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Lakeshore Mine was big undertaking on Tohono O'odham land
A new star has appeared on the horizon of the Papago Indian [now Tohono O’odham] Reservation, an industrial star which heralds a significant contribution to the economy of the Papagos.  Mining & Drilling5/21/2012
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Minister asked to deny permits for road to Ring-of-Fire mine project
(Ontario) -- Ontario's Minister of Natural Resource is the latest cabinet minister to be put on notice by the Neskantaga First Nation over plans to develop in the...
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An American Indian's Tragic Account Of How The Oil Boom Changed His Town
(Canada) -- The oldest story in modern American history—of the white man taking land from the natives—is still happening.
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The age of extreme oil: ‘This used to be a forest?'
(Canada) -- One grey Thursday at the end of April, a plane touched down in Fort McMurray, Alta., carrying four Achuar Indians from the Peruvian Amazon. They had flown 8,...
5/18/2012
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Committee Passes Mineral Production and Indian Land Energy Bills
(Washington D.C.) -- The following information was released by the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources: In the spirit of the House Republicans...
5/17/2012
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Refining the Bakken: Tribal refinery project moving forward with subcontractors onboard
(North Dakota) -- With two subcontractors onboard, the Three Affiliated Tribes is moving forward with its refinery project, said Richard Mayer, CEO of the refinery...
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OP/ED: Mining Pebble would fail Hammond's criteria
(Alaska) -- As Alaskans we take great responsibility in balancing the management of our natural resources with the protection of our land and waters.
5/16/2012
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Major Player in Fight Against Coal Company Bows Out
(Texas) -- In what the leader of an environmental group said was a surprising and stunning blow to an effort to stop a Mexican company from mining coal on the border, an...
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Environmental groups file suit against Navajo Mine
(New Mexico) -- A coalition of environmental groups has filed suit against BHP Billiton's plans to expand mining activities at Navajo Mine, saying an environmental...
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Groups appeal air quality permit for Shell Arctic drilling
(Alaska) -- Environmental and Alaska Native groups on Wednesday appealed an air permit granted by the Environmental Protection Agency to a Shell Oil drilling ship that...
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Tribes recognize oil companies for environmental practices, safety
(North Dakota) -- Their safety and environmental practices earned two oil companies working on the Fort Berthold Reservation recognition from the Three Affiliated Tribes.
5/15/2012
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Canada Lithium signs MOU with First Nations; province approves tailings facility
(Toronto) -- Canada Lithium Corp. has reached agreement with local First Nations regarding environmental as well as employment and other issues related to its $207-...
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Panel appointed to oversee hearings into B.C. mine project
(British Columbia) -- The federal government has selected a new panel to undertake the second environmental assessment for a proposed billion dollar gold and copper mine...
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Ontario accused of breaking the law on mining project
(Ontario) -- Lawyers for the Neskantaga First Nation say the province may have broken the law by signing deals with Cliffs Natural Resources, before consulting First...
5/12/2012
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First Nations ones to bear environmental costs
(Saskatchewan) -- Aboriginal people and the Harper government are on a collision course, and the Alberta tarsands and the Enbridge pipeline are ground zero.
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Editorial: To Make Fracturing Safer
(Washington D.C.) -- There is little doubt that natural gas, which is plentiful and cleaner than coal, could help with the country’s energy and climate problems.
5/11/2012
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Native Sun News: DOI seeks to regulate fracking with new rule
(Washington D.C.) -- Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced a proposed rule on May 4 mandating businesses to disclose the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing...
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Tribal members meet at mining forum
(Michigan) -- Friday started the two day tribal mining forum at the Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College in Baraga. This is the first ever tribal mining forum hosted by...
5/10/2012
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Gila River Council OK's resolution opposing mine
(Arizona) -- The Gila River Indian Community’s Tribal Council in Sacaton went on record against the Florence Copper Project on May 2, voting 15-0 for a resolution...
5/9/2012
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Tribal coalition says feds not consulting with tribes
(North Dakota) -- Representatives of five tribes with the Coalition of Large Tribes, who say they are not pleased with the overall lack of consultation with tribes by...
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Tribal leader in North Dakota opposes proposed federal rule on hydraulic fracturing disclosure
(North Dakota) -- A former president of the National Congress of American Indians says his tribe opposes proposed federal rules to require companies drilling for oil and...
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Tahltan Nation takes aim at Red Chris mine proposal
(British Columbia) -- A proposed open pit mine at the centre of Premier Christy Clark’s jobs plan and an anticipated B.C. mining boom is embroiled in a conflict...
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Alberta can win friends for oil sands, new Energy Minister says
(Alberta) -- Facing increased scrutiny from across Canada and abroad, Alberta needs a “social licence” and strong environmental performance to continue...
5/8/2012
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Federal rules would slow Fort Berthold oil development
(North Dakota) -- Federal red tape and redundant regulations threaten to slow oil development on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, tribal officials and industry...
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Aboriginal group upset with efforts to restrict their input
(British Columbia) -- A First Nations group is extremely upset about attempts by Taseko Mines Ltd (TML) to pressure the federal government into placing greater...
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Lac du Flambeau Tribe and Oneida Co. Board Meet on Mining
(Wisconsin) -- Weighty concerns over mining in the town of Lynne were aired in a special meeting between the Oneida County Board and the Lac du Flambeau tribe tonight....
