Mongabay on Mythryl: “The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians has recognized the inherent…”

The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians has recognized the inherent legal rights of the Longperson waterway. Spearheaded by Indigenous girls aged 10 to 17, the resolution is the first all-female-led rights-of-nature effort in the U.S. Learn more in this story by Liz Kimbrough for #Mongabay.

mongabay.ccCherokee youth win legal rights for waterway in first all-female U.S. effortBefore the proceedings began, the young women carried Longperson into the room with them, water gathered from the mountain headwaters and held in traditional pottery. The chamber filled beyond…

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