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  1. Why this tribe is buying up hundreds of acres of farmland — and flooding it

    A new levee built by the #StillaguamishTribe separates farmland from newly restored #wetlands

    by John Ryan, May 3, 2026

    "Tribal officials say their habitat projects will help people as well as #salmon the next time floodwaters rise.

    "With restored #floodplains, more of the #StillaguamishRiver's destructive surges can spread out and dissipate before causing harm.

    "The Stillaguamish Tribe built a new levee last year, farther back from the river, before removing the old levee.

    " 'By giving the river more space, we are reducing the damage and the expense to society to maintain infrastructure. It's cheaper to maintain if you stay further away,' Griffith says."

    Read more:
    npr.org/2026/05/03/nx-s1-58060

    #SolarPunkSunday #WetlandRestoration #Stewardship #NativeAmericans #Rewilding #RestoringNature #MarshRestoration #AdapatingToClimateChange #RestoringHabitat #WildlifeHabitat #WetlandRestoration #WashingtonState

  2. Why this tribe is buying up hundreds of acres of farmland — and flooding it

    A new levee built by the #StillaguamishTribe separates farmland from newly restored #wetlands

    by John Ryan, May 3, 2026

    "Tribal officials say their habitat projects will help people as well as #salmon the next time floodwaters rise.

    "With restored #floodplains, more of the #StillaguamishRiver's destructive surges can spread out and dissipate before causing harm.

    "The Stillaguamish Tribe built a new levee last year, farther back from the river, before removing the old levee.

    " 'By giving the river more space, we are reducing the damage and the expense to society to maintain infrastructure. It's cheaper to maintain if you stay further away,' Griffith says."

    Read more:
    npr.org/2026/05/03/nx-s1-58060

    #SolarPunkSunday #WetlandRestoration #Stewardship #NativeAmericans #Rewilding #RestoringNature #MarshRestoration #AdapatingToClimateChange #RestoringHabitat #WildlifeHabitat #WetlandRestoration #WashingtonState

  3. Why this tribe is buying up hundreds of acres of farmland — and flooding it

    A new levee built by the #StillaguamishTribe separates farmland from newly restored #wetlands

    by John Ryan, May 3, 2026

    "Tribal officials say their habitat projects will help people as well as #salmon the next time floodwaters rise.

    "With restored #floodplains, more of the #StillaguamishRiver's destructive surges can spread out and dissipate before causing harm.

    "The Stillaguamish Tribe built a new levee last year, farther back from the river, before removing the old levee.

    " 'By giving the river more space, we are reducing the damage and the expense to society to maintain infrastructure. It's cheaper to maintain if you stay further away,' Griffith says."

    Read more:
    npr.org/2026/05/03/nx-s1-58060

    #SolarPunkSunday #WetlandRestoration #Stewardship #NativeAmericans #Rewilding #RestoringNature #MarshRestoration #AdapatingToClimateChange #RestoringHabitat #WildlifeHabitat #WetlandRestoration #WashingtonState

  4. Why this tribe is buying up hundreds of acres of farmland — and flooding it

    A new levee built by the #StillaguamishTribe separates farmland from newly restored #wetlands

    by John Ryan, May 3, 2026

    "Tribal officials say their habitat projects will help people as well as #salmon the next time floodwaters rise.

    "With restored #floodplains, more of the #StillaguamishRiver's destructive surges can spread out and dissipate before causing harm.

    "The Stillaguamish Tribe built a new levee last year, farther back from the river, before removing the old levee.

    " 'By giving the river more space, we are reducing the damage and the expense to society to maintain infrastructure. It's cheaper to maintain if you stay further away,' Griffith says."

    Read more:
    npr.org/2026/05/03/nx-s1-58060

    #SolarPunkSunday #WetlandRestoration #Stewardship #NativeAmericans #Rewilding #RestoringNature #MarshRestoration #AdapatingToClimateChange #RestoringHabitat #WildlifeHabitat #WetlandRestoration #WashingtonState

  5. Why this tribe is buying up hundreds of acres of farmland — and flooding it

    A new levee built by the #StillaguamishTribe separates farmland from newly restored #wetlands

    by John Ryan, May 3, 2026

    "Tribal officials say their habitat projects will help people as well as #salmon the next time floodwaters rise.

