内容摘要：People maneuver by boat through the low level of a tributary that connects with the Amazon River, in Isla de la Fantasia, on the outskirts of Leticia, Colombia, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)

People maneuver by boat through the low level of a tributary that connects with the Amazon River, in Isla de la Fantasia, on the outskirts of Leticia, Colombia, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)

The National Park Service wanted to designate the preserve as wilderness to protect it from human impacts. The tribe pushed back, saying it would have significantly affected their traditional ways of life, limited access to their homelands and ignored the critical stewardship they’ve provided for centuries. Allowing Indigenous people to remain caretakers of their lands and waters, numerous studies have shown, are critical to protecting biodiversity, forests and fighting climate change.After a stern fight involving campaigns, a petition, testimonials and support from numerous government officials, the tribe succeeded.

A Miccosukee Tribe member wearing a traditional skirt walks past booths during a day-long environmental and cultural education event at Miccosukee Indian Village, Saturday, April 20, 2024, in the Florida Everglades. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)A Miccosukee Tribe member wearing a traditional skirt walks past booths during a day-long environmental and cultural education event at Miccosukee Indian Village, Saturday, April 20, 2024, in the Florida Everglades. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)Miccosukee Tribal elder Michael Frank grasps his walking stick as he speaks with members of a task force that brings together federal, state, tribal and local agencies working to restore and protect the Florida Everglades, on a field visit to the Miccosukee Indian Reservation ahead of a task force meeting hosted by the Miccosukee Tribe, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Miccosukee Tribal elder Michael Frank grasps his walking stick as he speaks with members of a task force that brings together federal, state, tribal and local agencies working to restore and protect the Florida Everglades, on a field visit to the Miccosukee Indian Reservation ahead of a task force meeting hosted by the Miccosukee Tribe, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)The National Park Service listened to the tribe’s concerns about the legal conflicts the designation would have on their tribal rights, said Osceola, the Miccosukee’s chief of staff. Although they continue objecting to the agency’s advancing proposal to expand trail systems in the preserve, which the tribe said are near or past culturally significant sites, “they did listen to us on the wilderness designation and at least they’re not, at this time, proceeding with any such designation,” he added.

The Miccosukee continue pushing to phase out oil drilling in Big Cypress, writing op-eds and working with local, state and federal governments to stop more oil exploration by acquiring mineral rights in the preserve.

Hector Tigertail, a young member of the Miccosukee Tribe, listens to Tribal elder Michael Frank speak about the environmental degradation he has witnessed over his lifetime, and the importance of the Everglades homeland to Miccosukee history and identity, on the Miccosukee Indian Reservation in the Florida Everglades, Thursday, May 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell). Airlines have attributed the decline to economic uncertainty, a decline in government and corporate travel and — yes — concern about recent aviation incidents.

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