Indigenous Rights of Nature
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
by Robin Wall Kimmerer
by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Disproportionate impact of climate change on Indigenous communities by Kathleen Masis in Forums in Amplifying Indigenous Voices Action Team
https://www.kcet.org/shows/tending-nature/the-disproportionate-impact-of-climate-change-on-indigenous-communities
Forming a “More Perfect Union” Through Indigenous Values by SANDY BIGTREE and PHILIP P. ARNOLD. Orion Magazine. SEPTEMBER 17, 2020.How might we unlock hope in an expansive spirit of democracy for present and future generations in this time of upheaval? This new conversation series on “The State of American Democracy” invites us to explore this question with some of our most creative thinkers and public intellectuals. The first episode on September 17, 2020, focuses on the moral foundations of democracy we can draw for guidance. The article below on the Haudenosaunee Confederacy highlights the early roots of democracy in the United States. – Mary Evelyn Tucker
https://orionmagazine.org/2020/09/forming-a-more-perfect-union-through-indigenous-values/?mc_cid=f4f259e772&mc_eid=4818ba9c62
https://www.kcet.org/shows/tending-nature/the-disproportionate-impact-of-climate-change-on-indigenous-communities
Forming a “More Perfect Union” Through Indigenous Values by SANDY BIGTREE and PHILIP P. ARNOLD. Orion Magazine. SEPTEMBER 17, 2020.How might we unlock hope in an expansive spirit of democracy for present and future generations in this time of upheaval? This new conversation series on “The State of American Democracy” invites us to explore this question with some of our most creative thinkers and public intellectuals. The first episode on September 17, 2020, focuses on the moral foundations of democracy we can draw for guidance. The article below on the Haudenosaunee Confederacy highlights the early roots of democracy in the United States. – Mary Evelyn Tucker
https://orionmagazine.org/2020/09/forming-a-more-perfect-union-through-indigenous-values/?mc_cid=f4f259e772&mc_eid=4818ba9c62
Crow Canyon Archaeological Center Cortez, Colorado
The mission of the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center is to empower present and future generations by making the human past accessible and relevant through archaeological research, experiential education, and American Indian knowledge.
The mission of the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center is to empower present and future generations by making the human past accessible and relevant through archaeological research, experiential education, and American Indian knowledge.
MovementRights.org
Most people who are familiar with the work of Movement Rights since 2014 would be shocked to learn that so much has been done by two seasoned and committed women activists working around a kitchen table with very little funding. Movement Rights’ work offers a deep structural analysis of the role of corporations in creating and sustaining the conditions for climate chaos by using our political, economic and legal systems to create wealth for the few. Indigenous traditional ecological knowledge is the basis of the rights of nature and offers an important piece in the climate justice mosaic. Aligning human law with the laws of the natural world is our big picture focus. But we recognize that no single piece offers the solutions we seek and embrace the diversity of strategies that make our movements strong.
[Video] Seeds of Resistance: Indigenous-led Rights of Nature on Turtle Island at MovementRights.org
https://www.movementrights.org/video-seeds-of-resistance-indigenous-led-rights-of-nature-on-turtle-island/
Since 2017 at least 5 Native American Tribes have either recognized Rights of Nature in tribal law, or are working toward that. Indigenous leadership of Rights of Nature on Turtle Island is critical at this time on Mother Earth. The goals of this webinar are to share the experiences of those tribes who have recognized Rights of Nature in tribal law with each other; to share those experiences with others considering this path; and to explore Indigenous-led experiences regarding the rights of the waters.
Speakers include:
Casey Camp Horinek, Ponca Tribe of OK, First tribe to pass Rights of Nature and Rights of Climate
Deon Ben, Navajo tribe, working with Colorado Plateau Tribes on Rights of Nature
Julian Matthews, Nez Perce Tribe, Rights of the Snake River
Kelsey Leonard, Shinnecock Indian Nation, Indigenous Water Rights
Pennie Opal Plant, Yaqui, undocumented Choctaw and Cherokee, Co-founder, Movement Rights
www.movementrights.org/workshops
Most people who are familiar with the work of Movement Rights since 2014 would be shocked to learn that so much has been done by two seasoned and committed women activists working around a kitchen table with very little funding. Movement Rights’ work offers a deep structural analysis of the role of corporations in creating and sustaining the conditions for climate chaos by using our political, economic and legal systems to create wealth for the few. Indigenous traditional ecological knowledge is the basis of the rights of nature and offers an important piece in the climate justice mosaic. Aligning human law with the laws of the natural world is our big picture focus. But we recognize that no single piece offers the solutions we seek and embrace the diversity of strategies that make our movements strong.
