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Magic Canoe @magiccanoe.bsky.social · 3h

Join Tribal leader Betsy Chapoose (Ute Indian Tribe) on October 14th at 12pm PST to discuss the collaborative management of Bears Ears National Monument in Utah.

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Magic Canoe @magiccanoe.bsky.social · 7h

The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation are using microgrids to move toward energy sovereignty. Microgrid infrastructure lays the building blocks to generate renewable energy from a variety of sources. They hope to become self-sufficient and use power solely generated on their homelands.

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Magic Canoe @magiccanoe.bsky.social · 7h

Extreme weather events can cause power outages in rural communities. They’ve become a regular problem on the Colville Reservation in northeast Washington.

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Magic Canoe @magiccanoe.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Behind Portland’s Oregon Food Bank sits a plot of land no bigger than 400 square feet. The acre of land is known as Unity Farms. At first, it was unclear whether or not the tropical plant, kalo, would grow successfully in Oregon. But this year, the garden yielded over 300 pounds of kalo leaves.

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Magic Canoe @magiccanoe.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

“I recall a Haida teaching I once read, words that have stayed with me: Earth has eyes and ears and is always watching. Everything is watching. Everything remembers." Read the full story, from Indigenous desk writer CMarie: buff.ly/pyaroSY @cmariefuhrman.bsky.social

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Magic Canoe @magiccanoe.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

For the fifth season of the What If We Get it Right? podcast, Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson is teaming up with author and climate activist Bill McKibben to host insightful and urgent conversations. Their goal is to put climate justice and the environment front-and-center in the U.S. midterm elections.

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Magic Canoe @magiccanoe.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Still concerned about the proposed power line under the Columbia River?

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Magic Canoe @magiccanoe.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

From October 22-24, thousands of official delegates and participants from membership organizations across Alaska will gather for the annual Alaska Federation of Natives convention.

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Magic Canoe @magiccanoe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

As summer turns to fall, thousands of salmon heed the call to return to their home waters. These journeys are repeated in countless rivers and creeks across Salmon Nation. How well these fish fare depends on how we care for the rivers in which they swim and the forests that surround those banks.

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Magic Canoe @magiccanoe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Recently, traditional knowledge keepers from across Salmon Nation came together for two days to explore food sovereignty, culture, plants, medicines, and politics.

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Magic Canoe @magiccanoe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Last week, the National Congress of American Indians, along with The Wilderness Society, hosted a webinar examining the proposed Roadless Rule rescission and how it will affect tribes. The session helped its participants understand the proposed changes and make their voices heard. @wilderness.org

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Magic Canoe @magiccanoe.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

In British Columbia, the Kaska Nation wants to protect a wilderness area larger than Denali National Park and Preserve. The Kaska began their effort in 2019, and it’s taken seven years for the idea to build momentum. But securing protections like this isn’t always straightforward.

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Magic Canoe @magiccanoe.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

In her latest book, published in March, The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change, Rebecca Solnit explores an optimistic interpretation of change. @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social

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Magic Canoe @magiccanoe.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Since the Klamath River was officially undammed in August 2024, 20,000 salmon have returned to its waters. But the challenges these fish face are many and nuanced – water rights and drought being the two biggest. Read the full article to learn more: buff.ly/FFqaTVf @insideclimatenews.org

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Magic Canoe @magiccanoe.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

In coastal Alaska, challenging topography and long, dark winters make large-scale wind and solar mostly impractical. #CleanEnergy

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Magic Canoe @magiccanoe.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

A new report assessed the value of First Nations Guardians programs in Canada. The key finding? Their programs have provided enormous benefits to First Nations, communities, and the bioregion. Read the report and watch a video on our website to learn more about Guardians Programs: buff.ly/DDyu3DV

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Magic Canoe @magiccanoe.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

What if the money you spent breathed life into your community and your bioregion, where it needed it most? An economy that serves every living thing is possible.

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Magic Canoe @magiccanoe.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

With a pressing need for Indigenous housing options in Canada, the Skeetchestn Indian Band stepped up to create modular housing kits based on a cultural design.

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Magic Canoe @magiccanoe.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

In this interview, she talks about the importance of respecting both Western scientific knowledge and Indigenous knowledge, planting trees, and sharing the gifts of nature with others. Watch the interview:https://buff.ly/UAnN0r0

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Magic Canoe @magiccanoe.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Sit down with Botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer, a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, in a recent interview with CBS News Sunday Morning. Kimmerer is the author of Braiding Sweetgrass and The Serviceberry – books that advocate for living and working in collaboration with nature.

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Magic Canoe @magiccanoe.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Since Indigenous histories disagree on how many years ago humans arrived in North America, saying "time immemorial" has been a way to succinctly communicate longevity without getting hung up on exact numbers and dates. But does it have any meaningful substance or specificity?

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Magic Canoe @magiccanoe.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

A major experiment unfolded in Old Harbor, Alaska, this summer. The tiny Native village of about two hundred residents greeted its first cruise ship ever on August 2. This is the town’s first foray into the rapidly expanding world of cultural tourism in Alaska. @907808.bsky.social

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Magic Canoe @magiccanoe.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

In August 1989, winter-run Chinook salmon hailing from California’s Sacramento River earned a spot as the first Pacific salmon population listed under the Endangered Species Act.

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Magic Canoe @magiccanoe.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

A British Columbia nonprofit has collected 1,544 tons of plastic from oceans and shorelines.

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Magic Canoe @magiccanoe.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Read the full article from our friends at @underscore-news.bsky.social to learn more about Heron's Nest. The article is linked [where?]. buff.ly/ODng47X #SeattleWA #LandBack #LandStewardship

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Magic Canoe @magiccanoe.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The Duwamish tribe has officially taken on the stewardship of land at Heron’s Nest. The 3.56-acre parcel sits on a mountain ridge less than a mile west of Seattle’s industrial district. It's been transformed from a hazardous waste zone to a greenhouse garden and community gathering space.

