Published: Friday, March 12, 2021
Jaime Pinkham. Photo credit: Oregon State University
Jaime Pinkham. Oregon State University
Four years ago, Jaime Pinkham, a member of the Pacific Northwest s Nez Perce Tribe, wrote that President Obama s halting of the contentious Dakota Access pipeline was a victory for tribes in what has been a long and tragic history with the federal government.
Now, Pinkham is poised to become a top political appointee within the Biden administration, where he could determine the fate of many consequential energy and water projects, including the 1,172-mile-long oil pipeline. The decision on Sunday handed a victory to the Standing Rock Sioux tribe and its supporters, but the protest and standoff at the Sioux Reservation should never have happened, Pinkham co-wrote in 2016 in an op-ed in the
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Depleted salmon runs and the federal government’s failure to improve fishing sites had already impacted important harvests; now, COVID is making it even harder for Native Americans to fish along the Columbia River. This story originally appeared on Underscore.news
A communityâs health is tied to the health of its land and rivers, scientists, environmentalists and Indigenous people agreed last week at a two-day Columbia River conference.
Speakers at the âLower Columbia River Estuary: One River, Ethics Matterâ conference shared the myriad ways that the Columbia River shapes their lives and why it needs to be protected.
âWe all have an obligation to save our water. The water is ours to protect, for our ancestors and future generations to come,â said Philip Harju, chairman of the Cowlitz Indian Tribe.
Last weekâs two-day conference helped the approximately 500 attendees examine the history of the local watershed, the riverâs connections to Indigenous peoples and the future of stewardship for the river, especially as the Columbia River Treaty is renegotiated.