Environmental Justice means protecting Indigenous ways of life, supporting food sovereignty, and supporting all communities right to healthy water, lands, air, and future generations. Our Environmental Justice program supports local community power for the long-term protection and healing of communities. We center the rights of Indigenous peoples and the rights of Mother Earth.
What we’re working on -- Communities we are in partnership with:
NO DONLIN GOLD
Protect the Mother Kuskokwim river and communities
Healing Justice is Environmental Justice
What we’ve been up to:
2022 Hide Tanning Camp
In September 2022 we held our first training for trainers Hide Tanning Camp. This was a two-week intensive that not only worked the muscles, it shaped healing pathways and community connections.
Community Strategy Sessions
We did a lot of team huddles across the state to build skills, share strategies, and launch campaigns!
articles and blogs
Alaska's indigenous people have fought against colonization, assimilation and exploitation - this is their story. Watch Part 2: https://youtu.be/pSin-ZGRbJ4 Watch Part 3: https://youtu.be/FKJO1YyQMmY Watch Part 4: https://youtu.be/lDU4PkSqWsQ When the United States bought Alaska from the Russians in 1867, Alaska's indigenous people had already been living there for thousands of years.
Alaska Natives from the Gwich'in Nation have been fighting oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) for decades. Watch Part 1: https://youtu.be/50_kse-Uh-g Watch Part 3: https://youtu.be/FKJO1YyQMmY Watch Part 4: https://youtu.be/lDU4PkSqWsQ ANWR is a critical habitat for polar bears, as well as the calving grounds of the porcupine caribou herd, which the Gwich'in people depend upon for survival.