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History of Luzerne County

Foolishly, a much smaller American force decided to leave the security of their fort to meet the British and the Indians on the open field of battle. In less ...

Tribal Nations and the United States - Northwestern University

... Coal Mine Canyon (Arizona), and Gay Head Cliffs (Massachusetts) ... One in five employed American. Indians on tribal lands works in public administration,.

Tribe Fought for Coal Ash Safeguards, Then Pruitt Came Along

The tribe fought the plant and its pollution, and worked to bring clean energy jobs instead to their land near Las Vegas. In the process, they ...

Coal plant on tribal land to close after powering US West | ktvb.com

Those shifts are upending people's livelihoods, including hundreds of mostly Native American workers who mined the coal on tribal land, loaded ...

Coal Mining on Navajo Nation's Land — AJELP

Navajo Nation is the largest area occupied by Native American Tribes.¹ The Navajo Reservation spans the Colorado Plateau and sprawls across Northeast ...

Tribal Relations - BNSF Railway

BNSF's scholarship program with the American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) is designed to support Native American students preparing for ...

Coal plant on tribal land to close after powering US West - WKRN

Those shifts are upending people's livelihoods, including hundreds of mostly Native American workers who mined the coal on tribal land, loaded ...

WATER IS LIFE: THE NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBAL ROLE IN ...

land, based on treaties and agreements between Native American tribes and ... 184 Estimates of thirty percent of U.S. coal are located on native lands ...

Federal Coal Leasing Program | Bureau of Land Management

On October 4, 2021, the BLM sent letters to Tribal Governments with information on participating in Government-to-Government consultation(s) as the BLM ...

2. Native American Land Use in North America. The size, scale, and...

Coal strip mining on Hopi, Navajo, and Crow tribal lands supply coal-fired power plants on and near these reservations, contributing to U.S. carbon emissions.

Two Coal States, Two Very Different Futures | Sierra Club

The Crow Tribe's coal reserves are especially key because the Crow government, like that of most other Native nations, doesn't collect property ...

Indigenous People and Air Pollution in the United States

... Tribal lands or in Alaska Native villages. There are 574 federally ... US Government Decides Which Are, Are Not, Legitimate Native American Tribes.

Trump advisors aim to privatize oil-rich American Indian reservations

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, ...

Benefits of Renewable Energy for Native Nations from the ...

The Navajo people of the Four Corners Area are familiar with air pollution emitted by coal-fired power plants; two such plants that exist on the reservation. 2 ...

"WHEN LAND IS LOST, DO WE EAT COAL?" - Amnesty International

The domestic Indian legal framework does not fully recognize the rights of Indigenous peoples. The Coal Bearing Areas Act legitimises land acquisition without ...

One of the Largest Native American Tribes Has Just Voted to End ...

For almost an entire century, the Navajo Nation has been economically dependent on coal – but after approving a historic new piece of ...

Navajo Summit Looks at History and Future of Tribe's Relationship ...

... coal mine still operating on the tribe's land. In 2020, oil ... The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Indian Energy Policy and ...

Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868) - National Archives

... Native tribes that would force American Indians to give up their lands and move further west onto reservations. ... BLACK COAL, his X mark.

About - Coal County - OKCounties

... Indian Territory. A 3.5 miles (5.6 km) strip of Coal County was taken from ... According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 521 ...

Crow Nation - Indian Affairs

For many years the vast coal deposits under the eastern portion of the reservation remained untapped. One mine is now in operation and providing royalty ...