‘Forever chemicals’ represent new environmental threat for Florida’s fragile Everglades
PFAS on the reservation of the Miccosukee Tribe suggests more restoration may be necessary.
Tag: Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida
‘Forever chemicals’ found for first time in Miccosukee Indian Reservation
FIU researchers, in collaboration with the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, detected 12 different PFAS.
Federal appeals court pauses litigation over Alligator Alcatraz
The Trump administration had argued its attorneys were furloughed during the government shutdown.
Alligator Alcatraz marks looming environmental crisis
Paving over wildlands and bringing in staff and prisoners has an environmental impact in an already sensitive landscape.
Alligator Alcatraz ordered to close, but the fight isn’t over
A judge sided with the Miccosukee Tribe and said the ICE detention center must close. Florida officials have already appealed.
To Florida’s Miccosukee Tribe, the lands around Alligator Alcatraz are sacred, pythons and all
The tribe joined a lawsuit initiated by environmental groups aimed at stopping the detention site.
The Florida Everglades: a sacred place at risk
Tribal leaders warn that 'Alligator Alcatraz' impacts the environment of their Indigenous homeland
Alligator Alcatraz detention center is the making of an environmental crisis
The new detention center in the Everglades can quickly turn into a human and environmental disaster.
In Florida’s fragile Everglades, Trump praises ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
Conservationists are concerned about the impact the detention center will have on the river of grass.
The Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Structure: Reimagining infrastructure through Indigenous knowledge
This essay for a Ph.D. seminar at FAU, 'Theorizing Infrastructure,' proposes building new structures based on Indigenous ideas.