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Yukon residents take fishing matters into their own hands
(ALASKA) -- Between the high cost of fuel, flooding this spring and the failure of the king salmon run, communities along the Yukon River fear next winter will be worse than the last one.

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Nobel Prize winning author criticizes Quebec's new hydro project
(FRANCE) -- Critics of a new hydroelectric project in Quebec now have a prominent ally - Nobel Prize-winning author Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Tribal youth helping with environmental projects
(SOUTH DAKOTA) -- Several tribal youth are working with the Black Hills National Forest and National Park Service on a wide variety of natural resource projects this summer.

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First Nation agrees to $20m settlement over Williston Lake
(CANADA) -- More than 40 years after losing their tribal lands to a man-made lake, members of the Tsay Keh Dene First Nation in northern B.C. have agreed to a $20-million settlement.

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Colville Tribes pay to keep N.E. Washington hatchery open
(WASHINGTON) -- The Colville Confederated Tribes will pay $108,000 to keep a state hatchery in northeast Washington open for the next 12 months.

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Yup'ik Eskimo fishermen defy river closure
(ALASKA) -- Fishermen from an Alaska village say they defied a closure on the Yukon River so they could catch king salmon, a revered food in the area.

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$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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Troopers investigate Yukon River protest fishing
(ALASKA) -- State wildlife troopers are investigating reports of illegal subsistence fishing by villagers on the Yukon River to protest state catch restrictions on king salmon.

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Nation’s tribes ask Congress for climate legislation
(WASHINGTON, DC) -- Tribal leaders from around the country recently traveled to Washington, D.C., to press senators and representatives for support of federal climate legislation in 2009.

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