The vast majority of US public lands are carved out of Indigenous people’s sacred homelands. In some cases, Tribal communities retain treaty rights to those lands, many of which contain sacred cultural sites. Yet the federal government grants itself permission … Continued
From Creation Justice Ministries (http://www.creationjustice.org/): (Washington, DC) President Trump has signed a presidential proclamation to diminish the size of Bears Ears National Monument by more than 85 percent, and a presidential proclamation to reduce Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument by about half. With these proclamations, … Continued
WASHINGTON: The National Council of Churches of the Churches of Christ in the USA (NCC) and Creation Justice Ministries join in expressing their deep appreciation to President Obama and the Army Corps of Engineers for the historic decision to not … Continued
Doylestown Friends Meeting strongly supports the voices and actions of the Standing Rock Sioux who, together with tribal peoples across the country and their allies, are protesting the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. We particularly decry the use of … Continued