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As federal environmental priorities shift, sovereign Native American nations have their own plans

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par Alyssa Kreikemeier, Assistant Professor of History, University of Idaho

Long before the large-scale Earth Day protests on April 22, 1970 – often credited with spurring significant environmental protection legislation – Native Americans stewarded the environment. As sovereign nations, Native Americans have been able to protect land, water and air, including well beyond their own boundaries.

Their actions laid the groundwork for modern federal law and policy, including national legislation aimed at reducing pollution. Now the Trump…

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