STANDING ROCK SIOUX TRIBAL CHAIRWOMAN JANET ALKIRE STATEMENT ON THE ENERGY TRANSFER LAWSUIT AGAINST GREENPEACE n July 2016, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe filed a lawsuit against the Army Corps of Engineers, challenging its speedy approval of an easement to cross Sioux Nation Treaty lands and the Missouri River above Standing Rock. It became apparent […] The post SRST CHAIRWOMAN STATEMENT ON THE ENERGY TRANSFER LAWSUIT AGAINST GREENPEACE first appeared on Indigenous Environmental Network ..read more

Dear Relatives, The political landscape we face today is one of escalating threats, deepening injustices, and urgent calls to action. Across the U.S. and the world, we are witnessing policies that seek to dismantle Indigenous sovereignty, criminalize dissent, and strip away hard-fought protections for our lands and waters. The recent wave of executive orders from Donald […] The post IEN Monthly NewsWire for February 2025 first appeared on Indigenous Environmental Network ..read more

Protecting Mother Earth: A Year of Advocacy, Education, and Resistance Indigenous Environmental Network’s 2024 Highlights and Achievements As winter blankets the land, we are reminded of the teachings that this season brings: rest, renewal, and preparation for what lies ahead. For Indigenous Peoples, this is a time to honor our ancestors, who lived in harmony […] The post Protecting Mother Earth: A Year of Advocacy, Education, and Resistance first appeared on Indigenous Environmental Network ..read more

Join us in pushing the Biden Administration against the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) during the Lame Duck period!  From  November until inauguration day, we will hold President Biden and his Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) to STOP DAPL. Stand with us in solidarity to advocate for the protection of the Standing Rock (SRST) and Cheyenne […] The post Action Alert! Shut Down DAPL Lame Duck first appeared on Indigenous Environmental Network ..read more

What’s Next: Indigenous Youth and STOP DAPL by Morgan Brings Plenty, and BJ McManama Apetu Was’te Yuhanye (good day, everyone), For the past month, Indigenous Youth has been working hard to keep in touch with communities of Oceti Sakowin Territory around the different pipeline issues as well as the most recent project proposals that may […] The post What’s Next: Indigenous Youth and STOP DAPL first appeared on Indigenous Environmental Network ..read more

Post-Election Reflections: United States of Fossil Fuels By Brenna TwoBears (Ho-Chunk, Diné, Standing Rock), Keep it in the Ground Co-Lead Organizer Portland, OR – The sun is out, and the temperature is mid-seventies. It is a nice, warm, sunny day outside. It is also November. Of course, it cooled down eventually. Then the election happened. […] The post Post-Election Reflections: United States of Fossil Fuels first appeared on Indigenous Environmental Network ..read more

Dear Relatives, October witnessed, in the ancient homelands of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians where IEN just held its 2024 Protecting Mother Earth (PME) gathering, catastrophic loss and destruction in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. As the region struggles with ongoing recovery, hundreds of people dead or missing, and untold property damage, IEN staff […] The post Newswire – October 2024 first appeared on Indigenous Environmental Network ..read more

Mutual Aid for Hurricane Helene Aftermath The Rocky Broad River flows into Lake Lure and overflowed a town with debris from Chimney Rock, North Carolina, after heavy rains from Hurricane Helene on September 28, 2024. Approximately six feet of debris piled on the bridge from Lake Lure to Chimney Rock, blocking access. As many of […] The post How to help Hurricane Helene’s Hardest Hit Communities first appeared on Indigenous Environmental Network ..read more

SHARE Dear Relatives,  September kept the IEN Communications staff busy and on the road. Audio and Solar Technician Govinda Dalton departed the IEN Protecting Mother Earth gathering in Cherokee, NC, for the main IEN office in Bemidji, MN, delivering for storage IEN’s portable solar power equipment that enabled the audio and video recording of PME […] The post IEN Newswire – September 2024 first appeared on Indigenous Environmental Network ..read more

Indigenous Peoples Denounce Whale Offsets at UN Biodiversity Summit Cali, Colombia – Indigenous Peoples at the United Nations biodiversity summit denounced the International Monetary Fund’s plans to commodify sacred whales for biodiversity and carbon offsets. Such perverse proposals have prompted many delegates to wonder if the 16th Conference of the Parties (COP16) of the Convention […] The post Indigenous Peoples Denounce Whale Offsets at UN Biodiversity Summit first appeared on Indigenous Environmental Network ..read more