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Magic Canoe @magiccanoe.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The 2026 Confluence Legacy Maker Gathering is coming up on September 17th in Vancouver, Washington.

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Magic Canoe @magiccanoe.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Jenny Farkas did not touch tools as a kid. Knowing that Black, Indigenous, other people of color, and members of the LGBTQ+ community are vastly under-represented in the skilled trades industry, Farkas set out to change things.

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Magic Canoe @magiccanoe.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

On September 13-20, Nora Bateson, an award-winning filmmaker, writer, educator, systems thinker, and president of the International Bateson Institute, is hosting a Warm Data training in Portland, Oregon.

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Magic Canoe @magiccanoe.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

We live in a time where the information we hunger for is at our fingertips. Where a word that exists in a dictionary, a published story, a teaching cited, hangs like the berries we press to the roofs of our mouths. It is ours for the taking. "Yet availability is not the same as invitation."

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Magic Canoe @magiccanoe.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

During wildfire season, life in Salmon Nation can feel heavy.

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Magic Canoe @magiccanoe.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

We've extended the application deadline for this contract role. Please submit your application by Friday, September 11 at 5 pm. We also ask that you include 3-5 work samples with your application, so that we may see your skills in action. Click to learn more and apply: buff.ly/R4Qf1wh

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Magic Canoe @magiccanoe.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

As threats to tribal sovereignty and the environment continue to grow, Indigenous values and Rights of Nature frameworks are evolving from theoretical concepts into practical strategies for reshaping laws and defending land.

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Magic Canoe @magiccanoe.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

In 1792, a six-year-old Duwamish/Suquamish boy watched foreign invaders anchor a ship festering with diseases.

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Magic Canoe @magiccanoe.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

As a geographer and glaciologist who has spent more than two decades studying snow and ice across the world’s coldest landscapes, Dr. M Jackson has begun to see a clear shift in August. By August the air, land, and water are at their warmest. Rivers, streams, and lakes are at their lowest.

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Magic Canoe @magiccanoe.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

According to glaciologist Dr. M Jackson, for snow- and glacier-fed landscapes in Salmon Nation, August is the month of climate change. @kiliiiyuyan.bsky.social

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Magic Canoe @magiccanoe.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Tribes, First Nations, and scientists all want to remove Washington’s Enloe Dam. Why? All it does is block fish. Built in the 1920s to power local mining operations, the last joule of power flowed out of Enloe Dam in 1958. #DamRemoval #NorthernWashington

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Magic Canoe @magiccanoe.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

We're still accepting applications for this contract role. Please submit your application by Friday, August 28 at 5 pm. This is a part-time, remote contract with flexible hours. The ideal candidate lives in the Salmon Nation bioregion. Click the link for more information: buff.ly/R4Qf1wh

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Magic Canoe @magiccanoe.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

In 2018, Portland, Oregon, passed a bill that required corporations working in the city to pay a surcharge for climate justice initiatives. Eight years later, Portland is a national leader in municipal climate financing. Read the full article: buff.ly/UVCtGNA

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Magic Canoe @magiccanoe.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

In California, water wars are more common than water wins. But a new collaboration could inspire transformative change to other watersheds beyond the state.

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Magic Canoe @magiccanoe.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

This summer, whether you’re hitting the road or staying home to tend your community garden, take a listen to these five compelling, well-produced podcasts that we can’t get enough of.

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Magic Canoe @magiccanoe.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Rear Admiral Peter Rainier was an architect of British colonial expansion who seized large swaths of territory for the British Crown. He fought against American independence and went on to colonize Indigenous peoples. Yet his name was placed on one of the most sacred peaks in the North America.

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Magic Canoe @magiccanoe.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

When language meets landscape, it’s more than a relationship. It’s kinship. Language has power. A name is not the thing; it is the relationship between the speaker and the thing.

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Magic Canoe @magiccanoe.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Want to learn more about pacific lamprey? Portland State University's Department of Environmental Science and Management offers a "Biology, Ecology and Conservation of Native Lampreys" class.

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Magic Canoe @magiccanoe.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

For the first time since 1983, Chinook salmon are swimming in the North Fork Toutle River. The Cowlitz Indian Tribe is calling the return of these fish one of the most meaningful moments in their decades-long restoration effort. Read the full article: buff.ly/EJVP8XG #MountStHelens #ChinookSalmon

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Magic Canoe @magiccanoe.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

While researchers and humanitarian organizations cite rising temperatures and prolonged drought as key drivers of severe fire seasons, administration officials continue to question the certainty of climate science. Read the full article from @nativenewsonline.bsky.social: buff.ly/GCBsjgk

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Magic Canoe @magiccanoe.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

In February 2026, the Secretary of the Interior said that climate change is “unsettled science.”

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Magic Canoe @magiccanoe.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

B.C.’s reclamation laws require mines to restore sites after development have ended. That's where Nupqu, a native plant nursery, comes in. Since 2020, the nursery has distributed about 700,000 seedlings a year throughout the territory. Read the full article from thetyee.ca: buff.ly/qneCc5B

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Magic Canoe @magiccanoe.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Magic Canoe is seeking a creative, results-driven digital marketing coordinator to design, implement, and optimize a digital marketing strategy across our online channels. #MagicCanoe #DigitalMarketingTalent #NonprofitWork

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Magic Canoe @magiccanoe.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Oregon tribes and conservationists are teaming up to push lamprey restoration forward. Lamprey have the same migratory seasons as salmon and can be the proverbial canary in the coal mine, indicating the environmental health of waterways. #PacificLamprey #IndicatorSpecies

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