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Tribal leader tells Congress of fracking worry
(Wyoming) -- Eastern Shoshone Business Council co-chairman Wes Martel told a congressional group that tribes need a stronger role in regulating energy development, which...
5/7/2012
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Tribe from Michigan's Upper Peninsula say mines violate rights
(Michigan) -- A Central Upper Peninsula Indian tribe is asking the United Nations to help curb sulfide mining in the Upper Great Lakes. The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community...
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Tribe, Oneida County to Meet on Lynne Mining Proposal
(Wisconsin) -- The Lac du Flambeau tribe wants to have their voices heard in the much-discussed proposal to mine in the Oneida County town of Lynne. They will get that...
5/6/2012
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Election Focus On Uranium Mining
(New Mexico) -- The issue of uranium mining – past and future – looms like Mount Taylor over State Senate District 30, where an industry-friendly lawmaker...
5/5/2012
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North Dakota Tribe Collects past due Fees from Oil Companies
(North Dakota) -- The Three Affiliated Tribes has collected more than $3 million in outstanding or past due drilling fees from oil companies since the beginning of the...
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Anti-Fracking Rally Through Mahwah To Unite Ramapough Tribe, Activists
(New Jersey) -- For nearly a year, a group of Ramapough-Lunaape people have been fighting against a Tennessee Gas Pipeline expansion project that is proposed to go...
5/4/2012
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Interior Department sets new rules for fracking on public and tribal land
(Washington D.C.) -- The Obama administration said Friday it will for the first time require companies drilling for oil and natural gas on public and Indian lands to...
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Blackfeet to apply federal water standards as oil, gas exploration increases
(Montana) -- The Blackfeet Indian Reservation this week became the fourth Montana tribe to apply federal water quality standards under the Clean Water Act in an effort...
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Mining issue drives Wisconsin Wildlife Federation’s choice of conservationists
(Wisconsin) -- At its annual meeting, the Wisconsin Wildlife Federation, the state’s largest conservation organization named Sen. Bob Jauch, D-Poplar, Sen. Dale...
5/3/2012
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Shell receives wildlife 'harassment' permits for Arctic offshore drilling
(Alaska) -- A spokesman for Shell Alaska says the company is a step closer to exploratory drilling off Alaska's northern shores.
5/2/2012
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B.C. mining company Taseko aims to ban prayers at hearings
(Ottawa) -- A Vancouver company pushing the Harper government to reconsider a controversial gold-copper mining project in the B.C. Interior has privately urged Ottawa to...
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The province must maintain its role as a treaty partner – Chief Isadore Day
(Canada) -- “Changes to the Ontario Mining Act require direct consultation with the Anishinabek Nation”, states Lake Huron Regional Grand Chief Isadore Day,...
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Tribes Appeal To United Nations Over U.P. Mines
(Michigan) -- A tribe in the Upper Peninsula is appealing to the United Nations in an effort to restrain sulfide mining. The tribe hopes to strengthen its position...
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Nevada tribe fights coal plant in pollution battle
(Las Vegas) -- A Native American reservation outside Las Vegas is trying to persuade the federal government that their community faces serious health risks from a nearby...
4/28/2012
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Blackfeet ask for more openness about oil, gas exploration
(Montana) -- Speaking to an uncomprehending group of federal and tribal land managers, Diane Calflooking Burd delivered an impassioned and articulate entreaty in her...
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BEGAYE: 40 Years of Coal-Burning Power Plants on Navajo Land
(Arizona) -- Some hardships in life can be met through strong will and hard work. As a Navajo, I think of the many thousands of families on our reservation in New Mexico...
4/27/2012
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Peru’s Achuar Find Common Ground With Canadian First Nations in Oil Sands
(Canada) -- They live thousands of miles from the oil sands of Canada’s north, but their refrain is familiar. The Achuar people, a tribe from the Peruvian Amazon,...
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Moapa Paiute March 50 Miles in Anti-Coal Protest
(Nevada) -- On Earth Day, Moapa Paiute Indians arrived in Las Vegas where they were joined by Sierra Club members and others protesting the Reid Gardner Power Plant. The...
4/26/2012
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Both sides file suit over new dredging regulations
(California) -- Even as a moratorium continues to prohibit suction dredge gold mining in California waters, groups on both sides of the issue have sued the state over...
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Tribe sues over suction mining
(California) -- In response to the potential return of suction dredges to mine for gold in California’s rivers, the state’s Karuk Tribe, salmon fishermen and...
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Maricopa County to Sun City activists: We can’t block mine
(Arizona) -- Maricopa County air-quality officials have told Sun City activists that there is little the agency can do to block an Indian tribe from opening a new sand-...
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Gazette opinion: New fracking rules will reduce air pollution
(Montana) -- Neither side in the debate was celebrating the new Environmental Protection Agency rules announced last week to reduce air pollution from thousands of...
4/24/2012
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Environment: Havasupai Tribe and conservation groups win the right to be part of lawsuit over uranium mining near Grand Canyon National Park
(Arizona) -- The Native American Havasupai tribe, along with four conservation groups, will be party to a lawsuit regarding uranium mining in the vicinity of the Grand...
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Tribe represented in Grand Canyon mining ban suit
(Arizona) -- Two public-interest law firms will be part of the defense team in lawsuits over the Interior Department's 20-year ban on new hard rock mining claims...
4/23/2012
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House Democrats Call for Action Cleaning Abandoned Uranium Mines on Navajo Nation Land
(Washington D.C.) -- Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) joined six House Democrats calling for “urgent action” to clean up hundreds of abandoned uranium mines that...
