World Bank creates climate fund for Indigenous People (0)
11/20/09 •
PRIOR LAKE, Minn. — I’m here today at the Native Peoples Native Homelands Climate Change Workshop II at the Mystic Lake Casino where hundreds of people are sharing information on climate change and the impacts on indigenous peoples worldwide. The energy here is high, with tremendous indigenous grassroots representation from North America.
Meanwhile, as corporations have significantly [...]
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Update on Indian trust fund distributions (0) Twitter It!
11/20/09 •
Salazar: $756 Million Distributed to Individual Indian and Tribal Trust Accounts in FY 2009
$9.5 Billion Disbursed Since 1996
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today released the annual independent audit of Indian trust fund financial statements. In fiscal year 2009, about $756 million was disbursed to Indian beneficiaries including $342 million to individual [...]
Mystic Lake Declaration: Native climate change recommendations to UN (0) Twitter It!
11/19/09 •
PRYOR LAKE, Minn. — More than 200 people are gathered here at the Mystic Lake Casino today to participate in the drafting process of the Mystic Lake Declaration. Organizers of the Native Peoples Native Homelands Climate Change Workshop II plan to draft the declaration by Friday night. Everyone here is submittng ideas on how to incorporate [...]
NASA and the Native Homelands Climate change workshop kicks off today (0) Twitter It!
11/18/09 •
PRYOR LAKE, Minn. — I am here at the Native Peoples Native Homelands Climate Change Workshop II, which began this afternoon with a plenary session led by Pat Spears and Bob Gough of the Intertribal Council on Utility Policy, or COUP. Spears is now leading a session on wind energy. If you want to learn [...]
Call to action: Indian Health Care Improvement Act in danger of being nixed (0) Twitter It!
11/16/09 •
The Indian Health Care Improvement Act needs support — now. Or it could be removed from the the Health Care Reform bill before Congress. I’ve been asked by some of my health care advocate friends to share some information with readers on this matter. Read on.
I am sharing a memo from Tribal Leaders. Please consider [...]
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