Tristan Ahtone

Enbridge paid police to protect one pipeline. Now it wants to do it again in Wisconsin. The Bad River Band is fighting to stop Line 5 and protect its watershed. Meanwhile, local sheriffs are already tallying the cost of riot gear.

Enbridge will pay Wisconsin sheriffs for riot suits, training & hours spent policing protests against the controversial Line 5 reroute through an uncapped, secretive deal approved by two counties as Indigenous-led resistance grows. grist.org/indigenous/e...

I haven't been able to get into these and report them out but maybe you're covering this story, and if you are, hopefully this information helps. Let me know if you dig in or if you have questions.

If you want to see the contracts, service agreements and invoices related to the purchase and supply of dental amalgams, that information is here. www.muckrock.com/foi/united-s...

For instance, if you want to see Indian Health Service's Dental Amalgam Usage Data, that information is available to you here: www.muckrock.com/foi/united-s...

There are a total of four requests you are welcome to explore. One returned no documents, one has only partially been completed.

In 2023 I put in FOIA requests related to the use of mercury-containing dental amalgams. I'm opening up the embargoes on my Muckrock page if you want to pull them down: www.muckrock.com/accounts/pro...

🦷 Hey reporters, the Indian Health Service announced it will end the use of mercury-containing dental amalgam in its facilities by 2027, transitioning to mercury-free restorative materials across IHS and tribal dental programs.

I've got related FOIAs. Read on.

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Billie Eilish, stolen land, and the climate cost of America’s dispossession Returning Indigenous land won't destroy civilization, it could save it.

Democracy may die in darkness, but America was built in daylight, and in America, oppression and injustice don’t need shadows to thrive — they need champions. grist.org/indigenous/b...

Climate news is written in a language most people can't understand A new report argues that English-only climate science and disaster alerts are excluding most of the world, and putting Indigenous communities at greater risk.

“Language is a matter of climate justice.”
Most of the world is excluded from the information needed to understand how climate change is reshaping the planet, including people in positions of power. grist.org/indigenous/c...

Greenland is a global model for Indigenous self-governance. Trump’s demands for the island threaten that. Historians say underpinning Trump's talk of national security lies a longstanding pattern of American entitlement to Native land.

Trump’s threats have refocused attention on America's relationship with Indigenous peoples: Greenland is 90% Inuit and has maintained its traditions, language and land despite centuries of colonial rule. It's viewed as a model of Indigenous self-determination & sovereignty. grist.org/global-indig...

Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods 404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or t...

A social media & phone surveillance system ICE bought access to is designed to monitor a city neighborhood or block for mobile phones, track the movements of those devices & their owners over time, and follow them from their places of work to home or other locations. www.404media.co/inside-ices-...

The Miccosukee Tribe blocked Alligator Alcatraz. Then Trump blocked a bill to return their land. After the tribe sued to stop an immigration detention center, the White House vetoed a bipartisan bill that would have expanded Miccosukee land and environmental stewardship.

Trump said that the tribe “actively sought to obstruct reasonable immigration policies that the American people decisively voted for when I was elected,” after the Miccosukee's July lawsuit challenging the construction of “Alligator Alcatraz” in the Everglades. grist.org/indigenous/t...

We've analysed this video of the shooting of Renee Nicole Good yesterday in Minneapolis frame-by-frame to highlight the positioning of the gun and phone in the ICE agent's hands.
Video: @minnesotareformer.com with annotations by Bellingcat

Misplaced Trust The United States was founded with stolen Indigenous land. Public institutions are still profiting from it today.

#MisplacedTrust
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Land-grab universities - High Country News Expropriated Indigenous land is the foundation of the land-grant university system.

#LandGrabU
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New research builds on #MisplacedTrust and #LandGrabU by exploring & analyzing historical and ongoing land and resource theft from Indigenous peoples for the benefit of institutions of higher education: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Federal Indian law is shaping some of the biggest stories in America. Most journalists don’t know they’re covering it. - Poynter A webinar from UC Berkeley and the Indigenous Journalists Association offers reporters essential grounding in federal Indian law

The @indigenousja.bsky.social and the UC Berkeley Center for Indigenous Law & Justice are offering a free, three-hour webinar designed to strengthen reporting in federal Indian law tomorrow. www.poynter.org/reporting-ed...

Want to go to the UN’s biggest gathering of Indigenous peoples? Here’s how. Applications are open until October 31 to receive funding to attend major Indigenous gatherings in New York and Geneva next year.