    "With restored #floodplains, more of the #StillaguamishRiver's destructive surges can spread out and dissipate before causing harm.

    "The Stillaguamish Tribe built a new levee last year, farther back from the river, before removing the old levee.

    " 'By giving the river more space, we are reducing the damage and the expense to society to maintain infrastructure. It's cheaper to maintain if you stay further away,' Griffith says."

    Read more:
    npr.org/2026/05/03/nx-s1-58060

    #SolarPunkSunday #WetlandRestoration #Stewardship #NativeAmericans #Rewilding #RestoringNature #MarshRestoration #AdapatingToClimateChange #RestoringHabitat #WildlifeHabitat #WetlandRestoration #WashingtonState

  6. The Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe wants to take control of two wildlife refuges on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula back from the federal government.
    kuow.org/stories/washington-tr
    #KUOW #News #Environment #Environment #NativeAmericans #Parks

  7. Native News Online: New Tool Maps Native Serving Healthcare. “[Indigenous Healthcare Advancements] announced today the launch of WayFinder, a free, web-based locator that maps Indian Health Service (IHS) facilities, tribally operated 638 programs, urban Indian health organizations, and community health centers that provide care to Native patients.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/06/native-news-online-new-tool-maps-native-serving-healthcare/
  8. Washington Post: Trump’s border wall expansion just bulldozed an ancient tribal site. This link goes to an MSN-syndicated article which has no paywall. “In Arizona, construction crews ran heavy machinery through and destroyed a roughly 60-to-70-foot swath of an intaglio, a more than 200-foot-long ground etching that looks like a fish and is thought to be at least 1,000 years old, said Richard […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/01/washington-post-trumps-border-wall-expansion-just-bulldozed-an-ancient-tribal-site/
  9. Arizona State University: Largest genomic dataset of Indigenous Americans to date sheds light on history, diversity and health. “In a new study published today in Nature, an international team led by the Institute of Evolutionary Biology, with partners at the University of São Paulo and Arizona State University, analyzed genomes from Indigenous populations spanning North America to Patagonia. […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/27/arizona-state-university-largest-genomic-dataset-of-indigenous-americans-to-date-sheds-light-on-history-diversity-and-health/
  10. "The #artificialIntelligence industry’s #dataCenterBoom is the latest chapter in a long history of #environmentalRacism and resource exploitation in vulnerable Native communities, says Oglala Lakota and Northern Cheyenne activist Krystal Two Bulls, the executive director of Honor the Earth, an #Indigenous -led #environmentalJustice organization that is tracking over 100 proposed data center projects on tribal and rural lands."

    democracynow.org/2026/4/22/kry
    #AI #tech #dataCenters #NativeAmericans

  11. I spent yesterday at the very first Northern Plains Indigenous Film Festival. The organizers are well in their way to bringing something very special and sorely needed to our community. It was interesting, humbling, educational and often funny to watch submitted works by local, national and Canadian filmmakers. I learned from stories and voices I had never heard before, from places I have never been before. Quite a few makers and actors traveled to the event, held at the historic #FargoTheatre. Well done, and thanks to all who made it happen. I can't wait for next years' fest.

    #movies #Filmfestival #indigenous #nativeamericans #npiff #fargond #fargo #northdakota #fargomoorhead #nativefilms

    northernplainsfestival.org/

  12. I spent yesterday at the very first Northern Plains Indigenous Film Festival. The organizers are well in their way to bringing something very special and sorely needed to our community. It was interesting, humbling, educational and often funny to watch submitted works by local, national and Canadian filmmakers. I learned from stories and voices I had never heard before, from places I have never been before. Quite a few makers and actors traveled to the event, held at the historic #FargoTheatre. Well done, and thanks to all who made it happen. I can't wait for next years' fest.

