Earth Equity News

Scientists and Native Americans Discuss Climate Change in Boulder. By Carol Berry, Indian Country Today, March 31, 2008. "Glaciers disappearing on Tanganyika's Mount Kilimanjaro; large ships sailing the Northwest Passage nearly year-round; eagle migrations shrinking in numbers on Blackfoot lands in Canada; fish populations dwindling in Puget Sound; sea levels rising and permafrost shrinking elsewhere -- these were among the signs that confronted the more than 150 people from the U.S. and abroad who attended the conference [entitled 'Planning for Seven Generations: Indigenous & Scientific Approaches to Climate Change,' sponsored by the American Indian & Alaska Native Climate Change Working Group, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research and the National Center for Atmospheric Research on March 20 to bridge cultural and technical divides to combat global warming and forge a Western/indigenous approach to dealing with environmental challenges]... 'We're slowly going down, but I don't see anybody telling us we're slowly going down,' said Billy Frank Jr., 77, Nisqually and a keynote speaker."