4/22/2012
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Groups Win Chance To Intervene In Lawsuit Over Uranium Mining Around Grand Canyon National Park
(Arizona) -- Five groups, including the National Parks Conservation Association and the Sierra Club, are being allowed to intervene in a lawsuit challenging the Interior...
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Small miners sue to overturn CA Fish & Game dredge mining ban
(California) -- Both sides are now suing to block California's proposed new gold dredge mining regulations issued March 19 by the California Department of Fish and...
4/20/2012
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Hall challenges bureau: Tribal chairman questions BLM authority to regulate fracking on reservations
(Washington D.C.) -- The chairman of the Three Affiliated Tribes questions whether the Bureau of Land Management has authority to regulate hydraulic fracturing on Indian...
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House Republican Vows To Halt Fracking Rules Amid Tribal Concerns
(Washington D.C.) -- A prominent House Republican is vowing to try to suspend rules aimed at regulating hydraulic fracturing on public lands after Native American tribes...
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Tribes seek more flexibility to develop energy resources
(Washington D.C.) -- Tribal leaders Thursday pushed for greater input on government decisions over "fracking" and stressed the importance of eliminating red...
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U.S. tribes left out of fracking decisions
(Washington D.C.) -- American-Indian nations in the United States expressed frustration that they were left out of federal efforts to pass rules on hydraulic fracturing.
4/17/2012
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Fracking causes earthquakes, studies confirm
(Canada) -- Two separate studies are providing insights into the earth-shaking consequences of the controversial gas extraction process known as fracking.
4/16/2012
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Environmental group goes on offensive against Pebble
(Alaska) -- The campaign to stop the massive Pebble project is heating up again as two mining companies involved in the effort prepare for annual shareholder meetings.
4/12/2012
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BLOG: A Sacred Peak With Rich Ore Deposits
(Montana) -- The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes in Montana are seeking to have a mountain peak listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the hope of...
4/11/2012
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Navajo Nation Oil & Gas to Purchase Aneth Field Interests for $100 Million
(Utah) -- Resolute Energy Corporation and Navajo Nation Oil and Gas Company will consolidate their interests in the field to strengthen and clarify their strategic...
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Fort Berthold Reservation-Bakken: Protest scheduled as oil boom creates serious problems for tribal members
(North Dakota) -- Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, home of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation (the Three Affiliated Tribes) sits at the heart of the Bakken oil...
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Native Sun News: Energy development takes toll on tribe
(Washington D.C.) -- Concluding an April 3 meeting with elected tribal and state leaders at the Fort Berthold Reservation, U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Ken...
4/5/2012
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Treaty 3 bans 60 mining companies from territory
(Canada) -- A coalition of junior mining companies who observed “a revolt is taking place” with respect to First Nations consultation is no longer welcome in...
4/4/2012
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NREL study finds NGS, Kayenta Mine have $1.3 billion economic impact on Navajo and Hopi economies
(Arizona) -- A federal report has found that the Navajo Generating Station (NGS) and the Kayenta Mine contributed nearly $1.3 billion to the Navajo and Hopi economies...
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Tribe, fishermen sue DFG over mining regulations
(California) -- "Until the moratorium was passed, gold miners were still allowed to destroy our rivers, our fisheries, and our culture,” according to Leaf...
4/2/2012
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Uranium Mines Dot Navajo Land, Neglected and Still Perilous
(Arizona) -- In the summer of 2010, a Navajo cattle rancher named Larry Gordy stumbled upon an abandoned uranium mine in the middle of his grazing land and figured he...
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Mistissini Cree, Stornoway Diamond Corporation set to work together on new mine
(Quebec) -- The Cree Nation of Mistissini and Stornoway Diamond Corporation are set to work together on a new diamond mine on Mistissini traditional territory, ten hours...
4/1/2012
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Salazar to tour ND oil patch
(North Dakota) -- U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar is slated to visit North Dakota's oil patch. The Minot Daily News reports that Salazar and North Dakota...
3/31/2012
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Native People in Argentina Demand a Say in Lithium Mining
(Argentina) -- Native communities in northwest Argentina turned to the Supreme Court to claim their right to be consulted about projects for prospecting and mining of...
3/30/2012
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Government announces it’s opening reserve land to prospecting companies
(Canada) -- APTN has learned that prospecting companies could soon have free-reign on reserve lands. That’s because the Federal Government is re-vamping it’s...
3/29/2012
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HALL: Proposed fracking regs will hurt energy development on reservations
(North Dakota) -- The chairman of the Three Affiliated Tribes asked a congressional subcommittee Tuesday to help stop the Bureau of Land Management from implementing its...
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Power plant, mine settle water pollution case
(New Mexico) -- The owners of San Juan Generating Station and San Juan Mine filed a $10 million court settlement Wednesday with the Sierra Club to settle allegations of...
3/27/2012
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Blackfeet Tribe signs with company to treat, recycle 'fracking' water
(Montana) -- A company specializing in eco-friendly wastewater treatment announced Tuesday that it will bring its remediation technology to the Blackfeet Indian...
3/26/2012
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EPA, three oil companies reach deal over Fort Peck water pollution
(Montana) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached an agreement with three oil production companies operating on the Fort Peck Reservation requiring them...
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Aboriginal mining careers promoted in training portal
(Ontario) -- Aboriginal youth in northwestern Ontario are getting a head-start on training opportunities in the mining industry.