    #movies #Filmfestival #indigenous #nativeamericans #npiff #fargond #fargo #northdakota #fargomoorhead #nativefilms

    northernplainsfestival.org/

  13. I spent yesterday at the very first Northern Plains Indigenous Film Festival. The organizers are well in their way to bringing something very special and sorely needed to our community. It was interesting, humbling, educational and often funny to watch submitted works by local, national and Canadian filmmakers. I learned from stories and voices I had never heard before, from places I have never been before. Quite a few makers and actors traveled to the event, held at the historic #FargoTheatre. Well done, and thanks to all who made it happen. I can't wait for next years' fest.

    #movies #Filmfestival #indigenous #nativeamericans #npiff #fargond #fargo #northdakota #fargomoorhead #nativefilms

    northernplainsfestival.org/

  14. I spent yesterday at the very first Northern Plains Indigenous Film Festival. The organizers are well in their way to bringing something very special and sorely needed to our community. It was interesting, humbling, educational and often funny to watch submitted works by local, national and Canadian filmmakers. I learned from stories and voices I had never heard before, from places I have never been before. Quite a few makers and actors traveled to the event, held at the historic #FargoTheatre. Well done, and thanks to all who made it happen. I can't wait for next years' fest.

    #movies #Filmfestival #indigenous #nativeamericans #npiff #fargond #fargo #northdakota #fargomoorhead #nativefilms

    northernplainsfestival.org/

  15. I spent yesterday at the very first Northern Plains Indigenous Film Festival. The organizers are well in their way to bringing something very special and sorely needed to our community. It was interesting, humbling, educational and often funny to watch submitted works by local, national and Canadian filmmakers. I learned from stories and voices I had never heard before, from places I have never been before. Quite a few makers and actors traveled to the event, held at the historic #FargoTheatre. Well done, and thanks to all who made it happen. I can't wait for next years' fest.

    #movies #Filmfestival #indigenous #nativeamericans #npiff #fargond #fargo #northdakota #fargomoorhead #nativefilms

    northernplainsfestival.org/

  16. Courthouse News Service: Wisconsin governor signs bill legalizing online sports betting run by tribes . “The new law legalizes online event and sports betting in the state, so long as the server or device used to conduct the wager is constructed on tribal land and aligned with tribal gaming compacts. It does so by adding an exception to the legal definition of ‘bet’ to allow for digital bets […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/15/courthouse-news-service-wisconsin-governor-signs-bill-legalizing-online-sports-betting-run-by-tribes/
  17. Before Casinos, Before Ancient Rome: Ice Age Americans Were Rolling the Dice

    Colorado State University archaeologist says Native Americans were crafting dice and playing games of chance as far back…
    #Italy #Europe #Europa #EU #Rome #Dice #Gambling #Game #IceAge #NativeAmericans #NorthAmerica #Pleistocene #UnitedStates
    europesays.com/italy/4765/

  18. 2023: #Environmentalists and #NativeAmerican tribe rebuke #SpaceX ahead of historic rocket launch

    Opponents of the project say owner #ElonMusk’s space travel aspirations are not worth the risk of a catastrophic explosion.

    by Cameron Langford / April 19, 2023

    "SpaceX launched a rocket with 33 engines, the most powerful ever built, Thursday morning from its South #Texas port and hailed the test flight as a success, though the rocket and an attached space capsule exploded just four minutes after liftoff.

    "The company said in a best-case scenario it would be a 90-minute maiden voyage into space and its first-stage #SuperHeavy rocket would separate from its second-stage #Starship spacecraft about three minutes into the flight, and do a controlled descent into the Gulf of Mexico. And Starship would travel around the globe and land off the coast of Hawaii.

    "But with SpaceX livestreaming the event the components failed to separate and the vehicle flipped over before exploding.

