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The Rest of the World Report | Good News Edition
The Rest of the World Report | Good News Edition
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LONGPERSON
On January 8, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Tribal Council unanimously voted to grant legal rights to a river. Not metaphorically. Legally. The Longperson, known in Cherokee as Ganvhidv Asgaya, is a 790-mile waterway system that begins in the Great Smoky Mountains and ends at the sea. Under the resolution, it now holds five inherent legal rights of its own.
The resolution was written and championed by the NAIWA Daughters, a group of Indigenous girls between the ages of 10 and 17…
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