Indigenous Environmental Network

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Wounded Knee Occupation, where members of the Oglala Lakota Nation and the American Indian Movement (AIM) occupied the town of Wounded Knee, South Dakota for 71 days from Feb 27, 1973 – May 8, 1973.

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The Indigenous Environmental Network mourns the passing of Māori Elder and Traditional Knowledge Holder, Hinewirangi Kohu of Aotearoa (Ngati Kahungungu, Ngati Ranginui.) We express our deepest condolences to Hinewirangi’s whanau (family), the many Māori she worked with and helped in various capacities

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After years of effort Bristol Bay celebrates EPA’s historic action to stop Pebble FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, January 31, 2023 Contact: Carmell Engebretson, BBNC Director of Communications, cengebretson@bbnc.net or (907) 278-3602 Alannah Hurley, UTBB Executive Director, ahurley@utbb.org or (907) 843-1633 Robin Samuelsen, BBEDC Board Chair, (907) 843-1642 Gayla Hoseth, BBNA Director of Natural Resources, ghoseth@bbna.com or (907) 842-6252 Regional organizations and residents celebrate long-sought Clean Water Act protections that will safeguard the lands and waters that have sustained Bristol Bay since time immemorial Dillingham, Alaska — Bristol Bay Tribes, communities, Alaska Native Corporations and organizations are celebrating the news that […]

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IEN advocates for the understanding that our fight for climate justice cannot be deemed a success without dismantling the legacies of colonialism and slavery, of which the police state and its violent methods are used as brutal tools.

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Pressure mounts to remove polluters, not just oil exec, from UN climate talks UNFCCC constituencies and 425 groups call on UN and UNFCCC leads to halt corporate capture of COP28 and beyond There has been widespread condemnation since news broke earlier this month that Sultan Al Jaber, an oil executive of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), would be overseeing this year’s UN climate talks happening in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) this November. But today, four United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) constituencies and 425 organizations representing millions of people from across the globe are calling not […]

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Environmental Coalition to Energy Secretary Granholm: Again Reject Massive Bailout Scheme at Palisades “Zombie” Atomic Reactor Restarting Dangerously Age-Degraded Nuke Would Risk Health, Safety, Security, and Environment, Watch-Dogs Warn For immediate release  Contact: Daisee Francour, Communications Director, Indigenous Environmental Network, daisee@ienearth.org, (415) 312-5958; Kevin Kamps, Radioactive Waste Specialist, Beyond Nuclear, kevin@beyondnuclear.org, (240) 462-3216; Michael Keegan, Co-Chair, Don’t Waste Michigan,  mkeeganj@comcast.net, (734) 770-1441; Diane D’Arrigo, Radioactive Waste Project Director, Nuclear Information and Resource Service,  dianed@nirs.org, (301) 270-6477 ext. 3. COVERT TWP., MI & WASHINGTON, D.C., January 23, 2023– A coalition of 115 organizations, including 31 based in the Great Lakes State […]

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Navajo Nation President Nez Vetoes Helium Extraction Navajo Nation– On December 29th, 2022, the Navajo Nation Council approved legislation 232-21 for helium development on Navajo land. Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez had 10 days to approve or veto the helium development proposal, and has previously shared their opposition against more resource extraction on their reservation. On January 9, 2023, amidst community outcry, President Nez vetoed legislation 232-21 for helium development stating there is no consensus from the impacted communities who have strongly expressed that they do not want helium extraction in their communities. Nez stated that “community members have raised […]

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HARMFUL INSTRUMENTS, FALSE SOLUTIONS, AND PRIVATE INTERESTS TAKE OVER GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY SUMMIT Media Contact: Daisee Francour: daisee@ienearth.org Montréal, Canada–December 20, 2022: The 15th session of the Conference of Parties (COP15) to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD) concluded in the early hours on Monday, December 19th with the adoption of the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), known as the Kunming-Montréal Global Biodiversity Framework.  The UNCBD is a multilateral treaty with three core goals, “the conservation of biological diversity; the sustainable use of its components; and the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of the utilization […]

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Indigenous Environmental Network’s Statement on Serial Murders in Winnipeg, Canada The world is watching. We call upon Canada to step up and protect Indigenous women, girls, Two-Spirits, and Mother Earth from violence and extraction. #AllEyesOnCanada #StateOfEmergencyMMIWG2S #MMIWG2S+ #CallsForJustice #CanadianGenocide The Indigenous Environmental Network expresses our solidarity with Indigenous families in Winnipeg and across Turtle Island impacted by the recent serial murders of Indigenous women in so-called Canada, Treaty No. 1 Territory. We join the outcry of Indigenous Peoples across Turtle Island and around the world, demanding justice for the Indigenous relatives that have been murdered or are missing since the […]

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Indigenous Environmental Network Denounces the Lack of Progress for Indigenous Peoples and Climate Justice at COP27 Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt – The UNFCCC Conference of the Parties concluded its 27th session in the early hours of Sunday, November 20, 2022 with the adoption of the Sharm El-Sheikh Implementation Plan. Despite the extended COP, Parties failed to take adequate steps and action to address climate change. The most glaring omission in the Plan is a failure of the Parties to cut fossil fuel emissions at the source and there were only vague references towards achieving the Paris Agreement temperature goal of 1.5 […]

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November is Native American Heritage Month, when we recognize and celebrate the first peoples of this continent; their resilience, accomplishments, and traditional knowledge. In 2009, President Obama signed “The Native American Heritage Day Resolution,” designating the Friday after Thanksgiving as “Native American Heritage Day.”