As conservation groups across the United States celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Wilderness Act, we took a moment to explore another layer of the story: understanding how our so-called
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Bringing together historians, legal experts, and impacted community members, this Zoom roundtable explores how we should understand the Wilderness Act on its 60th anniversary—a moment both of Indigenous resurgence and a rising far right.
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How can Indigenous knowledge and Western science be mobilized in combination to halt the destruction caused by pipelines and other toxic infrastructure, stop future projects, and protect the land and
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Our new collection of essays considers how the climate and biocultural diversity crises demand not only a reckoning with public policy but also with the colonial regime of knowledge that has influenced how people see and relate to the land and each other.
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For the House of Tears Carvers, totem poles are more than masterful works of art — they’re a medium for storytelling, for raising consciousness, for healing. The group of artisans from the Lummi Nation, one of the original inhabitants of the Pacific Northwest, has for decades hauled its masterful works of art around the country to unite communities around issues of local and national concern.
This year, they’re taking a 25-foot, 5,000-pound totem pole all the way to the nation’s capital. Organizers are calling the journey the “Red Road to DC,” a two-week national tour that will begin July 14 in Washington state and culminate in Washington, DC. Along the way, the House of Tears Carvers plan to stop with the totem pole at a number of sites sacred to Indigenous peoples.
Their goal: To protect those sacred sites from the existential threats of the climate crisis and extractive industries — and to ensure tribal nations have a seat at the table when decisions affecting them are made.
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