Part 1: Submit your Current Event Find a news article (less than one year old) related to the chapter for this unit: "Native Americans: From Conquest to Tribal Survival in a Postindustrial Society." Identify a critical issue or trend described in the chapter that has influenced relations between Native Americans and the larger U.S. society in recent decades. Please follow the format below for this assignment. Include the link to the news article and full citation. - Paragraph 1: Introduce the article: include title, author, and source; what is this piece about? What is the main focus/theme? - Paragraph 2: How does the article relate to the assigned material(s)? Discuss in detail how the news article and assigned course material are related. Be as specific as possible. Quote from the textbook, explain how a specific section of the textbook relates to the new article you found. - Paragraph 3: What did you think of the article? Did you learn anything new? If so, what? You can only submit this Current Event once, so make sure you have completed the assignment properly before submitting.

Below is one example of how you might complete this assignment:  Paragraph 1: The article I chose is “Tribal Activism in the Age of Climate Change: Indigenous Communities Battle Environmental Racism” by Jane Doe, published in The Guardian on October 5, 2023 (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/05/native-americans-environmental-justice). The piece examines how many Native American tribes are leading local and national initiatives to confront environmental hazards—such as water contamination, mining legacies, and the impacts of climate change—on their ancestral lands. Its main focus is on how these indigenous communities are utilizing both traditional ecological knowledge and modern legal battles to assert sovereignty and push back against environmental policies that have historically marginalized them.  Paragraph 2: The article connects directly to the course material outlined in “Native Americans: From Conquest to Tribal Survival in a Postindustrial Society.” One of the critical issues discussed in the chapter is the long-lasting effect of conquest and subsequent policies that have marginalized Native American communities, a factor that still influences their current fight for rights and recognition. As the textbook notes, “a legacy of dispossession and forced assimilation underpins many modern conflicts between Native American tribes and the federal government” (Chapter 4, p. 152). The news article mirrors this analysis by demonstrating how historical marginalization has contributed to modern struggles with environmental injustice. Both sources underscore that the persistence of these conflicts is less about isolated environmental incidents and more about a continuum of colonial practices, where indigenous peoples are forced to fight for basic environmental protections as part of a larger battle for tribal survival in modern American society.  Paragraph 3: I found the article both enlightening and timely, particularly in how it frames environmental justice as an extension of historical struggles for self-determination and civil rights among Native American tribes. Before reading it, I was aware that environmental issues affect many marginalized communities, but I learned how deeply intertwined these challenges are with the history of conquest and systemic injustice presented in our course materials. The piece provided new insights into how tribal activists are leveraging the current political climate and emerging policy debates to gain traction in their fight for environmental reform, thereby reinforcing the textbook’s analysis of postindustrial challenges faced by Native Americans in preserving their lands and cultural legacy. Full Citation: Doe, J. (2023, October 5). Tribal Activism in the Age of Climate Change: Indigenous Communities Battle Environmental Racism. The Guardian. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/05/native-americans-environmental-justice