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Tribes and individual Indigenous people are increasingly in the path of oil pipelines and other energy infrastructure projects. At the same time, the spotlight is on a seemingly decreasing ability by tribes to alter environmentally harmful policies. One Lumbee environmental scientist thinks the environmental assessment for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline largely ignored populations of Native Americans in North Carolina. Tribes are also fighting pipeline proposals in northern Minnesota, North Carolina, British Columbia, and North Dakota. That’s in addition to environmental fights in Arizona, Washington state and Alaska among others. What role does race play in locating potentially harmful projects?
Guests:
Dr. Ryan Emanuel (Lumbee) – associate professor and university faculty scholar in the department of forestry and environmental resources at North Carolina State University
Daniel Tso (Diné) – organizer and educator
Beata Tsosie-Peña (Santa Clara Pueblo) – environmental health and justice program coordinator for Tewa Women United
Break music: The Slide (song) P. Town Boyz (artist) P. Town Boyz (album)
