Tristan Ahtone
@tahtone.bsky.social
Kiowa. Editor-at-large at Grist. "Fancy and highbrow."
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Want to go to the UN’s biggest gathering of Indigenous peoples? Here’s how.
Applications are open until October 31 to receive funding to attend major Indigenous gatherings in New York and Geneva next year.
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#Indigenous #UN #Climate #Tribes #Environment
Applications are open until October 31 to receive funding to attend major Indigenous gatherings in New York and Geneva next year.
grist.org/indigenous/w...
#Indigenous #UN #Climate #Tribes #Environment
Want to go to the UN’s biggest gathering of Indigenous peoples? Here’s how.
Applications are open until October 31 to receive funding to attend major Indigenous gatherings in New York and Geneva next year.
grist.org
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Want to go to the UN’s biggest gathering of Indigenous peoples? Here’s how.
Applications are open until October 31 to receive funding to attend major Indigenous gatherings in New York and Geneva next year.
grist.org/indigenous/w...
#Indigenous #UN #Climate #Tribes #Environment
Applications are open until October 31 to receive funding to attend major Indigenous gatherings in New York and Geneva next year.
grist.org/indigenous/w...
#Indigenous #UN #Climate #Tribes #Environment
Chickasaw and Choctaw Nations are suing social media giants for their role in the growing mental health crisis for Indigenous youth. The nations argue that using social platforms can replace human interaction and give rise to cyber-bullying, body dysmorphia & suicide. www.kosu.org/news/2025-09...
Chickasaw, Choctaw Nations wage legal fights against social media companies for roles in mental health crisis
The Chickasaw and Choctaw Nations are suing social media giants for their role in the growing mental health crisis for Indigenous young people.
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September 23, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Chickasaw and Choctaw Nations are suing social media giants for their role in the growing mental health crisis for Indigenous youth. The nations argue that using social platforms can replace human interaction and give rise to cyber-bullying, body dysmorphia & suicide. www.kosu.org/news/2025-09...
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New UN Commission of Inquiry report reinforces the consensus among experts around Israel’s genocidal campaign in Gaza.
As the Israeli govt escalates its assault on Gaza City & destroys Gaza’s remaining civilian infrastructure, states have a duty under Genocide Convention to act.
As the Israeli govt escalates its assault on Gaza City & destroys Gaza’s remaining civilian infrastructure, states have a duty under Genocide Convention to act.
September 16, 2025 at 2:56 PM
New UN Commission of Inquiry report reinforces the consensus among experts around Israel’s genocidal campaign in Gaza.
As the Israeli govt escalates its assault on Gaza City & destroys Gaza’s remaining civilian infrastructure, states have a duty under Genocide Convention to act.
As the Israeli govt escalates its assault on Gaza City & destroys Gaza’s remaining civilian infrastructure, states have a duty under Genocide Convention to act.
Understanding federal Indian law means better reporting under the Trump administration. We want to know what issue(s) you're most interested in. Click here: mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#in...
September 12, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Understanding federal Indian law means better reporting under the Trump administration. We want to know what issue(s) you're most interested in. Click here: mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#in...
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My new massive piece on the Energy Transfer v. Greenpeace trial includes never-reported details of the settlement ET offered GP. It would have thrown the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe under the bus. For @grist.org and @drilledmedia.bsky.social
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Standing Rock was an Indigenous-led movement. Why did Greenpeace take the fall?
The inside story of how Greenpeace stood with water protectors — and got hit with a $666 million court judgment.
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July 18, 2025 at 11:59 AM
My new massive piece on the Energy Transfer v. Greenpeace trial includes never-reported details of the settlement ET offered GP. It would have thrown the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe under the bus. For @grist.org and @drilledmedia.bsky.social
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In March, a jury ordered Greenpeace to pay $666 million to the companies behind the Dakota Access pipeline. But Indigenous leaders, water protectors, activists, and court records agree: Greenpeace played a bit part in the Standing Rock movement, at best. grist.org/project/indi...
Standing Rock was an Indigenous-led movement. Why did Greenpeace take the fall?
