Reservations

Wisconsin Approves Pipeline Reroute Near Bad River Reservation

November 29, 2024 Ray Levy Uyeda, Prism. Educate! Enbridge, Indigenous Activism, Pipelines, Reservations, Water Defenders, Water Pollution, Wisconsin

According to Indigenous water protectors, it’s not a matter of whether a pipeline will rupture and leak, but when. The federal government’s own data supports this, with the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration reporting that there were 1.5 incidents per day in 2023. But in northern Wisconsin on the Bad River Reservation, the incontrovertible claim that the safest way to build a pipeline is not to build one at all isn’t being heeded. On Nov. 14, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) granted the Canadian pipeline corporation Enbridge the permits needed to proceed with a plan to build a 41-mile section of pipeline around the Bad River Reservation.

About ‘Quislings’

May 25, 2023 Charmaine White Face, Popular Resistance. Educate! American genocide, colonization, Quislings, Reservations

When I was a teenager, nearly a hundred years ago, there was a popular television show called “Combat.” It was about World War Two and the fighting in France. The reason this is important is because of the similarities between occupied France at that time, and occupied Oceti Sakowin (all seven sub-nations of the Great Sioux Nation) and occupied Peta Sakowin (the Tituwan) today in western South Dakota. For those of you who don’t know the history of World War Two, a brief synopsis. During the War, Nazi Germany went violently into other countries in Europe using aircraft to bomb, followed by tanks and soldiers to occupy the land and the people.

Trump Administration Ordered Land Taken Out Of Trust, Tribal Chairman Says

March 30, 2020 Ryan Spencer, Capenews.net Educate! Indigenous Peoples, Land, Reservations, Trump Administration

The secretary of the Department of the Interior has ordered that the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe’s reservation land be disestablished, Tribal Council chairman Cedric Cromwell said in a statement posted to the tribe’s website on Friday, March 27. The decision returns the property, which had been held in trust by the federal government as reservation land, to the tribe and disestablishes the reservation, placing projects on the land in limbo.

Trump Advisers Propose Privatizing Native American Reservations

October 11, 2017 Staff, www.theindigenousamericans.com Educate! Indigenous Peoples, Privatization, Reservations, Trump Administration

By Staff of The Indigenous American - Native American reservations cover just 2 percent of the United States, but they may contain about a fifth of the nation’s oil and gas, along with vast coal reserves. Now, a group of advisors to President-elect Donald Trump on Native American issues wants to free those resources from what they call a suffocating federal bureaucracy that holds title to 56 million acres of tribal lands, two chairmen of the coalition told Reuters in exclusive interviews. The group proposes to put those lands into private ownership – a politically explosive idea that could upend more than century of policy designed to preserve Indian tribes on U.S.-owned reservations, which are governed by tribal leaders as sovereign nations. The tribes have rights to use the land, but they do not own it. They can drill it and reap the profits, but only under regulations that are far more burdensome than those applied to private property. “We should take tribal land away from public treatment,” said Markwayne Mullin, a Republican U.S. Representative from Oklahoma and a Cherokee tribe member who is co-chairing Trump’s Native American Affairs Coalition. “As long as we can do it without unintended consequences, I think we will have broad support around Indian country.” Trump’s transition team did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

5 Ways Indian Country Can Resist Trump’s Chaos

January 30, 2017 Mark Trahant, www.yesmagazine.org Strategize! Donald Trump, Indigenous Peoples, Reservations

By Mark Trahant for Yes! Magazine - How does Indian Country survive the Donald Trump era? The new administration is only a few days old, and already the chaos of the times has upset business as usual—and possibly the very structure of federal Indian law. And it’s not just Washington. The North Dakota Legislature in Bismarck acts as if it has permission to ignore the Constitution and legal precedent in its relationship with tribes. House Concurrent Resolution 3017 calls on Congress to “modify” the reservation system and put the state in charge. This resolution will last about 15 minutes if and when legislators put a pencil to what it would actually cost its taxpayers.

Wisconsin Tribe Votes To Evict Oil Pipeline From Its Reservation

January 17, 2017 Phil McKenna, www.insideclimatenews.org Resist! Indigenous Peoples, Oil, Oil Pipelines, Reservations, Wisconsin

By Phil McKenna for Inside Climate News - The Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians in northern Wisconsin voted not to renew an easement for a major oil and gas pipeline that passes through its reservation. In the wake of the successful protest against the Dakota Access pipeline in North Dakota, this decision is the latest example of Native American tribes using sovereignty rights to oppose fossil fuel projects. The Bad River tribal council voted unanimously in early January to revoke rights-of-way that pass through the roughly 200-square-mile reservation and the decision could prove difficult to overturn. Pipeline companies often take ownership of private land through the use of eminent domain.

Trump Advisors Aim To Privatize Oil-Rich Indian Reservations

December 6, 2016 Valerie Volcovici, www.reuters.com Educate! Donald Trump, Oil, Privatization, Reservations

By Valerie Volcovici for Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Native American reservations cover just 2 percent of the United States, but they may contain about a fifth of the nation’s oil and gas, along with vast coal reserves. Now, a group of advisors to President-elect Donald Trump on Native American issues wants to free those resources from what they call a suffocating federal bureaucracy that holds title to 56 million acres of tribal lands, two chairmen of the coalition told Reuters in exclusive interviews. The group proposes to put those lands into private ownership - a politically explosive idea that could upend more than century of policy designed to preserve Indian tribes on U.S.-owned reservations...

Bad River Reservation Under State Of Emergency

July 16, 2016 Staff, www.nativenewsonline.net Educate! Floods, Indigenous Peoples, Reservations

By Staff of Native News Online - ODANAH, WISCONSIN – The Bad River Reservation experienced severe flooding on Monday, July 11, 2016, through Thursday, July 14, 2016. The floods were the result of a series of severe thunderstorms that moved through the area, causing significant property damage and the destruction of roads, bridges, community facilities, trails and recreation areas as well as individuals’ homes on the reservation.

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