![]() Their pitch will also include a request that Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, with whom they also hope to meet, will “implement an emergency ESA relisting” of the wolf’s Northern Rocky Mountains distinct population segment. The meeting participants, including William Snell, executive director of the Rocky Mountain Tribal Leaders Council, and Tehassi Hill, chair of the Oneida Nation in Wisconsin, will be urging Interior officials to relist the gray wolf under the ESA. The group has secured face time with Assistant Interior Secretary for Indian Affairs Bryan Newland, but specific Endangered Species Act decisions -already in the pipeline at the Fish and Wildlife Service - are likely to take awhile. ![]() Rain’s traditional name is Náhkȯxho’óxeóó’ėstse. What is happening to the wolf is a social justice issue for tribal people.” “We must not let state, provincial, and federal governments continue to define issues as ‘environmental’ or ‘wildlife’ when they are cultural,” Rain said in an email today. Rain, a filmmaker and executive director of the Global Indigenous Council, told E&E News that he and five other activists have been advised they can expect a “minimum” of 60 minutes in their Interior meeting on Friday morning. ![]() ![]() this week to urge Interior Department officials to take emergency steps to quickly restore federal protections for some gray wolves, arguing the issue is a matter of culture to Native American tribes. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |