# @centerforbiodiv on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DRc-75EE9Ch
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/37254888-centerforbiodiv-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-11-24T20:37:34.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Center for Biological Diversity (@CenterForBioDiv) — https://gondola.cc/CenterForBioDiv

## Caption

For Native American Heritage month, we’re highlighting some of our Indigenous partners who fiercely defend their rights and protect wild lands and imperiled wildlife. 

The Miccosukee Tribe of Indians has played a central role in fighting against "Alligator Alcatraz" by joining a lawsuit to halt construction and operation of the detention facility. The tribe's legal challenge, filed alongside environmental groups, cites concerns over the facility's location in the Everglades, potential environmental damage, and violation of federal laws requiring environmental reviews. A judge has already granted a temporary injunction to stop construction based on these arguments. 

Indigenous tribes, primarily the San Carlos Apache Tribe and the grassroots group Apache Stronghold, have played a central role in attempting to halt the attack on Oak Flat through extensive legal battles, political advocacy, and public protests. Their efforts are ongoing, and they have so far succeeded in securing temporary legal injunctions that have delayed the transfer of the land. 

In New Mexico, Indigenous tribes are playing a critical role in halting oil and gas pollution by establishing their own environmental programs, using citizen science to monitor pollution, and lobbying for stronger regulations. They are also using legal and political strategies, such as advocating for rights-of-nature laws and challenging project approvals that lack tribal consent. Their efforts focus on protecting tribal lands, water resources, and health from the impacts of fossil fuel development. 

[Video description: no spoken audio. Video shows clips of drone footage taken above Oak Flat, a sacred cultural area in Arizona's Tonto National Forest. Footage shows red pillars of rock and sweeping canyons.]

#NativeAmericanHeritageMonth #OakFlat #AlligatorAlcatraz #EnvironmentalConservation

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nativeamericanheritagemonth, environmentalconservation, oakflat, alligatoralcatraz

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