We hope to document those village corporations that are taking steps to secure there lands for the future. Some regional corporations are clearcutting, opening oil and gas lease and other ecologically and culturally destructive practices. Research has been underway for some time, though there are holes in the access we have to some kinds of information. Information on the record of environmental practices of native corporations, specific examples. ELise has contacted George Miller's office, the chair of the House Interior and Insular Affairs committee, to receive testimony of the hearings.
Interviews are in progress, and extensive research is already being undertaken.
Any additional resources would be appreciated. Results will be published in Winter issue of the Earth Island Journal and in an information paper produced by Alaska Action. Thank you for help. For other recent writings by Elise, see the Summer Earth Island Journal on the continuing impacts of the Exxon soill on native communities, and the Summer issue of Green Letter on the Exxon Settlement.