[Video] Seeds of Resistance: Indigenous-led Rights of Nature on Turtle Island at MovementRights.org
https://www.movementrights.org/video-seeds-of-resistance-indigenous-led-rights-of-nature-on-turtle-island/
Since 2017 at least 5 Native American Tribes have either recognized Rights of Nature in tribal law, or are working toward that. Indigenous leadership of Rights of Nature on Turtle Island is critical at this time on Mother Earth. The goals of this webinar are to share the experiences of those tribes who have recognized Rights of Nature in tribal law with each other; to share those experiences with others considering this path; and to explore Indigenous-led experiences regarding the rights of the waters.
Speakers include:
Casey Camp Horinek, Ponca Tribe of OK, First tribe to pass Rights of Nature and Rights of Climate
Deon Ben, Navajo tribe, working with Colorado Plateau Tribes on Rights of Nature
Julian Matthews, Nez Perce Tribe, Rights of the Snake River
Kelsey Leonard, Shinnecock Indian Nation, Indigenous Water Rights
Pennie Opal Plant, Yaqui, undocumented Choctaw and Cherokee, Co-founder, Movement Rights
www.movementrights.org/workshops
Deep Green Resistance
DGR is a radical environmental movement dedicated to stopping the murder of the planet.
Our allegiance is to the land. We reject false technological “solutions” and recognize that industrial civilization is incompatible with life on this planet.
https://deepgreenresistance.org/
DGR is a radical environmental movement dedicated to stopping the murder of the planet.
Our allegiance is to the land. We reject false technological “solutions” and recognize that industrial civilization is incompatible with life on this planet.
https://deepgreenresistance.org/
Decolonizing Environmentalism in Yes Magazine
https://www.yesmagazine.org/environment/2020/09/15/conservation-decolonize-environmentalism/?utm_campaign=Hot%20News&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=95544102&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--9sz4dNj7MlpQhqxtg09-BAQmTV0owI1Vl_auyt83BtplH2zPpuwZeLmWLmXnR5_Sl4--4wmDNkGAMKPxy9I6r__ngvA&utm_content=95544102&utm_source=hs_email
https://www.yesmagazine.org/environment/2020/09/15/conservation-decolonize-environmentalism/?utm_campaign=Hot%20News&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=95544102&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--9sz4dNj7MlpQhqxtg09-BAQmTV0owI1Vl_auyt83BtplH2zPpuwZeLmWLmXnR5_Sl4--4wmDNkGAMKPxy9I6r__ngvA&utm_content=95544102&utm_source=hs_email
Water is Life
Decolonizing Hydrosocial Relations: The River as a Site of Ethical Encounter in Alan Michelson's TwoRow II by Shaun A. Stevenson.
Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
| decolonizing_hydrosocial_relations_the_r.pdf |
hatch.com
https://www.hatch.com/About-Us/Publications/Blogs/2020/09/How-to-achieve-positive-change-and-long-term-sustainability-through-community-building
https://www.hatch.com/About-Us/Publications/Blogs/2020/09/How-to-achieve-positive-change-and-long-term-sustainability-through-community-building
Julian Matthews, Nez Perce Tribe, Rights of the Snake River
Nez Perce activists fight to save the Snake River by Stephen Quirke | 15 Sep 2017
Julian Matthews and Elliott Moffett help organize a flotilla to advocate for removing four dams from the lower Snake
https://www.streetroots.org/news/2017/09/15/nez-perce-activists-fight-save-snake-river
Free the Snake and Restore Salmon to Honor Treaty Rights by Julian Matthews. Pategonia Activism Stories.
https://www.patagonia.com/stories/free-the-snake-and-restore-salmon-to-honor-treaty-rights/story-31381.html
Organization teaches Nez Perce traditions, environmental activism, by JOEL KEMEGUE, Evergreen reporter. The Daily Evergreen
Nimiipuu Protecting the Environment works closely with the Nez Perce tribe but they do not work for them. Co-founder and coordinator Julian Matthews said the organization meets with the Nez Perce tribal government twice a year and works together with them, but their independence allows them to speak on issues and take stances the tribal government might not take.
