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Washington said it would reduce almost all its greenhouse gasses by 2050. But what happens when the process to get there is at odds with tribal rights?
Western journalism puts Indigenous reporters in a tricky position
where values don’t always align.
Avangrid Renewables said they plan to review comments from tribal nations and private landowners.
Federal rules and a lack of protection for sacred places left the Indigenous nation with an impossible choice.
The Badger Mountain development in eastern Washington threatens heritage foodways on sacred lands.
Tribal officials say the process threatens cultural resources and what remains of healthy Indigenous foodways.