Open Letter to Sen. Barbara Boxer
On October 29, 2015, the following letter was delivered to Senator Barbara Boxer. Led by Winnemem Wintu Chief Caleen Sisk, an array of notable allies ask Senator Boxer to amend the California…
Read more
Shasta Dam Threatens Winnemem
California Senator Dianne Feinstein and the Westlands Water District are teaming up to deliver yet another wave of water wealth to corporate farmers and campaign contributors in central and southern…
Indigenous Reflections on Christianity
It’s a story that has played out all over the world. First come the missionaries doing good. Indigenous communities split apart and connections to land, ancestors and spirits of place weaken—not…
Dr. O’Connor’s Tar Sands Dilemma
Alarming news from Alberta, Canada: Dr. John O’Connor has been fired by the Ft. Chipewyan health clinic—with no explanation, no cause given, effective immediately. O’Connor is the family physician…
Detained in Papua New Guinea
The most dramatic scene we filmed in Papua New Guinea involved clan leader Sama Mellombo’s confrontation with a Chinese mining company security team that pulled up as we finished our interview. While…
POV Streams In the Light of Reverence
We are thrilled to announce that the acclaimed PBS series POV is streaming our 2001 documentary, In the Light of Reverence, from May 7 to August 7. We appreciate POV providing the perfect lead-in to…
Sacred Land Memes
How do we spread the word and create a buzz amidst a flood of social media content? We know that our four-hour series of film stories is pushing everyone’s attention span envelope. So, leading up to…
Hopi and Zuni Visit Bears Ears in Utah
Back in the 1980s, when I was younger—and more limber—I led 20 week-long backpacking trips in the canyon country of southern Utah. In the Cedar Mesa area, south of Canyonlands National Park, every…
Koch Brothers Leased 2 Million Tar Sands Acres
In March 2014 there was a brief media dust-up after the Washington Post reported that the Koch brothers were the largest leaseholders of tar sands acreage, having leased 1.1 million acres. The Post…
Tar Sands Protests Then and Now
I’m headed to Dartmouth at the invitation of old friend Terry Tempest Williams, to show Profit and Loss and Islands of Sanctuary on Wednesday. Terry has hiked the area of eastern Utah where…