NY: Native American/Indigenous
NY Indigenous women use seaweed to conserve shellfish
By Alexandra Talty for Civil Eats.Broadcast version by Edwin J. Viera for New York News Connection reporting for the Solutions Journalism Network-…
Indigenous leaders come to NY to speak about pipeline impacts
Indigenous community leaders will be in New York addressing the United Nations. They'll be speaking at the UN's Permanent Forum on Indigenous …
NY Filmmaker Reflects on Upcoming Indian Boarding Schools Documentary
NEW YORK -- A team of New York-based filmmakers is producing a documentary about reclaiming Indigenous heritage, told through the experiences of an 18…
Partnership Mixes Traditional & Western Ways to Protect NY Preserves
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - New York environmental groups are teaming up to blend Indigenous knowledge of the land with Western scientific knowledge to …
Water Walk for Life to Follow Pipeline Route
NEW YORK -- On Saturday, a Buddhist nun will begin a 13-day, 170-mile Water Walk for Life to protest a proposed dual pipeline from Albany to New …
House Committee Votes to Revive Nuke Dump Plan
NEW YORK – A bill reviving plans to ship thousands of tons of highly radioactive waste thousands of miles by road, rail and barge may come up …
Lawsuit Challenges Reversal of Offshore Drilling Bans
NEW YORK – Environmental groups and Alaska Native Americans say President Donald Trump has exceeded his authority by reversing the ban on drilli…
NY Town's Battle Over Wind Power Makes it to the Big Screen
MEREDITH, N.Y. - President Obama got bipartisan applause during his State of the Union address when he called for an all-out clean-energy initiative…
NY Community Centers Take Lead in Health Reform
NEW YORK - This is National Health Center Week, meant to raise awareness about New York's 70 nonprofit, community-based primary care organizations…
A “Taxing” Year Ahead for Recession-Wracked Nonprofits?
NEW YORK - If times weren't hard enough for the nonprofits that fill in the gaps of society's so-called safety net, their recession-related funding …
Coalition Offers Money to Jump-Start Lake Ontario Restoration
NEW YORK, N.Y. - A new program will help fund a "facelift" for part of Lake Ontario. The Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition is providing $200,00…
Opponents Sound-Off on Paterson’s Proposed $1.4 Billion in Education Cuts
ALBANY, N.Y. - As if the governor did not already have enough on his plate, David Paterson will be getting protest messages from across the state …