Weekly Round-Up, October 1, 2022
October 1, 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.
OPPORTUNITIES:
2022 Confluence Grant Application
Deadline: October 2, 2022
The Conservation Alliance Launches 2022 Confluence Program to Fund Historically Racially Excluded Groups Working to Conserve the Outdoors. Groups will be awarded $100,000 to fund community efforts over the next two years .
Let us know what is most important in your community by filling out our survey!
ICA is sending a delegation to an international climate conference this fall and we want to know what are the leading issues in your community that we should be bringing forward to a world stage. Fill out our short survey for a chance to with an ICA t-shirt.
The NDN Changemaker Fellowship
Deadline: October 21, 2022
The NDN Changemaker Fellowship is designed to invest in the visions, leadership, and development of Indigenous Changemakers. We believe that our people have the creativity, innovation, and determination to build healthy, resilient futures; defending our homelands and rights, developing model regenerative Nations, and decolonizing and healing our communities and families.
Mobile Command Centre Fundraiser
Initial deployment: Git'luuhl'um'hetxwit lax'yip.
Continuing phase one of the Mobile Landback Command Centre. Goal $4,000.00 to secure a large trailer that has been offered for the project. Once completed, it will go right to the territory to support language, culture, wild food harvesting and environmental monitoring projects.
e-transfer: landbackcc@gmail.com
Youth Harbour Project
The Youth Harbour is a project of the Foundation for Environmental Stewardship that offers support to youths who are taking action against the climate crisis. At The Harbour, we offer grants of varying amounts to meet the needs of projects that fall under three themes (what we call, thematic topics): climate justice, amplifying youth voices, and climate innovation. We have an application process designed to be as accessible as possible; you can apply in English or French through written, oral or video submissions, and we offer coaching every step of the way.
Indigenous Perspectives, 2023 series
Deadline: October 19, 2022
The Canadian Climate Institute invites interested Indigenous researchers, journalists, and knowledge holders to propose case studies that advance climate policy from an Indigenous perspective. The resulting case studies will be published in 2023 as our third annual series of publications showcasing Indigenous responses to climate change.
Building a Bigger Boat - Creating spaces for Indigenous youth to grow!
Since the creation in 2020, Waterways has provided over +3500 participant days of programming for over +1000 unique youth. We have operated in +20 Indigenous communities around Manitoba as well as in Winnipeg.
From supporting year-round planning to purchasing equipment, every dollar helps empower Indigenous youth to get out on the water and discover what they love about themselves, their culture, and canoeing! We hope we can count on your support!
NEWS:
Upping the Anti: A Journal of Theory and Action is out now
Issue 23 features:
Eriel Tchekwie Deranger on Indigenous environmentalism
Sam Salour on Marxist theory
Rachel Small & Simon Black on anti-war organizing
Yazan Al-Saadi and Sirène Moukheiber from Palestine to Turtle Island Comic
Chris Dixon on cultivating a long view
Jennie Long on resistance in Padova
Isabel Armiento on food co-ops
Glen Coulthard and Riley Yesno remember Lee Maracle
Himani Bannerji remembers Dorothy Smith
Roundtables on abolitionist organizing in Toronto and queer community spaces
Book reviews and more…
Environmental Experts Advocate for Indigenous Innovation to Address Climate Change
September 2, 2022
This week in St. Paul, hundreds of environmental experts seemed to come to an additional conclusion: Indigenous people and communities have innovative solutions when it comes to addressing climate change — and it is vital they’re given a seat at the table when discussing the future of Mother Earth.
Appalachian, Indigenous pipeline foes protest climate deal
September 8, 2022
The landmark Inflation Reduction Act will significantly advance the fight against climate change, spending about $370 billion to bring the country closer to achieving the emissions cuts scientists say are required to avoid the devastating consequences of the Earth’s warming.
Rally organizers argue that the side deal, if passed, would “gut bedrock environmental protections, threaten tribal authority, endanger public health, fast-track fossil fuel projects, cut public input and push approval for Manchin’s pet project, the Mountain Valley Pipeline.”
Indigenous leaders seek global pact to preserve 80% of Amazon forest
September 9, 2022
With scientists warning the Amazon is nearing a tipping point, indigenous peoples want a concrete plan to save their home from deforestation and violence tied to supply chains.
First Nations Leadership Council calls on King Charles to renounce Doctrine of Discovery as first act
September 10, 2022
In light of the death of Queen Elizabeth, Indigenous organizations and communities in B.C. are hoping her successor will commit to bettering the relationship between First Nations and the Crown. The First Nations Leadership Council (FNLC), which comprises the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs (UBCIC), B.C. Assembly of First Nations and First Nations Summit, is calling on Charles to renounce the Doctrine of Discovery as his first official act.
How Indigenous Knowledge Reconnects Us All to Fire
September 20, 2022
Since time immemorial, the Great Lakes Anishinaabeg have used fire to manage the landscape across what is now called North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, and parts of Canada. Despite fire’s universal value to humanity, European settlement put an abrupt stop to the traditional practice of controlled burns, deeming fire an entirely destructive force. The resulting damage has rippled across centuries. The wildfires that currently rage across western North America are post-colonial scars of that ideologically driven mismanagement.
As CGL prepares to drill in Wet’suwet’en lands, Indigenous protesters call for action
September 21, 2022
Indigenous protesters have raised the alarm as drilling for the contentious Coastal GasLink (CGL) pipeline in Canada is likely to commence soon. In a statement calling for action released on Monday, September 19, the Gidimt’en Checkpoint revealed that CGL has transported drilling equipment to the controversial drillsite in the area known as “Coyote Camp” near the headwaters of Wedzin Kwa, or Morice River.
First Nations in B.C. urge feds, province to adopt climate action plan
September 21, 2022
Three First Nations in B.C. have released a climate action plan they believe will pave the way for a prosperous, carbon-friendly future. It focuses on finding ways for First Nations to benefit economically while transitioning to a less-polluting energy sector for local communities and global markets.
The First Nations Climate Initiative (FNCI), composed of the coastal Metlakatla, Nisga’a and Haisla nations, are now calling on the federal and provincial governments to adopt the proposal.
‘We will all die if we continue like this’: Indigenous people push UN for climate justice
September 21, 2022
As the United Nations General Assembly opens this week in New York, Indigenous people are taking to the streets, and waters, of New York to protest for climate justice and call on world leaders to recognize Indigenous rights. Starting Saturday, activists have protested in front of consulates, projected images of deforestation on buildings in midtown, sailed down the Hudson and East Rivers, and held a die-in in front of the New York Stock Exchange.