Washington, D.C. – Today, the Biden administration announced that the Department of the Interior is canceling the last remaining oil and gas leases on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. This announcement is a historic win for America’s Arctic and honors the rights of Indigenous People who have been working to protect […]
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Gwich’in Nation reaffirms resolution calling for permanent protections for sacred lands in the Arctic Refuge
Old Crow, Yukon, Canada – Delegates of the Gwich’in Nation from Alaska and Canada met in Old Crow on July 19, the first full day of the 2022 Gwich’in Gathering, to unanimously reaffirm a resolution calling for protections for the birthplace and nursery grounds of the Porcupine caribou herd. The resolution calls for the United […]
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Gwich’in leaders thank the Biden administration and Secretary Haaland for taking another step toward protecting sacred lands in the Arctic Refuge
The Gwich’in Steering Committee thanks the Biden administration and Secretary Haaland for pausing the leasing program for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and suspending leases of sacred lands. Now it calls on the administration to continue to take action to protect these lands. “The Gwich’in Nation is grateful and heartened by the news that the […]
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The Gwich’in Nation vows to protect sacred lands in the Arctic Refuge
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12, 2019 — The Gwich’in Nation vowed to protect sacred lands today after the Bureau of Land Management released a Final Environmental Impact Statement promoting oil & gas exploitation in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The document is the result of a hasty, flawed, inadequate, and secretive review process that disregarded concerns about […]
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Gwich’in Nation resolves to fight Trump’s rush to drill in the Arctic Refuge
April 19, 2018 – The Gwich’in Nation stands united in denouncing today’s advance publication of the Department of the Interior Notice of Intent to initiate the process for an oil and gas lease sale on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. “The Interior Department has chosen to rush oil and gas leasing […]
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Alaska and Canadian Native Leaders: Protect the Arctic
WASHINGTON, DC, March 15, 2017 – This week a delegation of Natives from Alaska and Canada, joined by people from across our nation, have come to DC to ask for protection of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and its sensitive Coastal Plain. Last night, Gwich’in and Inupiaq leaders met with Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) to […]