Want to go to the UN’s biggest gathering of Indigenous peoples? Here’s how.

Applications are open until October 31 to receive funding to attend major Indigenous gatherings in New York and Geneva next year.

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#Indigenous #UN #Climate #Tribes #Environment

Chickasaw, Choctaw Nations wage legal fights against social media companies for roles in mental health crisis The Chickasaw and Choctaw Nations are suing social media giants for their role in the growing mental health crisis for Indigenous young people.

Chickasaw and Choctaw Nations are suing social media giants for their role in the growing mental health crisis for Indigenous youth. The nations argue that using social platforms can replace human interaction and give rise to cyber-bullying, body dysmorphia & suicide. www.kosu.org/news/2025-09...

New UN Commission of Inquiry report reinforces the consensus among experts around Israel’s genocidal campaign in Gaza.

As the Israeli govt escalates its assault on Gaza City & destroys Gaza’s remaining civilian infrastructure, states have a duty under Genocide Convention to act.

Understanding federal Indian law means better reporting under the Trump administration. We want to know what issue(s) you're most interested in. Click here: mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#in...

Standing Rock was an Indigenous-led movement. Why did Greenpeace take the fall? The inside story of how Greenpeace stood with water protectors — and got hit with a $666 million court judgment.

My new massive piece on the Energy Transfer v. Greenpeace trial includes never-reported details of the settlement ET offered GP. It would have thrown the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe under the bus. For @grist.org and @drilledmedia.bsky.social

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Standing Rock was an Indigenous-led movement. Why did Greenpeace take the fall? The inside story of how Greenpeace stood with water protectors — and got hit with a $666 million court judgment.

In March, a jury ordered Greenpeace to pay $666 million to the companies behind the Dakota Access pipeline. But Indigenous leaders, water protectors, activists, and court records agree: Greenpeace played a bit part in the Standing Rock movement, at best. grist.org/project/indi...

A tribe in Florida joins the fight against the "Alligator Alcatraz" immigrant detention center The Miccosuki tribe alleges that both state and federal agents failed to conduct an environmental review of what the camp would to the Everglades.

The Miccosukee Tribe in Florida joined environmental groups on Tuesday to sue the federal and state agencies that constructed an immigrant detention center known as the “Alligator Alcatraz” and located in the Everglades National Park.

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Excited to announce that the #landgrabu investigation at @highcountrynews is posting a correction.
It's a little unusual for reporters to get excited about corrections, so check this out ⬇️

The transfer of a sacred site to a copper mine is delayed once again An Indigenous religious site in Arizona has been granted a delay, as advocates hope to stop Trump's plan to turn it into a copper mine.

Amid a current trade war with China, proponents for Oak Flat are scratching their heads at conflicting national security interests: “Resolution Copper is a major threat to U.S. national security given China’s significant financial influence over BHP and Rio Tinto.”
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In California's largest landback deal, the Yurok Tribe reclaims sacred land around Klamath River More than 17,000 acres around the Klamath River in northern California,have returned to the Yurok Tribe, completing the largest landback deal in California history.

More than 17,000 acres around the Klamath River in Northern California, including the lower Blue Creek watershed, have returned to the Yurok Tribe, completing the largest landback deal in California history. grist.org/indigenous/i...

Indigenous land defenders face rising threats amid global push for critical minerals The past decade has seen “a consistent, sustained pattern" of violence against Indigenous people who oppose corporate human rights abuses.

Mining, including the extraction of transition minerals, leads every sector in attacks on environmental & human rights defenders. 40% of those killed were Indigenous, a reflection of the fact that more than half of all critical minerals lie in or near Indigenous land. grist.org/indigenous/i...

Cuts to USAID severed longstanding American support for Indigenous peoples around the world Without U.S. funding, Indigenous communities in Peru and elsewhere face increasing threats to their land, livelihoods, and human rights.

The Trump administration's recent cuts to USAID are putting Indigenous peoples at risk. In the Amazon, for instance, no USAID support may lead to a resurgence of the cocaine market, increased threats to Indigenous land and potentially violent challenges to human rights. grist.org/indigenous/c...

Climate change is melting ice roads — a lifeline for remote Indigenous communities As the key winter connectors disappear, First Nations are looking for all-season solutions amid a push for mineral extraction on their lands

Many communities that rely on disappearing ice roads sit atop lucrative minerals. And where mining is approved, road permits and government funding soon follow.

You can read more here: indiginews.com/features/cli...