Weekly Round-Up, August 5, 2022
August 5, 2022
A lot has been happening lately across Turtle Island. We know it can be hard to keep up, so we’ve compiled a list of news, events, and big stories related to Indigeneity and the climate crisis.
EVENTS:
Nation-to-Nation Tour with Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs
August 2-18, 2022
Multiple Locations
Dini ze’, Ts’ako ze’ and Sky ze’ from the Wet’suwet’en Nation are embarking on an international ceremonial tour visiting other Indigenous nations across so-called Canada. This tour would build on our existing relationships and build new relationships based on braiding together the importance of ceremony, land, and the future generations.
The Intersections of Indigenous Rights & Climate Justice
Tuesday August 9, 2022 | 6:00PM - 7:30PM (EDT)
Online | Zoom
Join Indigenous Climate Action's Rebecca Sinclair, Breanne Lavalle-Heckart, & Jayce Chiblow to discuss the intersections of Indigenous Rights and Climate Justice. This discussion will be moderated by ICA's Eriel Deranger and is part of the Earth Crisis and the Global Environmental Movement Conference.
Earth Crisis and the Global Environmental Movement Conference
August 9-13, 2022
Online | Zoom
Co-hosted by the Global Studies Association of North America and the Environmental Policy and Sustainability Management Program, "Earth Crisis and the Global Environmental Movement" is a five-day virtual conference bringing together a wide range of scholars, scholar-activists, and civil society and social movement organizers focused on global studies and politics, global crises and systemic change, global governance, global political ecology and political economy, and global social, environmental and climate justice.
Indigenous Futures: Envisioning the Next 100 Years
August 20-21, 2022
Santa Fe, New Mexico
This exclusive experience will feature Native art and culture curated by award-winning Chemehuevi artist Cara Romero, as well as powerful programming that celebrates Native representation in film and television, voting and using your voice for change, women and gender, and climate justice.
Healing Justice: Rematriation of our Time, Bodies & Spirits
Thursday, September 15, 2022 | 1:00 PM (EST)
Online | Zoom
Join The Circle and Indigenous Climate Action's team members for a conversation focused on the important work of wellness and collective care. Together we will learn what Healing Justice is and why it’s critical to invest in these practices to sustain transformation and resilience.
KEPA 7th Annual Summit: Water Conservation for the Future
September 14-16, 2022
Standoff, Alberta
Please join us for the 7th Annual Miohpokoiiyiiksi Kainai Ecosystem Protection Association (KEPA) Summit. This year’s theme is Water Conservation for the Future and will focus on water protection, conservation and Siksikaitsitapi relations to water.
This years summit will be a 3 day event from September 14-16, 2022. Over the 3-days, guests will be invited to learn on the land with us and have the opportunity to learn about water conservation efforts from an Indigenous worldview. Everyone is welcome to attend the 7th Annual KEPA Summit. Please see below for a detailed summary of events.
NEWS:
UN General Assembly declares access to clean and healthy environment a universal human right
July 28, 2022
The resolution, based on a similar text adopted last year by the Human Rights Council, calls upon States, international organisations, and business enterprises to scale up efforts to ensure a healthy environment for all.
The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, welcomed the 'historic' decision and said the landmark development demonstrates that Member States can come together in the collective fight against the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution.
Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs hosted a Peace and Unity gathering. RCMP made arrests.
July 29, 2022
This week Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs welcomed a delegation from across the country and beyond to the yintah (territory) for a Peace and Unity Summit. Through the four-day event, the chiefs brought together Indigenous leaders, politicians, conservation groups and others to uplift Indigenous sovereignty, share space and join in solidarity with the Hereditary Chiefs in their opposition to the Coastal GasLink pipeline.
Hawaiʻi celebrated Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea (Sovereignty Restoration Day)
July 31, 2022
King Kamehameha III established this holiday in a days-long celebration following the rightful return of sovereign government to Hawaiʻi by the United Kingdom, after an illegal seizure by one of their representatives. He proclaimed, “Ua mau ke ea o ka ʻāina i ka pono”–the ea (sovereignty, life, breath) of our land is perpetuated through justice. Hawaiians continue to breathe life into our sovereignty, and one way we do this is to celebrate ka Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea. After decades of suppression, the celebrations were revived in 1985 by Uncle Kekuni Blaisdell and other kānaka aloha ʻāina as a way to give voice to Hawaiian independence and to issues surrounding the return and demilitarization of Hawaiian lands.
Indigenous-Led Blockade Demands Biden Declare Climate Emergency, End Oil Leasing
August 1, 2022
An Indigenous-led blockade outside the U.S. Department of Interior early Monday morning called on President Joe Biden to declare a climate emergency and halt all new fossil fuel projects, a demand that came as the White House and Senate Democrats are pushing legislation that could unleash a flurry of drilling activity on public lands and waters.
"Native land back in native hands, we are not your sacrifice zones!" declared the Ikiya Collective, which helped organize the direct action.
NDN Collective Responds to Inflation Reduction Act Announcement
August 1, 2022
In response to the announcement of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, a bill introduced by Senate Democrats yesterday which provides $369 billion for clean energy and combating climate change, the Climate Justice team at NDN Collective released the following statement:
“Although the current version of this new climate deal, if passed, would provide large investments into renewable energy and open up funding streams for low income and vulnerable communities, it is missing many critical solutions that Indigenous organizers have been uplifting for years.
