Unable to get anywhere during 16 years of battling within the U.S. legal system, the Diné group on May 16 filed an appeal with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. For 16 years Eastern Navajo Diné Against Uranium Mining ENDAUM, represented by the New Mexico Environmental Law Center NMELC, has been fighting to overturn a [...]

Aboriginal leaders and opposition critics are slamming the response of Alberta agencies to the province’s largest oil spill in nearly four decades. Residents of nearby First Nations communities say they didn’t get information soon enough and the government response to their complaints of widespread illness has been “disappointing.” NDP environment critic Rachel Notley is calling [...]

By Rob Capriccioso Story Published: Sep 17, 2009 Story Updated: Sep 17, 2009 WASHINGTON – Members of the Tule River Tribe of California are growing increasingly frustrated with the Department of the Interior as it continues to stall the tribe’s ability to secure clean and reliable water resources. Leaders of the tribe recently appeared before [...]