Kelsey Leonard, Shinnecock Indian Nation, Indigenous Water Rights
Pennie Opal Plant, Yaqui, undocumented Choctaw and Cherokee, Co-founder, Movement Rights
Bioneers - Revolution from the Heart of Nature
https://bioneers.org
Journey to the Four Corners with Bioneers Indigeneity Program, DAY 2. Alexis Bunten, Bioneers Indigeneity Program
This blog series is to share our week-long journey to the Four Corners region to experience first-hand amazing work undertaken by our partners with from the Colorado Plateau Intertribal Conversations Group, and inspired by our collective efforts to protect the Rights of Nature
https://bioneers.org/journey-four-corners-bioneers-indigeneity-program-day-1/.
Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador
The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador, 2008 states: Article 71. Nature, or Pachamama, where life is reproduced and occurs, has the right to integral respect for its existence and for the maintenance and regeneration of its life cycles, structure, functions and evolutionary processes.
Alberta Civil Liberties Research Center - Rights of Nature
Many countries are moving towards the recognition of the human right to a clean and healthy environment. There are some countries that have taken this perspective a step further and have granted rights to the environment. Boyd defines “Rights of Nature” as “the rights of non-human species, elements of the natural environment and…inanimate objects to a continued existence unthreatened by human activities” (Boyd, Rights of Nature at 137). Christopher D. Stone, in “Should Trees Have Standing-Toward Legal http://www.aclrc.com/rights-of-nature
Vision Maker Media
EMPOWERING & ENGAGING NATIVE PEOPLEVision Maker Media is the premiere source of media by and about Native Americans. Our goal is to increase the awareness and impact of Vision Maker Media to promote diversity through the discovery of Native culture and sacred stories. We have been representing Native voices in the media for 44 years
Turtle Island Reads
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RO_pcwTVVCs
As Long as Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing Rock by Dina Gilio-Whitaker. March 31, 2020. The story of Native peoples’ resistance to environmental injustice and land incursions, and a call for environmentalists to learn from the Indigenous community’s rich history of activism. Through the unique lens of “Indigenized environmental justice,” Indigenous researcher and activist Dina Gilio-Whitaker explores the fraught history of treaty violations, struggles for food and water security, and protection of sacred sites, while highlighting the important leadership of Indigenous women in this centuries-long struggle. As Long As Grass Grows gives readers an accessible history of Indigenous resistance to government and corporate incursions on their lands and offers new approaches to environmental justice activism and policy. Throughout 2016, the Standing Rock protest put a national spotlight on Indigenous activists, but it also underscored how little Americans know about the longtime historical tensions between Native peoples and the mainstream environmental movement. Ultimately, she argues, modern environmentalists must look to the history of Indigenous resistance for wisdom and inspiration in our common fight for a just and sustainable future. Dina Gilio-Whitaker and Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz have both written what I think are the very best and scholarly books about EJ and Decolonization. Both of these women are often referenced in research that I read in this field.
How to Be an Ally of Indigenous Led Conservation
PIPELINES (page)
Nez Perce activists fight to save the Snake River by Stephen Quirke | 15 Sep 2017
Julian Matthews and Elliott Moffett help organize a flotilla to advocate for removing four dams from the lower Snake
https://www.streetroots.org/news/2017/09/15/nez-perce-activists-fight-save-snake-river
Free the Snake and Restore Salmon to Honor Treaty Rights by Julian Matthews. Pategonia Activism Stories.
https://www.patagonia.com/stories/free-the-snake-and-restore-salmon-to-honor-treaty-rights/story-31381.html
Organization teaches Nez Perce traditions, environmental activism, by JOEL KEMEGUE, Evergreen reporter. The Daily Evergreen
Nimiipuu Protecting the Environment works closely with the Nez Perce tribe but they do not work for them. Co-founder and coordinator Julian Matthews said the organization meets with the Nez Perce tribal government twice a year and works together with them, but their independence allows them to speak on issues and take stances the tribal government might not take.
