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For a Future that Won鈥檛 Destroy Life on Earth, Look to the Global Indigenous Uprising

Idle No 无码视频 is the latest incarnation of an age-old movement for life that doesn't depend on infinite extraction and growth. Now, armed with Twitter and Facebook, once-isolated groups from Canada to South America are exchanging resources and support like never before.

Kristin Moe | May 24, 2013

Housing Crisis on the Rez: Why Haul a Run-Down Shack from the Plains to DC?

Tribal leaders trucked the battered old home to Washington to show the nation鈥檚 leaders what the housing crisis on reservations looks like in person.

Mark Andrew Boyer | May 10, 2013

At Seattle Idle No 无码视频 Event, A Mix of Ceremony and Protest

Saturday鈥檚 Idle No 无码视频 event showed that a beach can be the perfect place for a protest when a movement is drawing attention to the relationship between people and water.

Kristin Hugo | Mar 28, 2013

Mental health

Dancing the World into Being: A Conversation with Idle No 无码视频鈥檚 Leanne Simpson

Naomi Klein speaks with writer, spoken-word artist, and indigenous academic Leanne Betasamosake Simpson about 鈥渆xtractivism,鈥� why it鈥檚 important to talk about memories of the land, and what鈥檚 next for Idle No 无码视频.

Naomi Klein | Mar 6, 2013

Idle No 无码视频 Group photo by Marcel Petit

Activism

Why Canada鈥檚 Indigenous Uprising Is About All of Us

When a new law paved the way for tar sands pipelines and other fossil fuel development on native lands, four women swore to be 鈥渋dle no more.鈥� The idea took off.

Sarah van Gelder | Feb 8, 2013

Mental health

From the Culture of Aloha, a Path Out of Gun Violence

Beneath mainstream culture runs a current of domination, individualism, and exclusion that is harming our children. We assume this is normal鈥攂ut is it really?

Poka Laenui | Feb 8, 2013

Why I Returned My Queen Elizabeth Medal of Honor

A letter to Canada鈥檚 Governor General explains why Maude Barlow鈥搕ogether with Idle No 无码视频鈥揳re speaking out against the country鈥檚 new environmental rules.

Maude Barlow | Jan 29, 2013

Ta鈥橩aiya Blaney on First Nations: 鈥淲e鈥檙e Awake and We鈥檙e Standing Up鈥�

Video: She鈥檚 only 11 years old, but she鈥檚 already been working for environmental justice for a few years now. Here, she addresses the crowd at an Idle No 无码视频 event in British Columbia.

| Jan 19, 2013

Activism

Indigenous Women Take the Lead in Idle No 无码视频

Motivated by ancient traditions of female leadership as well as their need for improved legal rights, First Nations women are stepping to the forefront of the Idle No 无码视频 movement.

Kristin Moe | Jan 19, 2013

Activism

鈥淔lash Mob Prayer Circle鈥� Shows Idle No 无码视频鈥檚 Spiritual Side

Speakers at an Idle No 无码视频 event in Seattle drew comparisons between spiritual and political struggles, making the movement seem closer to Civil Rights than Occupy.

James Trimarco | Jan 15, 2013

Welcome to Blockadia!

The corporate push to construct tar-sands pipelines is transforming the environmental movement across North America by increasing the involvement of local residents and normalizing the use of direct action.

Jesse Fruhwirth, Melanie Jae Martin | Jan 12, 2013

Mental health

In Rural Mexico, Student-Led Education Heals Old Wounds

Unitierra has no classrooms, no teachers, and no formal curriculum. Yet the school has successfully helped local people learn practical skills for years.

Mike Emiliani | Jan 12, 2013

Idle No 无码视频 Rises to Defend Ancestral Lands鈥攁nd the Planet

Bill McKibben on the tradition of environmental activism he鈥檚 seen among members of First Nations, and the unique role of the Idle No 无码视频 movement in the fight against climate change.

Bill McKibben | Jan 11, 2013

Citizens United

Why First Nations Movement Is Our Best Chance for Clean Land and Water

In an urgent pursuit for environmental justice and basic human rights, First Nations gather across North America under the banner of Idle No 无码视频.

Winona LaDuke | Jan 10, 2013

Activism

Idle No 无码视频: Indigenous Uprising Sweeps North America

Idle No 无码视频 has organized the largest mass mobilizations of indigenous people in recent history. What sparked it off and what鈥檚 coming next?

Kristin Moe | Jan 10, 2013

A Mall of America Flash Mob for First Nations鈥� Rights

Hundreds of supporters of the Idle No 无码视频 movement performed a Round Dance flash mob, one of many similar actions around the world to fight for indigenous land rights.

| Jan 5, 2013

Should Chiapas Farmers Suffer for California鈥檚 Carbon?

A California proposal would offset the state鈥檚 climate-altering emissions by paying for forest conservation in Chiapas. Could there be unintended consequences in a region with a history of human rights abuse and land grabs?

Jeff Conant | Nov 13, 2012

Sustainable food and farming | Health care

Traditional Foods Help Remind Us Who We Are

Tribes are pursuing a hands-on approach to finding and preparing Native foods that give spiritual sustenance, too.

Kim Eckart | Oct 30, 2012

Same-Sex Marriage Brings Healing to Me鈥攁nd My Tribe

Heather Purser set out to win gay marriage rights within the Suquamish Tribe and found herself on a personal journey toward self-acceptance.

Madeline Ostrander | May 11, 2012

Activism | Jobs | Renewable energy

Henry Red Cloud: Solar Warrior for Native America

Bringing renewable energy and jobs to reservations.

Talli Nauman | Dec 19, 2011

Health care

The Healing of Wild Horses: Our Truths Come From Tenure on This Land

On the Trail of Tears, we walked from one history into more difficult times, and by the time we reached Indian Territory, Oklahoma, none of our ponies remained.

Linda Hogan | Mar 9, 2011

All in the Ohana

How Hawaiians embrace the land, its abundance, and their responsibility to each other.

Puanani Burgess | Dec 14, 2010

Water

Western Showdown: Saving the Klamath River

How the tribes of the Klamath stood up for the salmon鈥攁nd won.

Alice Outwater | May 28, 2010

Water

Ancient Traditions Keep Desert Waters Flowing

New Mexico's acequias鈥攃ommunal irrigation canals鈥攕till function as a tool to preserve and share scarce desert water.

Arturo Sandoval | May 13, 2010

Ecuador Offers a Half-Off Climate Swap

The ITT oil fields, located within Ecuador's Yasun铆 National Park, have become the center of an experiment that could bring equity and human rights into the climate equation.

Brooke Jarvis | Jan 30, 2008

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