Wilderness Watch recently alerted its membership to an important new paper entitled "Wilderness, Indigenous land zones and regionality in North American forests,” that contributes an important—and often missing—perspective to current conversations about wilderness...
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The Scott Ashcraft Story
The Asheville Watchdog published a fascinating article about former National Forest archaeologist Scott Ashcraft, whose tireless investigation into the Forest Service's misuse of the sacred lands of the Cherokee people did not bring about the result he sought. What...
Solar Panels Go Up At New Kituwah Academy
report from Cherokee One Feather, photo credit Katie Tiger Participants in the conservation club at New Kituwah Academy, known as Judaculla’s Kids, recently made history. The students flipped a switch on a solar power system for the school that will provide nearly...
Land Back – Franklin NC Relinquishes Noquisiyi Mound
The Noquisiyi Mound in Franklin, North Carolina, was part of a Cherokee mother town hundreds of years before the founding of the United States, and it is a place of deep spiritual significance to the Cherokee people. The name Noquisiyi means "the star...
Right Relations With First Peoples of Turtle Island
The work of the Alliance for Beyond Land Acknowledgement is guided by our determination to nurture and promote right relations with the people who have lived on and stewarded this land they called Turtle Island for generations uncounted. We know that the people who...
Decolonizing Gratitude
"Thanksgiving” Day Nov 27, 2025 To practice gratitude honestly in a world shaped by colonization, displacement, and systemic inequity, we must reexamine its stories and meanings. This is not about wokeness; it is about embracing truth, honoring those harmed by...