3/25/2012
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CSKT seeks to halt mine in Cabinet Mountains Wilderness through designation
(Montana) -- As plans march forward for a controversial copper and silver mine beneath the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness, members of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai...
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Tribes aim to stop mine beneath Montana wilderness
(Montana) -- Members of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes are trying to prevent an underground copper and silver mine beneath the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness...
3/23/2012
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First Nations seeking dialogue with mining companies
(Ontario) -- First Nations continue to wait for dialogue regarding their treaty and traditional territories. The Anishinabek Nation Grand Council Chief Patrick Madahbee...
3/21/2012
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Indian anti-mining activists claim harassment
(Ecuador) -- The lands of the Shuar Indians in the Amazon are rich in wildlife such as tapirs, toucans and red howler monkeys. They also hold treasures more coveted by...
3/19/2012
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Wisconsin conservatives launch recalls against senators who opposed iron mine
(Wisconsin) -- Conservatives launched recall efforts Monday, March 19, against two state senators who opposed a bill that would have helped a Florida company open a huge...
3/17/2012
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Mining Industry Sees Need to Consult Aboriginals
(Canada) -- The global mining industry descended upon Toronto from March 4–7 for the annual meeting of the Prospect & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC),...
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Oilsands out of reach? Rejected aboriginal bid sparks backlash
(Alberta) -- The Alberta government is facing a storm of criticism over its decision to reject a proposal for the first aboriginal-owned bitumen refinery in the oilsands.
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Battle over uranium mining brewing in Grand Canyon
(Arizona) -- A coalition of conservation groups and a Native American tribe are backing the U.S. government in its battle to block new uranium mining in Arizona's...
3/16/2012
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Bayley: Tar sands companies “have not had much success” reclaiming land
(Alberta) -- Michael Hutchinson speaks with University of Alberta biologist Dr. Suzanne Bayley on reclaiming Alberta wetlands from tar sands development.
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Claims of wetlands repair “greenwashing”, says Alberta scientist
(Alberta) -- A new study suggests that it will be nearly impossible to repair huge sections of Alberta wetland after tar sands mining has taken place.
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Hundreds March in Ecuador for Water Safeguards and Mining Protests
(Ecuador) -- Hundreds of demonstrators – both indigenous people and members of the political opposition – began a two-week march from Ecuador’s...
3/15/2012
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Fort McKay Métis call monitoring panel ‘unbalanced’
(Alberta) -- Fort McKay’s Métis are criticizing the province’s six-member working group that will advise on developing a new environmental monitoring system...
3/14/2012
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Legal battle over uranium mining in Grand Canyon
(Arizona) -- A coalition of conservation groups and a Native American tribe are backing the U.S. government in its battle to block new uranium mining in Arizona’s...
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Draft regulations emphasize First Nation consultation
(Ontario) -- The Ontario Prospectors Association says new provincial guidelines will force the government to more clearly identify First Nations traditional territory.
3/13/2012
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Grand Canyon Uranium Mining Ban Defended by Havasupai Tribe, Conservation Coalition
(Arizona) -- Arizona’s Havasupai Tribe joined conservation groups joined in filing legal papers on Monday to defend the U.S. Department of the Interior’s 20-...
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Conservation groups, tribe defend feds in Grand Canyon uranium mining lawsuit
(Colorado) -- A coalition of conservation groups and a Native American tribe are backing the U.S. government in its battle to block new uranium mining in Arizona’s...
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Tribal Leaders Urge Protection of Environment and Inclusion in State Planning
(Wisconsin) -- Tribal leaders in Wisconsin made it clear Tuesday they retain concerns about a potential mining operation. The leaders of 11 Indian Nations included the...
3/12/2012
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Tribal Chairman Addresses Mining Debate in Northwestern Wisconsin
(Wisconsin) -- The Chairman of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians is speaking out about the mine debate in Northwestern Wisconsin.
3/10/2012
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American Indian Movement to Join Protest Suncor Oil Spill Contamination Today
(Colorado) -- This afternoon a large group of concerned citizens, including members of the American Indian Movement, Deep Green Resistance, Occupy, college students, and...
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OP/ED: Company Never Intended Responsible Mining
(Wisconsin) -- Gogebic Taconite’s abrupt decision this week to pull the plug on its proposed mining project in Northern Wisconsin has created political controversy...
3/8/2012
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Anglican Church backs First Nation in mining dispute
(Ontario) -- An Anglican Bishop says a mining company is being “callous” by continuing its mining activity against a First Nations wishes.
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Blood Tribe member vows to fight charges over anti-fracking protest
(Canada) -- A member of the Blood reserve in southern Alberta is facing criminal charges of intimidation. But Lois Frank is not a gang member or a loan shark, she's...
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KI First Nation mobilizes to block Mining on their sacred land
(Toronto) -- On March 6th over 120 people gathered to protest mining on the sacred lands of the Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) First Nation. They held a boisterous...
3/7/2012
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Two provinces, same battle as First Nations face down mining interests
(Ottawa) -- Throughout Canada, First Nations are facing down mining companies over projects planned in their territories.
3/6/2012
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Wisconsin mining legislation has little life, despite committee OK
(Wisconsin) -- The Legislature's budget committee approved a revamped mining bill Monday, but the measure appeared to have little life because opponents said the...
3/5/2012
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Republicans make new attempt to push Wisconsin iron mining bill
(Wisconsin) -- Wisconsin Republicans made another attempt Monday to persuade a key GOP state senator to vote for a contentious bill that would reform the state's...
