has always been in the defense of Mother Earth and the sacredness of the water, said Tom Goldtooth, head of the Indigenous Environmental...
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Arctic Council, indigenous peoples, prepare for Paris climate change meeting
2015-11-03 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nunatsiaq: With less than a month to go before global climate change talks start in Paris, indigenous peoples and the Arctic Council are getting ready for the Conference of Parties, or COP 21, the 21st annual meeting of the nation states that make up the United Nations Framework on Climate Change. A commitment to limit the average global temperature rise to two degrees Celsius by the year 2100 through a binding agreement on cutting greenhouse gas emissions remains the goal of COP 21, which will see 40,000...
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Solar panels empower indigenous people in Canada's north
2015-10-26 07:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Daniel T'seleie, an indigenous activist in Canada's far north, is campaigning to help his people wean themselves from a worrying dependence on imported fuel and food, recover old traditions and win greater autonomy from the government. In a region with nearly 24 hours of daylight in the summer, one way to help meet his goals seems obvious: more solar power. "Right now a lot of communities in the Northwest Territories are dependent on diesel-generated electricity, along with store-bought food,"...
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11.03: An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
2015-10-14 00:04:01| Powells Books Events Calendar
Today in the United States, there are more than 500 federally recognized Indigenous nations comprising nearly 3 million people, descendants of the 15 million Native people who once inhabited this land. Historian and activist Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz offers a history of the U.S. told from the perspective of Indigenous peoples — revealing how Native Americans actively resisted expansion of the U.S. empire. Spanning more than 400 years, An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (Beacon) reframes U.S. history and explodes the silences that have haunted our national narrative.
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