Planet Watch

British Columbia mine waste spill: one year later

One year after a catastrophic waste spill at British Columbia's Mount Polley Mine, the facility is set to re-open—but its expansion is blocked by the opposition of local First Nations.

North America

Gullah nation hit hard by Charleston massacre

Some of those slain at Charleston's Mother Emanuel church were members of the Gullah people, a "nation within a nation" that preserves West African cultural traditions.

Planet Watch

Canada’s high court upholds aboriginal title

First nations across British Columbia are celebrating a unanimous ruling by Canada's Supreme Court that recognizes aboriginal title to traditional territories outside reserves.

North America

Lakota stand up to neo-Nazis

Hundreds of Lakota, Anishinabe and white activists converged on Leith, North Dakota, to rally against neo-Nazis who plan to turn the village into a white separatist homeland.

Planet Watch

Nez Perce block tar-sands ‘megaload’

A 225-foot “megaload” of oil equipment hauled along US Highway 12 through Idaho and Montana, bound for a tar-sands site in Canada, was repeatedly blocked by protesters.