Protecting our environmental resources and promoting social justice
Like other Indigenous peoples, they were keen observers of their world and had deep knowledge of the McCloud watershed, which they believed they were spiritually connected to. They lived on a rich supply of food – acorns, pine nuts, roots, deer, and, of course salmon, or nur, which was both their sacred relative and a …
The Trump administration is “pretty clearly setting up an attempt to override state law to build this project,” said Doug Obegi, a water lawyer with the Natural Resources Defense Council, an environmental group. “It hits the holy trinity of destroying Native American sacred sites, violating state law and harming fish and wildlife.” Acting under this …