Collaborate Disseminate
[Danielle Boyer] is Ojibwe: Sault Ste Marie Tribe and passionate about preserving vanishing indigenous languages. She’s invented a shoulder-worn talking companion, called a SkoBot, to teach STEAM to children through …read more Continue reading Wearable SkoBots full of STEAM and Vanishing Indigenous Languages
If we write about sound reproduction, there is a good chance we found a home-made amplifier or an upcycled speaker system. In this case, you don’t use your ears to appreciate the sound; you use your hands or eyes. [ElatisEagles] converted an amplitude sound graph into a wearable bead. Even …read more
The United States rolls through more toilet paper per year than any other nation, according a report co-written by the NRDC. Continue reading Americans Are Literally Flushing Canada’s Forests Down the Toilet
Some 50 million Indigenous peoples died during the 16th century, a collapse that caused atmospheric carbon dioxide levels to drop. Continue reading European Genocide of Indigenous Peoples in the Americas Cooled Earth’s Climate
NIH’s plan to collect DNA from Native Americans without properly consulting them is “biocolonialism,” Indigenous leaders say, arguing that tribes must be in control of their data. Continue reading The NIH Is Bypassing Tribal Sovereignty to Harvest Genetic Data From Native Americans
“We propose that our approach can be used now and will be used routinely in the future to return remains to their rightful kin.” Continue reading DNA Can Help Return Indigenous Remains to Ancestral Sites
Indigenous protesters are engaging in civil disobedience and facing arrest to fight the $12.7 billion Muskrat Falls hydroelectricity project in Newfoundland. Continue reading How Activists Are Resisting a Megadam That Threatens ‘Cultural Genocide’
After years of litigation, the Court issued a 4-1 ruling reinstating a permit to build the massive observatory on Mauna Kea’s summit. Continue reading Thirty Meter Telescope Permitted on Sacred Volcano, Rules Hawaii Supreme Court
Biking on Indigenous territory can help combat chronic illness and connect youth to the land. Continue reading These Indigenous Tribes in Nevada Are Embracing Bikeshare
When people migrated to North America some 10,000 years ago, they brought their canine companions with them. Continue reading The Mysterious Disappearance of North America’s First Dogs