The inside story of how Greenpeace stood with water protectors — and got hit with a $666 million court judgment.
grist.org
July 18, 2025 at 7:58 PM
In March, a jury ordered Greenpeace to pay $666 million to the companies behind the Dakota Access pipeline. But Indigenous leaders, water protectors, activists, and court records agree: Greenpeace played a bit part in the Standing Rock movement, at best. grist.org/project/indi...
The Miccosukee Tribe in Florida joined environmental groups on Tuesday to sue the federal and state agencies that constructed an immigrant detention center known as the “Alligator Alcatraz” and located in the Everglades National Park.
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A tribe in Florida joins the fight against the "Alligator Alcatraz" immigrant detention center
The Miccosuki tribe alleges that both state and federal agents failed to conduct an environmental review of what the camp would to the Everglades.
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July 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM
The Miccosukee Tribe in Florida joined environmental groups on Tuesday to sue the federal and state agencies that constructed an immigrant detention center known as the “Alligator Alcatraz” and located in the Everglades National Park.
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Excited to announce that the #landgrabu investigation at @highcountrynews is posting a correction.
It's a little unusual for reporters to get excited about corrections, so check this out ⬇️
It's a little unusual for reporters to get excited about corrections, so check this out ⬇️
June 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Excited to announce that the #landgrabu investigation at @highcountrynews is posting a correction.
It's a little unusual for reporters to get excited about corrections, so check this out ⬇️
It's a little unusual for reporters to get excited about corrections, so check this out ⬇️
Amid a current trade war with China, proponents for Oak Flat are scratching their heads at conflicting national security interests: “Resolution Copper is a major threat to U.S. national security given China’s significant financial influence over BHP and Rio Tinto.”
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The transfer of a sacred site to a copper mine is delayed once again
An Indigenous religious site in Arizona has been granted a delay, as advocates hope to stop Trump's plan to turn it into a copper mine.
grist.org
June 9, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Amid a current trade war with China, proponents for Oak Flat are scratching their heads at conflicting national security interests: “Resolution Copper is a major threat to U.S. national security given China’s significant financial influence over BHP and Rio Tinto.”
grist.org/indigenous/o...
grist.org/indigenous/o...
More than 17,000 acres around the Klamath River in Northern California, including the lower Blue Creek watershed, have returned to the Yurok Tribe, completing the largest landback deal in California history. grist.org/indigenous/i...
In California's largest landback deal, the Yurok Tribe reclaims sacred land around Klamath River
More than 17,000 acres around the Klamath River in northern California,have returned to the Yurok Tribe, completing the largest landback deal in California history.
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June 5, 2025 at 3:22 PM
More than 17,000 acres around the Klamath River in Northern California, including the lower Blue Creek watershed, have returned to the Yurok Tribe, completing the largest landback deal in California history. grist.org/indigenous/i...
Mining, including the extraction of transition minerals, leads every sector in attacks on environmental & human rights defenders. 40% of those killed were Indigenous, a reflection of the fact that more than half of all critical minerals lie in or near Indigenous land. grist.org/indigenous/i...
Indigenous land defenders face rising threats amid global push for critical minerals
The past decade has seen “a consistent, sustained pattern" of violence against Indigenous people who oppose corporate human rights abuses.
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June 4, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Mining, including the extraction of transition minerals, leads every sector in attacks on environmental & human rights defenders. 40% of those killed were Indigenous, a reflection of the fact that more than half of all critical minerals lie in or near Indigenous land. grist.org/indigenous/i...
The Trump administration's recent cuts to USAID are putting Indigenous peoples at risk. In the Amazon, for instance, no USAID support may lead to a resurgence of the cocaine market, increased threats to Indigenous land and potentially violent challenges to human rights. grist.org/indigenous/c...
Cuts to USAID severed longstanding American support for Indigenous peoples around the world
Without U.S. funding, Indigenous communities in Peru and elsewhere face increasing threats to their land, livelihoods, and human rights.
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June 4, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The Trump administration's recent cuts to USAID are putting Indigenous peoples at risk. In the Amazon, for instance, no USAID support may lead to a resurgence of the cocaine market, increased threats to Indigenous land and potentially violent challenges to human rights. grist.org/indigenous/c...