Kelsey Leonard, Shinnecock Indian Nation, Indigenous Water Rights
Pennie Opal Plant, Yaqui, undocumented Choctaw and Cherokee, Co-founder, Movement Rights
Bioneers - Revolution from the Heart of Nature
https://bioneers.org
Journey to the Four Corners with Bioneers Indigeneity Program, DAY 2. Alexis Bunten, Bioneers Indigeneity Program
This blog series is to share our week-long journey to the Four Corners region to experience first-hand amazing work undertaken by our partners with from the Colorado Plateau Intertribal Conversations Group, and inspired by our collective efforts to protect the Rights of Nature
https://bioneers.org/journey-four-corners-bioneers-indigeneity-program-day-1/.
Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador
The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador, 2008 states: Article 71. Nature, or Pachamama, where life is reproduced and occurs, has the right to integral respect for its existence and for the maintenance and regeneration of its life cycles, structure, functions and evolutionary processes.
Alberta Civil Liberties Research Center - Rights of Nature
Many countries are moving towards the recognition of the human right to a clean and healthy environment. There are some countries that have taken this perspective a step further and have granted rights to the environment. Boyd defines “Rights of Nature” as “the rights of non-human species, elements of the natural environment and…inanimate objects to a continued existence unthreatened by human activities” (Boyd, Rights of Nature at 137). Christopher D. Stone, in “Should Trees Have Standing-Toward Legal http://www.aclrc.com/rights-of-nature
Vision Maker Media
EMPOWERING & ENGAGING NATIVE PEOPLEVision Maker Media is the premiere source of media by and about Native Americans. Our goal is to increase the awareness and impact of Vision Maker Media to promote diversity through the discovery of Native culture and sacred stories. We have been representing Native voices in the media for 44 years
Turtle Island Reads
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RO_pcwTVVCs
As Long as Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing Rock by Dina Gilio-Whitaker. March 31, 2020. The story of Native peoples’ resistance to environmental injustice and land incursions, and a call for environmentalists to learn from the Indigenous community’s rich history of activism. Through the unique lens of “Indigenized environmental justice,” Indigenous researcher and activist Dina Gilio-Whitaker explores the fraught history of treaty violations, struggles for food and water security, and protection of sacred sites, while highlighting the important leadership of Indigenous women in this centuries-long struggle. As Long As Grass Grows gives readers an accessible history of Indigenous resistance to government and corporate incursions on their lands and offers new approaches to environmental justice activism and policy. Throughout 2016, the Standing Rock protest put a national spotlight on Indigenous activists, but it also underscored how little Americans know about the longtime historical tensions between Native peoples and the mainstream environmental movement. Ultimately, she argues, modern environmentalists must look to the history of Indigenous resistance for wisdom and inspiration in our common fight for a just and sustainable future. Dina Gilio-Whitaker and Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz have both written what I think are the very best and scholarly books about EJ and Decolonization. Both of these women are often referenced in research that I read in this field.
How to Be an Ally of Indigenous Led Conservation
PIPELINES (page)
'They Were Always There': The Power Of Including Indigenous Perspectives. July 27, 2020. Carrie Jung
https://www.wbur.org/edify/2020/07/27/lessons-learned-indigenous-history?utm_content=buffere8c98&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer&fbclid=IwAR0IrhUotmk1LP4vDTtvlktClHaDf3fS2Qv9u86HNg2vnb_MeF6JmTDLi5M
https://www.wbur.org/edify/2020/07/27/lessons-learned-indigenous-history?utm_content=buffere8c98&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer&fbclid=IwAR0IrhUotmk1LP4vDTtvlktClHaDf3fS2Qv9u86HNg2vnb_MeF6JmTDLi5M
| how-to-be-an-ally-of-indigenous-led-conservation.pdf |
Sept 22 11 am (pacific) 2 pm (eastern) Register by zoom to be part of the interactive conversation (below)!
