Indigenous-Led Movements

Joan Carling at COP26 March with a sign said Indigenous Rights = Climate Justice by Tracy Rector

March 2, 2022

Guided By Her Ancestors, Joan Carling Fights Back

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Joan Carling, co-founder of Indigenous Peoples Rights International (IPRI), shares why it’s essential to support Indigenous land guardianship, how she draws inspiration from the past and the future to continue the important work she does, and more.

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Headshot Andrea Ixchíu Hernández photography by Tracy Rector

December 1, 2021

Indigenous women on the frontlines of climate change at COP26

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Meet several Indigenous women who gathered, marched, and supported one another at COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, where world leaders met to discuss the future of the planet, the need to address climate change, and the actions required to do that.

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view of the streets during COP26 Glasgow Protest

November 16, 2021

Indigenous Presence at COP26 Growing, But Work Remains

Member of U.N. Indigenous Caucus Warns of Weak Language in Carbon Market Plan and Need for Continued Monitoring

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Javari delegation

September 29, 2021

Javari Delegation Joins ‘Struggle for Life’ Mobilization in Brazil

John Reid

The Brazilian Indigenous movement launched its Struggle for Life mobilization in Brasília on August 22, 2021. Six thousand people from 176 tribes streamed into the capital from throughout the country.

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Sky aelans kids

August 9, 2021

Sky Aelans

Sky Aelans was filmed by a cohort of first-time filmmakers from the Solomon Islands and developed in partnership with the Indigenous communities who live in the high mountain forests above 400m – known locally as the “Sky Aelans” or Sky Islands.

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Group of farmers standing in a field

July 14, 2021

Picking berries and building power with Indigenous farmworkers

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A community of Indigenous Mixteco and Triqui farmworkers were displaced from their homelands and are now organizing to challenge the exploitive work conditions they face in the United States.

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