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About 90,000 American Indian families are homeless or under-housed. Only 13% of American Indians have a college degree. Reservation jobs are limited. American Indians have the highest food insecurity in the U.S.

Donations from people like you allow us to work with more than 1,000 reservation partners to provide vital support to thousands of Native American Elders, families and children each year. 

Disaster (VOAD), a national forum “where organizations share knowledge and resources throughout the disaster cycle” — preparation, disaster relief/response, recovery and mitigation — to support community readiness and navigation of disasters. The National VOAD coalition includes 50 of America’s most reputable organizations, 55 state/territory VOADS representing local and regional interests, and other members. PWNA is a first responder for the reservations, often acting in concert with the American Red Cross and other state or national VOAD members. Learn more about PWNA Disaster Relief and Emergency Preparedness.

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Earth undergoing sixth 'mass extinction' as humans spur 'biological annihilation' of wildlife

 

 Top twelve | Mammals under risk of extinction

• Clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa)
• Tiger (Panthera tigris)
• Marbled cat (Pardofelis marmorata)
• Bactrian camel (Camelus ferus)
• Takin (Budorcas taxicolor)
• Nilgiri tahr (Nilgiritragus hylocrius)
• Long-beaked echidna (Zaglossus bruijnii)
• Giant ground pangolin (Smutsia gigantea)
• Aye aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis)
• Madagascan fruit bat (Pterofus rufus)
• Collared brown lemur (Eulemur collaris)
• Sulawesi giant squirrel (Rubrisciurus rubriventer)

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 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/07/11/earth-undergoing-sixth-mass-extinction-humans-spur-biological/

Starvation killed 80,000 reindeer after unusual Arctic rains cut off the animals' food supply

In August, a lightning blast claimed the lives of more than 300 reindeer in Norway. The month before, an anthrax epidemic - which Russian officials blamed on microbes that thawed after spending decades frozen inside a reindeer corpse - sickened several indigenous people in Siberia. Anthrax killed a 12-year-old boy, and reindeer died by the hundreds. In the disease's aftermath, the regional government proposed to terminate 250,000 reindeer by Christmas.
Even the Arctic tundra has turned against the animals, so well-adapted to the clime, as the area warms at a faster rate than the rest of the globe.
In November 2013, 61,000 reindeer starved to death on Russia's Yamal Peninsula. It marked the largest regional "mortality episode" of reindeer ever recorded, as ecologists wrote in a new study in the journal Biology Letters. An additional 20,000 had succumbed to famine in November 2006. The immediate cause, according to the team of researchers from Europe, the United States and Asia, was an unusual ice barrier that smothered the reindeer pastures. This Starved 80,000 reindeer to death.

Thousands of dead fish clogging a Long Island canal will haunt your dreams

Massive animal die-offs fascinate people. In August, 323 reindeer died in Norway and social media freaked out. The fish videos are likewise going viral — and people are obviously asking what caused all these poor, smelly animals to die en masse. Environmental officials won’t say. But Chris Paparo, the manager of Southampton Marine Science Center, told CBS News that blue fish were spotted in the bay on Sunday. Blue fish eat bunker fish. It’s likely that the blue fish chased the bunker into the closed canal, causing a stampede situation where the bunker fish depleted the oxygen in the water. Fish can’t live without oxygen any more than we can, so they all died.

Coke Raises More Than $2 Million to Save Polar Bears

Coca-Cola's drive to create a safe haven for polar bears in the high Arctic has thawed the pockets of environmentalists throughout North America, generating over $2 million for the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Dave Moran, a spokesman for Coca-Cola Canada, called the company's Arctic Home campaign the most successful it's ever done. "And keep in mind, this is only the first year," he said.

The company partnered with WWF, the world's leading conservation organization, to help meet its goal of raising $10 million to ensure the polar bear's future. Fans of the polar bear and Coca-Cola responded by texting the package code, triggering $1 donations that quickly amounted to $1.8 million. The company contributed an additional $400,000 as part of its five-year, $2 million commitment to the cause.