Protecting Tribal Lands: Environmental Justice for Native American Heritage Month

29/11/2025 53 min

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Episode Synopsis


Environmental lawyer Jane Kloeckner hosts this episode with Gina Myer in honor of Native American Heritage Month. They talk about environmental protection in Indian country and discuss the small but mighty documentary, “Bad River: A Story of Defiance.”
Directed by Mary Mazzio, the film and is about the formidable Lake Superior Ojibwe in Northern Wisconsin. The Ojibwe are in a legal battle to protect their reservation and Lake Superior from oil spills due to the 70-year-old Enbridge Oil Pipeline running through their land.
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This episode originally aired on Nov. 29. Listen live on KKFI 90.1 fm – Kansas City Community Radio every Saturday at 3 p.m. CST and on kkfi.org.