3/4/2012
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Mining Companies Attempt to Connect With Aboriginals at Conference
(Ontario) -- Mineral nerds are pouring into Toronto this weekend for the annual meeting of the Prospect & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC).
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Tsilhqot’in Acquiesce to Test Drilling, Still Determined to Stop New Prosperity Mine
(British Columbia) -- As the Canadian government’s environmental assessment of the controversial New Prosperity Mine proposal gets under way, the Tsilhqot’in...
3/3/2012
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Mexico: Indigenous Sacred Land Saved as Mining Project Suspended
(Mexico) -- A Mexican court has ordered the suspension of 38 mining projects in the sacred indigenous area of Wirikuta in the northern Mexican state of San Luis Potosi.
3/1/2012
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Targets of Shell suits over Arctic drilling not intimidated
(Alaska) -- Royal Dutch Shell Oil Co. is taking the offensive against environmental groups that have put legal roadblocks in the company's path to offshore drilling...
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FORBES: Ten Ways for Mining Companies to Work Better with Indigenous People
(USA) -- Why is there such a big gap between what’s important to indigenous people and how mining companies are addressing their priorities?
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Charges Dropped Against Morris, Capitol Drummer
(Wisconsin) -- The Dane County district attorney has dismissed a disorderly conduct case against a Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa drummer who was cited last...
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Mine proceedings ignore Chippewa
(Wisconsin) -- A Florida-based iron-ore mining company, Gogebic Taconite, wants to open a mine in the Penokee Hills of northern Wisconsin. The issue of the mine has been...
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Mining legislation appears all but dead
(Wisconsin) -- The marquee job-creation bill of the Republican-controlled Legislature appeared all but dead Wednesday when a key holdout refused to support mining...
2/29/2012
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Navajo official addresses amendment to mining law
(Washington D.C.) -- Navajo Division of Natural Resources Director Fred White testified before the House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources earlier this month...
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Arctic Ocean drilling: Shell launches preemptive legal strike
(Washington) -- Royal Dutch Shell launched an extraordinary preemptive legal strike Wednesday against opponents of offshore oil drilling in the Arctic Ocean, filing suit...
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Five Navajo organizations partner to appeal Peabody's Kayenta Coal Permit
(Arizona) -- A group of five organizations, To Nizhoni Ani, Black Mesa Water Coalition, Dine CARE, Sierra Club and the Center for Biological Diversity filed an appeal...
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Wis. senator rejects mining compromise
(Wisconsin) -- The state senator who holds the key swing vote on a bill that would overhaul Wisconsin's iron mine permitting process has rejected a compromise...
2/28/2012
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Are Pollution Rules too Strict? Mining Company Says Yes, Two-Headed Trout Says No
(New York) -- The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) seemed happy with a report from mining operation J.R. Simplot Company—but other scientists were unnerved by...
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Long Live Wirikuta! Mexico Judiciary Suspends Mining Concessions On Wixarika Lands
(Mexico) -- The Wixarika people, after campaigning for seventeen straight months to protect their sacred territory, have been granted a major reprieve by the federal...
2/27/2012
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Bad River opposes Gogebic mine
(Wisconsin) -- As the Wisconsin legislature rushes to complete mining legislation, a tribal leader remains opposed to any iron ore mine in the tribe’s ceded...
2/26/2012
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Hundreds of Mexico’s Huichol Indians trek to their sacred ground seeking to stop silver mine
(Mexico) -- Huichol Indians believe the sun was born in a spot high in the arid Sierra de Catorce mountain range of northern Mexico. For them, that spot — the...
2/24/2012
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EPA denies Tribe's request for additional studies
(Nevada) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last week denied a request by the Yerington Paiute Tribe to perform additional studies on the threat to agriculture...
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Neighbors of Dighton Council Oak express concerns about gravel removal
(Massachusetts) -- Public opposition to the proposed gravel removal from land adjacent to the Council Oak is not limited to the Dighton Intertribal Indian Council.
2/22/2012
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Environmental, Native groups challenge Shell Arctic air permit
(Alaska) -- Environmental and Alaska Native groups will try to keep Shell Oil out of Arctic waters this summer by appealing an air quality permit that was granted by the...
2/21/2012
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Treaties may be trump card in tribe's fight to stop mine
(Wisconsin) -- Armed with its status as a sovereign nation and powerful treaties with the federal government, the Bad River Chippewa tribe has the legal muscle to do...
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Chief worried potash development may cause flooding
(Saskatchewan) -- A Saskatchewan First Nation in the Qu'Appelle Valley is raising concerns that future potash developments could cause flooding. Pasqua First Nation...
2/20/2012
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Bi-Partisan Mining Bill Expected To Be Announced
(Wisconsin) -- Bad River Tribal Chairman Mike Wiggins complained at a recent mining bill hearing about a wall separating Democrats and Republicans over the mining issue...
2/19/2012
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Northern Wisconsin Chippewa tribes might use treaties to halt or slow proposed mine
(Wisconsin) -- Armed with its status as a sovereign nation and powerful treaties with the federal government, the Bad River Chippewa tribe has the legal muscle to do...
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Groups appeal renewal of Ariz. coal mining permit
(Arizona) -- A group of environmentalists is challenging the federal government's renewal of an operating permit for a northern Arizona coal mine.