From @hilarybeaumont.bsky.social & @jessieboulard.bsky.social for @grist.org & @indiginews.bsky.social: More than 50 First Nations depend on approximately 3,700 miles of winter roads. There are no paved roads connecting these Indigenous communities to the nearest cities. 🧵
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Ice roads are a lifeline for First Nations. As Canada warms, they're disappearing.
Indigenous peoples are navigating the slow collapse of winter roads — and an even slower pace of help.
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May 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
From @hilarybeaumont.bsky.social & @jessieboulard.bsky.social for @grist.org & @indiginews.bsky.social: More than 50 First Nations depend on approximately 3,700 miles of winter roads. There are no paved roads connecting these Indigenous communities to the nearest cities. 🧵
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I had no clue Pope Francis was as involved in the Indigenous world as much as he was. This story looks at his legacy and the direction of the church under Pope Leo XIV. grist.org/internationa...
What Pope Leo means for global climate action and colonialism
Pope Francis made a strong moral case for addressing climate change and respecting Indigenous rights. Will Pope Leo do the same?
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May 14, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I had no clue Pope Francis was as involved in the Indigenous world as much as he was. This story looks at his legacy and the direction of the church under Pope Leo XIV. grist.org/internationa...
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The law is clear: Americans are protected from being compelled by the government to engage in speech with which they disagree.
By making passports ideological, argues attorney Miles Whitney, the Trump administration has turned them into government-compelled speech.
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By making passports ideological, argues attorney Miles Whitney, the Trump administration has turned them into government-compelled speech.
Read more on Assigned Media:
The First Amendment Should Protect Trans People’s Passports — Assigned
Trump’s executive order defining sex made it clear that passport sex markers will now carry an ideological message. The constitution protects Americans from being forced to endorse ideological message...
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May 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The law is clear: Americans are protected from being compelled by the government to engage in speech with which they disagree.
By making passports ideological, argues attorney Miles Whitney, the Trump administration has turned them into government-compelled speech.
Read more on Assigned Media:
By making passports ideological, argues attorney Miles Whitney, the Trump administration has turned them into government-compelled speech.
Read more on Assigned Media:
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We're disappointed that a new model such as the CJC — founded on commitments to fairness, inclusivity and a robust future for Canadian media — has already demonstrated it is not capable of fulfilling these ambitions.
Editorial from the @indiginews.bsky.social team:
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Editorial from the @indiginews.bsky.social team:
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Why you won’t see IndigiNews among those sharing in the $100M Google news fund
As the CJC hands out millions to ‘Canadian’ media under the federal Online News Act, our Indigenous newsroom is left behind
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May 7, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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The Eastern Shoshone this month voted to classify buffalo as wildlife instead of livestock. The vote indicates a growing interest to both restore buffalo on the landscape and challenge the relationship between animal and product. The latest from @siisiiko.bsky.social. grist.org/indigenous/w...
Wildlife, not livestock: Why the Eastern Shoshone in Wyoming are reclassifying buffaloes
(This story was published in partnership with The Associated Press.) In Wyoming, the Eastern Shoshone want to redefine how we see buffalo.
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April 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The Eastern Shoshone this month voted to classify buffalo as wildlife instead of livestock. The vote indicates a growing interest to both restore buffalo on the landscape and challenge the relationship between animal and product. The latest from @siisiiko.bsky.social. grist.org/indigenous/w...
A number of people hoping to attend the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues have encountered visa delays or denials this year. Their difficulties entering the U.S. come as the Trump administration seeks to tighten border controls and increase deportations. grist.org/global-indig...
Your guide to the 2025 UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
The Trump administration's border policies are expected to have a big impact on this year’s largest gathering of Indigenous leaders, activists, and policymakers.
grist.org
April 21, 2025 at 3:22 PM
A number of people hoping to attend the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues have encountered visa delays or denials this year. Their difficulties entering the U.S. come as the Trump administration seeks to tighten border controls and increase deportations. grist.org/global-indig...
