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Carbon Pricing is NOT a Solution to the Climate Crisis

On the day before the January 19, 2019 Women’s March in Washington, DC. Bineshi Albert of the Indigenous Environmental Network participated in a panel, titled “Women Leading the Future of Sustainability,” hosted by Eaton Workshop. Watch Bineshi call...

Kandi White Biography

Kandi Mossett Native Energy & Climate Campaign Director (Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara) Kandi has emerged as a leading voice in the fight to bring visibility to the impacts that climate change and environmental injustice are having on Indigenous communities across...

Indigenous Women at SF Women’s March 2019

Saturday, January 19, 2019 at 10 AM – 2 PM PST 5 days from now · 50–61°F Cloudy Civic Center San Francisco, California 94102 Calling all Indigenous women of the Americas! (Native American and/or Indigenous to the Americas only please) Native American/Indigenous women...

42nd New Moon Ceremony in Berkeley

This will be the 41st New Moon ceremony conducted by Bay Area signatories to the Indigenous Women of the Americas Defending Mother Earth Treaty. Hosted by Indigenous Women of the Americas Defending Mother Earth Treaty and Idle No More SF Bay When: Monday, February 4,...

Solidarity Action with Brazil and the Amazon Against Destruction

Indigenous people and allies across the Americas are strongly opposing Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro movements to eliminate the rights of indigenous people and commit genocide, while opening up the Amazon to corporate interests. 1- Bolsonaro has plans to close...

What It Means To Be A Grassroots Organizer

What It Means To Be A Grassroots Organizer posted by Cherri Foytlin Jul 02 2016  Somebody asked me what it means to be a “grassroots organizer”? I certainly can’t speak for everyone in that role, because every experience is different and although...

Message from Kandi White

End of 2018 Message from Kandi White, IEN Native Climate and Energy Campaign Coordinator It’s been a busy and fulfilling year within the Native Energy and Climate Campaign and the Just Transition and Keep It In the Ground work within. Let’s take a look back at 2018 to...

Escalating intimidation of and harassment against indigenous human rights defender

On 31 May 2016, five men sat outside the home of Ms Gloria Ushigua throughout the night, in what appeared to be an act of intimidation against the human rights defender. Gloria Ushigua is an Indigenous human rights defender and has been the target of increasing levels of harassment over the past month, as a result of her peaceful and legitimate work in defence of environmental rights and of her ancestral land. This follows another act of intimidation against her niece on 26 May 2016 and the killing of the human rights defender’s sister-in-law, Anacleta Dahua Cují, on 2 May 2016.

Amazon Women of Ecuador at UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Amazonian Women urge China not to explore oil in Ecuador As part of the 15th Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, Land is Life and our allies will alert the UN to denounce the threat on human rights in Indigenous territories due to the oil contracts signed in January...