    "Musk, who also owns Twitter, praised his employees’ work on the project in a Twitter post: 'Congrats @SpaceX team on an exciting test launch of Starship! Learned a lot for next test launch in a few months.'

    "Environmental and #CivilRights groups condemned SpaceX’s endeavor in statements Wednesday afternoon, saying they feared an explosion would destroy #EndangeredSpecies’ habitat in a nearby wildlife refuge and that rocket shrapnel could injure area residents.

    "But there were no immediate reports of environmental damage or injuries Thursday morning after the explosion.

    "Since Elon Musk founded SpaceX in 2002, it has become the world’s premier commercial space business, launching its Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets more than 220 times, making history as the first private firm to send astronauts to the International Space Station and delivering cargo to the International Space Station more than 20 times with its Dragon spacecraft.

    Aborted launches and explosions are commonplace for the company as it refines its technology, including a 2019 test flight from its '#Spaceport' in #BocaChica — an unincorporated and sparsely populated village in Cameron County outside #BrownsvilleTX — that started a 100-acre brush fire in the Lower #RioGrandeValley #NationalWildlifeRefuge."

    Read more:
    courthousenews.com/environment

    #ElonSucks #EnvironmentalRacism #RioGrandeDelta #SacredSites #WildlifeRefuge #ProtectTheSacred #Colonialism #CorporateColonialism
    #OccupySpaceX #TwoHeartedPeople #USPol #NativeAmericans #CarrizoComecrudo #AncestralLand #ProtectTheSacred #Pollution #ExplodingRockets

  19. 💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🏜️🌊 #AntelopeCanyon is described by #Navajo Medicine Man Adair Klopfenstein as the breathing holes of the #earth where the winds reside.

    These slot #canyons form over tens of thousands of years as turbulent #water and #sand carve through the #landscape. #Geology professor Dr. Kelin Whipple explains how flash floods transport boulders and create vortices that cut deep into the earth.

    👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/antelope-canyo

    #arizona #climate #coloradoriver #energy #erosion #geology #indigenous #nativeamericans #rain #rivers #rocks #science #storm #utah #weather #tksst #video

  20. 💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🏜️🌊 #AntelopeCanyon is described by #Navajo Medicine Man Adair Klopfenstein as the breathing holes of the #earth where the winds reside.

    These slot #canyons form over tens of thousands of years as turbulent #water and #sand carve through the #landscape. #Geology professor Dr. Kelin Whipple explains how flash floods transport boulders and create vortices that cut deep into the earth.

    👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/antelope-canyo

    #arizona #climate #coloradoriver #energy #erosion #geology #indigenous #nativeamericans #rain #rivers #rocks #science #storm #utah #weather #tksst #video

  21. 💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🏜️🌊 #AntelopeCanyon is described by #Navajo Medicine Man Adair Klopfenstein as the breathing holes of the #earth where the winds reside.

    These slot #canyons form over tens of thousands of years as turbulent #water and #sand carve through the #landscape. #Geology professor Dr. Kelin Whipple explains how flash floods transport boulders and create vortices that cut deep into the earth.

    👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/antelope-canyo

    #arizona #climate #coloradoriver #energy #erosion #geology #indigenous #nativeamericans #rain #rivers #rocks #science #storm #utah #weather #tksst #video

  22. 💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🏜️🌊 #AntelopeCanyon is described by #Navajo Medicine Man Adair Klopfenstein as the breathing holes of the #earth where the winds reside.

    These slot #canyons form over tens of thousands of years as turbulent #water and #sand carve through the #landscape. #Geology professor Dr. Kelin Whipple explains how flash floods transport boulders and create vortices that cut deep into the earth.

    👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/antelope-canyo

    #arizona #climate #coloradoriver #energy #erosion #geology #indigenous #nativeamericans #rain #rivers #rocks #science #storm #utah #weather #tksst #video

  23. 💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🏜️🌊 #AntelopeCanyon is described by #Navajo Medicine Man Adair Klopfenstein as the breathing holes of the #earth where the winds reside.