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No Evidence That Fracking Contaminates Groundwater: Study
(Wyoming) -- It’s not fracking itself, but the sloppy practices surrounding it—or pre-existing issues that hadn’t been studied before fracking started...
2/18/2012
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Chino Valley entrepreneur still fighting uranium-mining ban
(Arizona) -- Environmental groups, Native American tribes and citizens concerned about the preservation of Arizona's premier attraction roundly praised Interior...
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Mining settlement gives land to Elem Colony, pays millions for cleanup
(California) -- A new agreement between federal agencies, a local tribe and a mining company will see the tribe significantly increase its land holdings and millions...
2/17/2012
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Shell wins approval of Arctic spill response plan
(Alaska) -- Shell Oil cleared one of the last remaining hurdles to Arctic offshore drilling Friday as the federal government said it has approved the company's spill...
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Montana coal swap revised to make deal more even
(Montana) -- Hoping to placate critics of a proposed three-way coal swap involving the Northern Cheyenne Tribe, U.S. Sen. Max Baucus is offering new legislation to make...
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Where the jobs aren't: Pinal copper mine land deal to create 3,000-plus jobs on hold
(Washington D.C.) -- The hearing officially concerned the Department of Interior’s proposed 2013 budget, but most lawmakers instead took turns Wednesday drilling...
2/16/2012
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BLOG: Republican lawmakers try again — and fail again — to remove Grand Canyon-area uranium development ban
(Arizona) -- Federal lawmakers continued their cat and mouse energy game this week by fiddling with a transportation bill to try and repeal President Obama’s ban...
2/15/2012
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Interior secretary faces questions over Resolution Copper mine land-swap bill
(Washington D.C.) -- The hearing officially concerned the Department of Interior’s proposed 2013 budget, but most lawmakers instead took turns Wednesday drilling...
2/14/2012
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Huichol ‘cosmic portal’ peyote ceremonies threatened by silver mine
(Mexico) -- For the Huichol Indians, the desert mountains here are sacred, a cosmic portal with major mojo, where shamans collect the peyote that fuels the waking dreams...
2/13/2012
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Proposed Mine Troubles Tribal Neighbors
(Wisconsin) -- Controversy continues churning in Wisconsin over a potential mining operation in the far north. Advocates say the venture promises much-needed jobs;...
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Treaty Rights Denial A Mining Non-Issue
(Wisconsin) -- Lake Superior Chippewa leaders don’t expect a racist reaction by using treaty rights in their opposition to an iron ore mine. That was the case when...
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Food report involving polluted Nevada mine angers tribe
(Reno) -- Test results the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has cited repeatedly as evidence that irrigated crops and livestock next to a polluted Nevada mine are...
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Arizona Tribal Group Denounces Land Exchange Bill
(Washington D.C.) -- Arizona tribal leaders were on Capitol Hill on Thursday, testifying against House Bill 1904, a bill that would allow copper mining on Native...
2/12/2012
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12 Miles group, casinos weigh in on drilling
(Mississippi) -- The opposition to offshore drilling in Mississippi last week accused the Mississippi Development Authority of sandbagging public input on the issue...
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Casino concerns about offshore drilling
(Mississippi) -- Coast casinos say they’re not opposed to oil and gas drilling in Mississippi waters, but they still have concerns they want addressed to protect...
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BLOG: Anonymous hacks Mexico mining industry in defense of Indigenous
(Mexico) -- Anonymous hacked Mexico’s mining industry in defense of Indigenous Peoples struggling to protect their sacred lands, and their fellow campesinos who are...
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Indigenous Leaders Call for Ecuador Government to Stop Oil Leasing Plans
(Ecuador) -- Indigenous leaders from Ecuador’s Amazonian lowlands are calling for the government to drop plans to auction 21 leases near the Peruvian border for...
2/11/2012
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Panama Indians win withdrawal of dam, mines law
(Panama) -- Legislators in Panama have agreed to reconsider a law on dams and mining that set off disruptive protests by Indians and their supporters.
2/10/2012
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Ontario First Nation wins injunction to stop gold drilling
(Ontario) -- When members of Wahgoshig First Nation spotted a drilling crew on what they say is a sacred burial site, they demanded to know who the strangers were and...
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Senate version of mining bill could be out on Monday
(Wisconsin) -- The chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Mining Jobs said Friday that a mining bill, in its preliminary form, is nearly finished being written and...
2/9/2012
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Rio Tinto, Republicans Face Indian Opposition to Copper Plan
(Arizona) -- Rio Tinto Group is getting support from two key Senate Republicans -- and Indian tribe opposition - - as it seeks congressional backing for a land swap that...
2/8/2012
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Planners to rule on Jesse Morrow mining plan
(California) -- The Fresno County Planning Commission is scheduled to decide Thursday whether to allow mining on Jesse Morrow Mountain.
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Get the Frack Out Of Here!
(Wyoming) -- John Fenton’s water went bad about six years ago. “Our water well’s only 12 years old,” he says. “We drilled it when we built...
2/7/2012
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Feds check whether mining bill process violated Native American treaties
(Wisconsin) -- A federal investigation has begun into whether Wisconsin government officials went against rights established in Native American treaties by not talking...
2/6/2012
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Fort McKay Métis want bigger role in monitoring
(Alberta) -- Leaders from the Fort McKay Métis Community say they applaud a new environmental monitoring system for the oilsands, but say they need to be more involved...
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Russians drill into previously untouched Lake Vostok below Antarctic glacier
(Antarctica) -- Russian scientists have drilled into the vast, dark and never-before-touched Lake Vostok 2.2 miles below the surface of Antarctica, according to a source...