“The dam removal that took place last fall is one of the biggest victories for Indigenous environmental justice in North American history,” @ahofschneider.bsky.social said. “It was brought about because of the persistence of tribes and their allies.” www.boisestatepublicradio.org/environment/...
How decades of Indigenous activism led to the Klamath Dam removals
Last year, four dams on the Klamath River were removed. For Indigenous nations in Oregon and California, it was a victory decades in the making.
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April 17, 2025 at 3:18 PM
“The dam removal that took place last fall is one of the biggest victories for Indigenous environmental justice in North American history,” @ahofschneider.bsky.social said. “It was brought about because of the persistence of tribes and their allies.” www.boisestatepublicradio.org/environment/...
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Follow some of Indigenous reporters and outlets covering the United Nations Permanent Forum On Indigenous Issues this year. go.bsky.app/2eBZ9cy
April 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Follow some of Indigenous reporters and outlets covering the United Nations Permanent Forum On Indigenous Issues this year. go.bsky.app/2eBZ9cy
For the fourth year running, @gristnews.bsky.social is organizing pooled coverage of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, the largest global gathering of Indigenous leaders and advocates. 🧵🔗⬇️
Grist organizes international pooled coverage of the 2025 UNPFII
High Country News, Mongabay, ICT, APTN, Whakaata Māori, IndigiNews, Osage News, the Associated Press, and Grist will report together and share their journalism among newsrooms.
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April 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
For the fourth year running, @gristnews.bsky.social is organizing pooled coverage of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, the largest global gathering of Indigenous leaders and advocates. 🧵🔗⬇️
“You hear ‘land back’, and it means a lot of different things to different people,” he said. “It’s been interesting trying to reframe some of these conversations about stewardship and land rights and treaties.” apnews.com/article/azil...
Lakota artist smudges the former gold mine inside the Black Hills
When Lakota artist Marty Two Bulls Jr. looks at the Black Hills of South Dakota, he doesn’t just see its natural beauty, he also sees a scar cut deep into the heart of the universe.
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April 7, 2025 at 5:22 AM
“You hear ‘land back’, and it means a lot of different things to different people,” he said. “It’s been interesting trying to reframe some of these conversations about stewardship and land rights and treaties.” apnews.com/article/azil...
The funding freeze from the USDA is sending shockwaves throughout the nation’s agriculture sector, but their effect on tribal food initiatives raises even larger questions about what the federal government’s commitments are to Indigenous nations.
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How Trump's funding freeze for Indigenous food programs may violate treaty law
According to Indigenous legal experts, the freeze erodes the little trust Indian country has in the federal government.
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March 31, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The funding freeze from the USDA is sending shockwaves throughout the nation’s agriculture sector, but their effect on tribal food initiatives raises even larger questions about what the federal government’s commitments are to Indigenous nations.
grist.org/indigenous/h...
grist.org/indigenous/h...
Seven Indigenous nations have withdrawn from discussions over an oil and gas pipeline in Michigan, citing federal agencies’ failure to adequately engage with tribal governments during the process. The move is expected to trigger lawsuits that could block the Line 5 project.
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Why Indigenous nations are walking away from pipeline talks in Michigan
Experts say tribes are protesting federal agencies as Trump fast tracks oil and gas projects.
grist.org
March 31, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Seven Indigenous nations have withdrawn from discussions over an oil and gas pipeline in Michigan, citing federal agencies’ failure to adequately engage with tribal governments during the process. The move is expected to trigger lawsuits that could block the Line 5 project.
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Forcibly removing tribal communities to get at natural resources tied to their homelands has been the rule, not the exception. More than half of the mineral deposits needed for a global energy transition are found near or beneath Indigenous lands.
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Most critical minerals are on Indigenous lands. Will miners respect tribal sovereignty?
Grist spoke with five experts to understand what free, prior, and informed consent should look like in this new era of extraction.
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March 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Forcibly removing tribal communities to get at natural resources tied to their homelands has been the rule, not the exception. More than half of the mineral deposits needed for a global energy transition are found near or beneath Indigenous lands.
grist.org/indigenous/m...
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