By:  Emilio Godoy
Date: November 11th 2016
Source:  Inter Press Service

By: Liz Hampton
Date: November 8th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation

Energy Transfer Partners LP on Tuesday said it was not slowing down construction of its Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota, a project contested by environmentalists and Native Americans groups.

By: Jade Begay
Date: September 28th 2016
Source: CommonDreams

By: Chris Arsenault
Date: September 1st 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation

By: Paola Totaro
Date: August 9th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation

By: Kate Ravilious
Date: August 8th 2016
Source: Environmental Research Web

Date: 05 July 2016
Source: Indian Country

Alaska Native communities have a bit more control over their land thanks to a July 1 ruling in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit that affirms their ability to place lands into federal trust, just as other tribes can, in what Alaska tribes are calling a landmark ruling.

By: Geoffrey Mohan
Date: February 10th 2016
Source: Los Angeles Times

A proposal by the state’s farm labor watchdog to gain access to fields so it can educate workers about their rights is running into strong opposition from growers, even before it has been written into regulation.

By Carissa Wolf, Mark Berman and Kevin Sullivan
Date: January 4th 2016