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About Stephen Carr Hampton

Stephen Carr Hampton is an enrolled citizen of Cherokee Nation, an avid birder since age 7, and a former resource economist for the California Department of Fish & Game, where he worked as a tribal liaison and conducted natural resource damage assessments and oversaw environmental restoration projects after oil spills. He writes most often about Native history and contemporary issues, birds, and climate change.

Standing Rock update from the pipeline and the courtroom

Posted on May 17, 2017 by Stephen Carr Hampton

Here is the latest, as of May 16, 2017. Oil is in the pipe Oil is in the pipe and they are bringing it up to pressure.  The actual first deliveries, and use of the pipe to transport oil, will … Continue reading →

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New book on the Osage murders featured on Fresh Air

Posted on April 22, 2017 by Stephen Carr Hampton

In the 1920s, as many as 60 Osage, made wealthy by oil, were murdered one at a time in a complicated conspiracy to steal their money. Many were killed by their white husbands or relatives, who married them deliberately to … Continue reading →

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Two Spirits and LGBTQ, similarities and differences

Posted on March 29, 2017 by Stephen Carr Hampton

Here is a nice piece from Indian County Today discussing this topic.      

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Trump’s doppelganger from colonial New Mexico bodes difficult decades ahead for US

Posted on March 17, 2017 by Stephen Carr Hampton

If Trump had a doppelganger in history, it was probably Don Diego de Peñalosa, Governor of colonial New Mexico from 1661 to 1664.  If history repeats itself, we may be able to learn something about our future.   Colonial New … Continue reading →

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Yurok set to restore condors in California

Posted on March 13, 2017 by Stephen Carr Hampton

A great example (and there are many) of a tribe restoring our natural world. California Condors Could Soon Soar Above the Redwoods Again Thanks to One Local Tribe For more than a decade the Yurok Tribe has been pushing to … Continue reading →

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Standing Rock: In the Courts of the Conqueror (and my comments on the EIS)

Posted on February 16, 2017 by Stephen Carr Hampton

The title of this blog post comes from Walter Echo-Hawk’s book, In the Courts of the Conqueror: The 10 Worst Indian Law Cases Ever Decided.  Echo-Hawk (Pawnee) is an attorney and his book is a tour de force of US … Continue reading →

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Standing Rock: Understanding the EIS Process

Posted on January 30, 2017 by Stephen Carr Hampton

It’s time to comment on the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL).  The deadline is February 20.  Here’s what you need to know. First, Trump’s “executive order” did not automatically approve the pipeline (and it’s actually … Continue reading →

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Red Nation, Blue Nation: Predictions for the Trump Years and Beyond

Posted on January 20, 2017 by Stephen Carr Hampton

The cultural divide between Red and Blue will grow stronger and more distinct. Gerrymandering has  already polarized the political arena over the past twenty years. This has framed the public debate into two choices:  left and right. With social media, each side … Continue reading →

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They brought a missile launcher and machine gun to Standing Rock

Posted on January 18, 2017 by Stephen Carr Hampton

Back in December, I detailed how the law enforcement at Standing Rock is coming from the reddest counties in the nation, and that they are using the conflict as an opportunity to test their new US military equipment.  Now it seems they’ve … Continue reading →

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Standing Rock Victory on Thin Ice

Posted on January 15, 2017 by Stephen Carr Hampton

On December 4, we all celebrated when the US Army Corp of Engineers announced they would not grant the easement for the Dakota Access Pipeline to pass under the Missouri River at Lake Oahe.  Instead, they would prepare an Environmental … Continue reading →

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