    These slot #canyons form over tens of thousands of years as turbulent #water and #sand carve through the #landscape. #Geology professor Dr. Kelin Whipple explains how flash floods transport boulders and create vortices that cut deep into the earth.

    👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/antelope-canyo

    #arizona #climate #coloradoriver #energy #erosion #geology #indigenous #nativeamericans #rain #rivers #rocks #science #storm #utah #weather #tksst #video

  24. 🏜️🌊 #AntelopeCanyon is described by #Navajo Medicine Man Adair Klopfenstein as the breathing holes of the #earth where the winds reside.

    These slot #canyons form over tens of thousands of years as turbulent #water and #sand carve through the #landscape. #Geology professor Dr. Kelin Whipple explains how flash floods transport boulders and create vortices that cut deep into the earth.

    👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/antelope-canyo

    #arizona #climate #coloradoriver #energy #erosion #geology #indigenous #nativeamericans #rain #rivers #rocks #science #storm #utah #weather #tksst #video

  25. 🏜️🌊 #AntelopeCanyon is described by #Navajo Medicine Man Adair Klopfenstein as the breathing holes of the #earth where the winds reside.

    These slot #canyons form over tens of thousands of years as turbulent #water and #sand carve through the #landscape. #Geology professor Dr. Kelin Whipple explains how flash floods transport boulders and create vortices that cut deep into the earth.

    👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/antelope-canyo

    #arizona #climate #coloradoriver #energy #erosion #geology #indigenous #nativeamericans #rain #rivers #rocks #science #storm #utah #weather #tksst #video

  26. 🏜️🌊 #AntelopeCanyon is described by #Navajo Medicine Man Adair Klopfenstein as the breathing holes of the #earth where the winds reside.

    These slot #canyons form over tens of thousands of years as turbulent #water and #sand carve through the #landscape. #Geology professor Dr. Kelin Whipple explains how flash floods transport boulders and create vortices that cut deep into the earth.

    👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/antelope-canyo

    #arizona #climate #coloradoriver #energy #erosion #geology #indigenous #nativeamericans #rain #rivers #rocks #science #storm #utah #weather #tksst #video

  27. 🏜️🌊 #AntelopeCanyon is described by #Navajo Medicine Man Adair Klopfenstein as the breathing holes of the #earth where the winds reside.

    These slot #canyons form over tens of thousands of years as turbulent #water and #sand carve through the #landscape. #Geology professor Dr. Kelin Whipple explains how flash floods transport boulders and create vortices that cut deep into the earth.

    👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/antelope-canyo

    #arizona #climate #coloradoriver #energy #erosion #geology #indigenous #nativeamericans #rain #rivers #rocks #science #storm #utah #weather #tksst #video

  28. 🏜️🌊 #AntelopeCanyon is described by #Navajo Medicine Man Adair Klopfenstein as the breathing holes of the #earth where the winds reside.

    These slot #canyons form over tens of thousands of years as turbulent #water and #sand carve through the #landscape. #Geology professor Dr. Kelin Whipple explains how flash floods transport boulders and create vortices that cut deep into the earth.

    👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/antelope-canyo

    #arizona #climate #coloradoriver #energy #erosion #geology #indigenous #nativeamericans #rain #rivers #rocks #science #storm #utah #weather #tksst #video

  29. Many have heard of the WWII Navajo Code Talkers. I was not aware that there was a group of WWI Choctaw Code Talkers. There are some good backstories in this.

    choctawnation.com/about/histor

    #Choctaw #CodeTalkers #WWI #NativeAmericans

  30. The KUOW Book Club read "Thunder Song" by Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe in March. LaPointe joined KUOW's Katie Campbell live at Seattle Central Library last week to talk about being a Coast Salish punk and following in the footsteps of her iconic great-grandmother, Vi taqʷšəblu Hilbert.
    kuow.org/stories/kuow-book-clu
    #KUOW #News #NativeAmericans #Books #Books #Seattle #Literature #ArtsAndLife #Arts