2/5/2012
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Feds oppose strip mine near Utah's Bryce Canyon
(Utah) -- Federal biologists say a strip mine at the backdoor to Utah's storybook Bryce Canyon National Park will wipe out the southernmost population of sage grouse...
2/3/2012
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Local Tribe Reacts to Wisconsin Mining Bill's Federal Inquiry
(Wisconsin) -- A federal agency is getting involved with the debate over Wisconsin's mining rules. The Bureau of Indian Affairs or BIA is looking into whether the...
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Senate Mining Committee To Offer Tribe Involvement
(Wisconsin) -- The chairman of the Senate Mining Committee says tribal officials will have a seat at the table in drafting an iron ore mining bill.
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Tribal officials to be included in shaping Wisconsin iron ore mining bill
(Wisconsin) -- The Bureau of Indian Affairs is looking into whether Wisconsin violated treaty rights by not consulting with tribal governments that could be affected by...
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Agencies urge Interior to reject mining near national park
(Utah) -- Two key federal agencies have recommended that the Interior Department reject a controversial coal lease proposed for an area near Bryce Canyon National Park,...
2/2/2012
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Feds To Look Into State's Handling Of Mining Bill With Tribes
(Wisconsin) -- The BIA is looking into whether Wisconsin violated treaty rights by not consulting with tribal governments that could be effected by a state mining bill.
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Indians block Panama roads in debate over mining
(Panama) -- Members of an Indian tribe in Panama are blocking roads in two provinces on the border with Costa Rica in a dispute over mineral exploitation on their lands.
2/1/2012
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Stop Gogebic Taconite's Wisconsin mining
(Wisconsin) -- The sound of drums added to the now familiar singing and chanting in Wisconsin's state Capital rotunda on January 25, a din that periodically grew...
1/31/2012
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Blood Tribe members facing court over fracking protest
(Alberta) -- A judge has upheld criminal charges against three Blood Tribe members who took part in a protest against fracking. APTN National News reporter Noemi LoPinto...
1/30/2012
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Salazar: Interior closing in on gas ‘fracking’ rules
(Washington D.C.) -- Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is getting closer to unveiling long-planned draft rules to impose new requirements on the natural gas drilling method...
1/28/2012
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Rift Grows Between Tribes, Lawmakers
(Wisconsin) -- There was a clash of cultures in the State Assembly yesterday as Republican lawmakers passed a major rewrite to Wisconsin's mining laws.
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Wisconsin GOP Votes To Break Native American Treaties
(Wisconsin) -- The Wisconsin GOP is attempting to pass a bill called Assembly Bill 426. Assembly Bill 426 is a bill that was introduced without an author, a bill that to...
1/27/2012
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BLOG: Please Donate to Bad River Ojibwe (in their fight against) Bad Mining Laws!
(Wisconsin) -- The folks from Bad River incurred $7,000 expenses to get from Superior to Madison. Kossacks, I rarely ask for help. Please donate! All funds go directly...
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Police Escort Red Cliff Tribal Member From Capitol
(Wisconsin) -- Police escorted a Red Cliff tribal member from the Capitol on Thursday for playing a drum as part of a demonstration against the proposed Assembly mining...
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State Assembly passes mining bill in party line vote
(Wisconsin) -- Assembly Republicans scored a victory Thursday in their push to help a Florida company dig a huge open-pit mine in Wisconsin’s beloved north woods,...
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Bill would restore state permitting power on uranium mines
(South Dakota) -- Last year, Rep. Larry Lucas supported a bill that reduced state environmental oversight on proposed uranium-mine operations in the southern Black Hills.
1/26/2012
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Assembly takes up vote on mining bill, protestors, drums, and supporters in rotunda
(Wisconsin) -- It's another noisy day at the State Capitol, as the Wisconsin Assembly takes up the controversial bill making it easier to get state permits for iron...
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Capitol Report: Tribal members protest mining bill; one cited for disorderly conduct
(Wisconsin) -- With Assembly members set to vote on a controversial mining bill, some 50 members of the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Chippewa arrived at the...
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In party-line vote, Assembly passes contentious mining bill
(Wisconsin) -- In a vote that split along party lines, the Wisconsin Assembly Thursday evening ended a day of bitter debate and public protest by approving a GOP-...
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Tribe demonstrates against mining bill
(Wisconsin) -- Tribal members demonstrated in front of the Assembly chambers Thursday in an opposition to a mining bill. The members of the Bad River Band of Lake...
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Outdoors photographer wants to document oil drilling development in the Rockies
(Montana) -- Tony Bynum of East Glacier has photographed grizzly bears, elk and Glacier National Park. Oil drilling rigs are the focus of his latest work.
1/24/2012
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Full Assembly To Consider Mining Bill
(Wisconsin) -- The full State Assembly is scheduled to debate a major rewrite of Wisconsin's mining laws Thursday after it cleared a committee Tuesday. The final...
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Wis. panel OKs mining bill, sends it to Assembly
(Wisconsin) -- Republicans on the state Assembly's jobs committee approved a bill Tuesday that would streamline Wisconsin's iron mining permit process, brushing...
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Wisconsin Endangers a Sacred Tradition
(Wisconsin) -- Opinakii, the place where the wild potatoes grow, lies just south of the Bad River Reservation on land ceded to the United States by the Ojibwe in 1842....
