Island nations in the Pacific, Caribbean and West Indies won a major international legal victory this week that puts more pressure on large governments like the European Union and China to curb their carbon emissions. grist.org/accountability…

Co-stewardship is a broad term that describes agreements with tribes to hash out shared interests in the management of federal lands. Co-management refers to decision-making power. The Biden administration has been pushing co-stewardship. grist.org/indigenous/dif…

Conservation efforts are more effective when Indigenous peoples and local communities are given more autonomy and involvement over their lands. That’s according to a new study published this month in the sustainability journal One Earth. grist.org/indigenous/the…

“The need for sovereignty for all Indigenous peoples is critical, is paramount, to us literally surviving.” grist.org/global-indigen…

More than 2,000 people are in Hawaiʻi for the 13th Festival of Pacific Island Arts and Culture. It comes at a critical time for Oceania as sea levels, storms, and other climate effects threaten traditional ways of life and connections to land and sea. grist.org/arts-culture/i…

The Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe will see 18 acres of land returned to them by the state of Minnesota. The move comes after lawmakers passed legislation last month to formally return state trust lands inside the boundaries of the Mille Lacs reservation. grist.org/indigenous/the…

"If a tribal nation deems a place sacred, they shouldn’t have to break confidentiality to prove it." The latest from our fearless IAD reporter B. 'Toastie' Oaster. hcn.org/issues/56-7/ho… via High Country News

.National Geographic’s “Indigenous Futures” issue cannot erase its history of more than a century of arguably voyeuristic and racist storytelling... However, this special edition does its best. nationalgeographic.com/magazine/artic…

What an honor. Thank you Covering Climate Now (threads: @coveringclimate).

.@Grist and The Associated Press lead convening to expand Indigenous reporting collaboration at Indigenous Journalists Association. grist.org/updates/grist-…

"The hereditary chiefs decided that we were going to use our old trespass laws that have been around for thousands of years, to basically deal with the trespassers on our territory."

We have a new story coming out soon in our ongoing investigation about state trust lands (THREAD) grist.org/updates/grist-…