Since 2017 at least 5 Native American Tribes have either recognized Rights of Nature in tribal law, or are working toward that. Indigenous leadership of Rights of Nature on Turtle Island is critical at this time on Mother Earth. The goals of this webinar are to share the experiences of those tribes who have recognized Rights of Nature in tribal law with each other; to share those experiences with others considering this path; and to explore Indigenous-led experiences regarding the rights of the waters.
Speakers include:
Casey Camp Horinek, Ponca Tribe of OK, First tribe to pass Rights of Nature and Rights of Climate
Deon Ben, Navajo tribe, working with Colorado Plateau Tribes on Rights of Nature
Julian Matthews, Nez Perce Tribe, Rights of the Snake River
Kelsey Leonard, Shinnecock Indian Nation, Indigenous Water Rights
Pennie Opal Plant, Yaqui, undocumented Choctaw and Cherokee, Co-founder, Movement Rights www.movementrights.org/workshops
Deon Ben, Navajo tribe, working with Colorado Plateau Tribes on Rights of Nature
Since 2017 at least 5 Native American Tribes have either recognized Rights of Nature in tribal law, or are working toward that. Indigenous leadership of Rights of Nature on Turtle Island is critical at this time on Mother Earth. The goals of this webinar are to share the experiences of those tribes who have recognized Rights of Nature in tribal law with each other; to share those experiences with others considering this path; and to explore Indigenous-led experiences regarding the rights of the waters.
Speakers include:
Casey Camp Horinek, Ponca Tribe of OK, First tribe to pass Rights of Nature and Rights of Climate
Deon Ben, Navajo tribe, working with Colorado Plateau Tribes on Rights of Nature
Julian Matthews, Nez Perce Tribe, Rights of the Snake River
Kelsey Leonard, Shinnecock Indian Nation, Indigenous Water Rights
Pennie Opal Plant, Yaqui, undocumented Choctaw and Cherokee, Co-founder, Movement Rights www.movementrights.org/workshops
Deon Ben, Navajo tribe, working with Colorado Plateau Tribes on Rights of Nature
Casey Camp-Horinek
Ponca Tribe of OK, First tribe to pass Rights of Nature and Rights of Climate
Aligning Human Law with Natural LawAccording to Casey Camp-Horinek (Ponca), for as long as Mother Earth and Father Sky have blessed all life on Earth with sustenance, there has been a Sacred System honored by all species. Only humans have strayed wildly from these original instructions to live in harmony with all and to recognize our place in the Great Mystery. Now, she says, in this crucial moment, we must find our way back to Balance if we are to avoid the unraveling of the web of life.
https://bioneers.org/casey-camp-horinek-aligning-human-law-natural-law-zstf1911/
Ponca Tribe of OK, First tribe to pass Rights of Nature and Rights of Climate
Aligning Human Law with Natural LawAccording to Casey Camp-Horinek (Ponca), for as long as Mother Earth and Father Sky have blessed all life on Earth with sustenance, there has been a Sacred System honored by all species. Only humans have strayed wildly from these original instructions to live in harmony with all and to recognize our place in the Great Mystery. Now, she says, in this crucial moment, we must find our way back to Balance if we are to avoid the unraveling of the web of life.
https://bioneers.org/casey-camp-horinek-aligning-human-law-natural-law-zstf1911/
PONCA NATION OF OKLAHOMA TO RECOGNIZE THE RIGHTS OF NATURE TO BAN FRACKING January 29, 2018
Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature
https://therightsofnature.org/ponca-rights-of-nature/?cli_action=1600872718.222
Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature
https://therightsofnature.org/ponca-rights-of-nature/?cli_action=1600872718.222
Education
Addressing the Climate Crisis: Infusing Tribal Culture into Climate Science education. David Rockwell, Germain White, and Adrian Leighton Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education. https://tribalcollegejournal.org/addressing-the-climate-crisis-infusing-tribal-culture-into-climate-science-education/
Addressing the Climate Crisis: Infusing Tribal Culture into Climate Science education. David Rockwell, Germain White, and Adrian Leighton Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education. https://tribalcollegejournal.org/addressing-the-climate-crisis-infusing-tribal-culture-into-climate-science-education/