1/20/2012
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Yukon may lose out on millions of dollars if pipeline plans changed
(Canada) -- Support for a natural gas pipeline from Alaska to Alberta via the Yukon is fading. Alaska’s Gov. Sean Parnell met with the CEO’s of the major gas...
1/19/2012
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Indigenous people to go on hunger strike to press for mining operations in Palawan
(Philippines) -- TRIBAL leaders and other indigenous people from Palawan threatened to go on hunger strike to persuade the national government to act fast to resolve...
1/18/2012
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New uranium mining banned on 1 million acres near Grand Canyon
(Arizona) -- Conservation groups are applauding the Obama administration's final decision protecting 1 million acres of public land around Grand Canyon National Park...
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Saskatchewan First Nation partners on potash with investment firm
(Saskatchewan) -- The Kawacatoose First Nation has formed a joint venture with Native American Resource Partners, sparking hopes for a mine on the First Nation's...
1/17/2012
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ABORIGINAL RELATIONS: Quadra FNX, First Nation sign agreement covering Victoria project
(Ontario) -- Vancouver-based Quadra FNX and the Sagamok Anishnawbeck First Natation have signed a memorandum of understanding with regard to the Victoria nickel-copper...
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Kawacatoose reaches potash exploration agreement
(Saskatchewan) -- The Kawacatoose First Nation is leading the way in potash exploration but is hoping other First Nations will follow. On Tuesday, Chief Darin Poorman...
1/15/2012
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EPA Approves Shell’s OCS Plans, Murkowski Welcomes the Decision
(Washington D.C.) -- Upon hearing the announcement of the Environmental Protection Agency’s internal appeals board confirming the validity of two air-quality...
1/13/2012
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Tribes warn Wisconsin Assembly committee: You’ll have to deal with us
(Wisconsin) -- Four of northern Wisconsin's bands of Lake Superior Chippewa pledged solidarity with the Bad River tribe's opposition to proposed mining...
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Bill aimed at Pebble mine among 28 more legislative prefilings
(Alaska) -- State lawmakers filed a flurry of bills Friday ahead of next week's legislative session, adding a few dozen measures to a growing stack that now includes...
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Lakeshore Mine was big undertaking on Tohono O'odham land
(Arizona) -- A new star has appeared on the horizon of the Papago Indian [now Tohono O’odham] Reservation, an industrial star which heralds a significant...
1/12/2012
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Federal government declines comment on lawsuit filed by George Gordon First Nation
(Saskatchewan) -- The department of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development (AAND) is reserving comment in regards to the $10-billion lawsuit filed by the George...
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First Nations Slam Plan to Twin Kinder Morgan pipeline to Burrard Inlet
(Canada) -- As the debate rages over a proposed oil pipeline in northern B.C., energy giant Kinder Morgan is quietly working on plans to double the capacity of its...
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Shell's Arctic drilling plan get major boost
(Alaska) -- Royal Dutch Shell's quest to drill exploratory wells in Arctic waters has received a boost with the affirmation that its federal air permits for the...
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Diamond dreams in Drybones Bay create worries for Yellowknives Dene
(Canada) -- A well know northern reality star could be trading in his 18-wheeler for a pickaxe and shovel. Ice road trucker Alex Debogorski recently got permission to...
1/11/2012
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U.S. bans new mining claims near Grand Canyon
(Washington D.C.) -- The Obama administration is banning new hard rock mining on more than a million acres near the Grand Canyon, an area known to be rich in high-grade...
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Tribes oppose Wisconsin mining bill
(Wisconsin) -- American Indian tribes came out strongly against a mining bill that would streamline the permitting process for a proposed iron ore mine in northern...
1/10/2012
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Radicals working against oilsands, Ottawa says
(Ottawa) -- Environmental and other "radical groups" are trying to block trade and undermine Canada's economy, Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver said...
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Assembly wants to vote soon on mining bill
(Wisconsin) -- The Wisconsin Assembly plans to vote nine days from now on the bill that makes it easier to get state permits for new iron ore mines like the one planned...
1/9/2012
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Navajo Nation President Receives $14 Million Royalty Check from Peabody Energy
(Arizona) -- The $14 million check was a welcome payment for mined coal on the Navajo Indian Reservation. Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly met with executives from...
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President Shelly Applauds Action to Ban Uranium Mining Near the Grand Canyon
(Washington D.C.) -- Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar signed A Record of Decision withdrawing one million acres of land near the Grand Canyon from new mining claims for...
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US bans new mining claims near Grand Canyon
(Washington D.C.) -- The Obama administration announced a federal ban Monday on new mining claims affecting a million acres near the Grand Canyon, an area known to be...
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US to Block Uranium Mines Near Grand Canyon
(Washington D.C.) -- In a move that will please American Indian tribes located near the Grand Canyon, the Obama administration is set to announce today that it will...
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Tribal Villages, Mining Firms Fight for Land In Indonesia
(Indonesia) -- Members of two tribal communities in Sumbawa, West Nusa Tenggara, say they are being driven from their homes by the authorities as part of a land dispute...
1/4/2012
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ADEQ to renew Safford mine operations permit
(Arizona) -- Officials of the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality have announced plans to issue an Air Quality Control Renewal Permit for the continued...
12/30/2011
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Aboriginal group battles with Fortescue Metals
(Australia) -- A West Australian Aboriginal group has gone to the State Administrative Tribunal to try to stop Fortescue Metals Group proceeding with a mining project in...
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