Bittersweet ending to planting of 12,000 trees
(MICHIGAN) -- Several American Indian tribes helped plant 12,000 trees across northern Michigan in May during the interfaith EarthKeeper Tree Project including members of an Ojibwa tribe who bravely tried to save 45 sacred spirit houses from being destroyed as two huge forest fires broke out just hours after planting the last seedlings.
Burn ban in effect on reservation
(OREGON) -- Open burning, including trash in burning barrels and yard debris, is prohibited on the Umatilla Indian Reservation beginning today.
Sick of illegal dumping
(ARIZONA) -- Illegal dumping is a problem across the Navajo Nation, but residents of Old Red Lake Road say they are being overwhelmed by other people's trash and they want it to stop.
Poultry firms say deal with tribe is improper
(OKLAHOMA) -- Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson didn't have the authority to strike a deal with the Cherokee Nation regarding the Illinois River watershed, poultry companies claimed Thursday during a hearing in Tulsa.
$2 million to aid Elwha restoration
(WASHINGTON) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has provided $2 million to the Lower Elwha Klallam tribe for habitat restoration on the banks of the Elwha River and on its floodplain on the reservation, the agency said Tuesday.
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