For frontline activists like Onondaga citizen Hickory Edwards, it means looking out for the health of the planet's water. For Migizi Spears, it means breaking Minnesota law every year by fishing on Red Lake before the season opens. It takes on a physical form through Nicholas Galanin's installation in New York City that draws attention to the land. Producer Stewart Huntington joined tribal, state and federal officials on the Leech Lake Reservation to celebrate the partial writing of a 20th century wrong to celebrate the return of 11,700 acres of land that was illegally taken. Tribal sovereignty can also take hold in business for the Morongo Band of Mission Indians in California. Its groundbreaking efforts control electrical transmission lines crossing the territory.
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