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Nominate Indigenous-Led Climate Projects to get $3K with our Sovereignty in Action Awards!
Indigenous Climate Action (ICA) to invite you to apply for our Sovereignty in Action (SIA) Awards - awarding micro grants (up to $3,000) to small, grassroots Indigenous-led groups and projects!
WATCH | Invest in Indigenous Sovereignty: Panel Discussion with Indigenous Climate Action & Sacred Earth Solar
Watch the panel discussion: Invest in Indigenous Sovereignty with Indigenous Climate Action & Sacred Earth Solar
Registrations OPEN! Invest in Indigenous Sovereignty: A Hybrid Panel at New York Climate Week 2024
Join us Tuesday, September 24, 2024 for hybrid panel discussion: Invest in Indigenous Sovereignty. This panel will explore lessons learned from Indigenous activists and land defenders, and will explore how we can take knowledge and apply it toward advancing Indigenous-led divestment in relation to global climate action.
International Day of Charity: Empowering Indigenous Sovereignty for Climate Justice
For us, the journey is just as important as the end. As we move forward with plans to strengthen ICA, we are doing so with ongoing support from others and in relationships within the ecosystems that support us. Read more.
A Reflection on Indigenous People’s Day and Healing Justice Frameworks
Reflecting on Indigenous Peoples Day is a time to celebrate resilience, unique cultures and ways of knowing, and a day to highlight Indigenous brilliance!
The Disproportionate Effect of Climate Chaos on Indigenous Communities in So-Called Canada
Climate Chaos refers to the increasingly common weather and environmental extremes experienced on a global scale as a direct result of Climate Change. Read more.
Indigenous Economics Conference
For the first time, Indigenous Climate Action is partnering with the Canadian Society for Ecological Economics to host a 3-day conference for Indigenous Economics: Reclaiming the Sacred. Taking place virtually from June 10-12, 2021, this conference will focus on 4 different themes of achieving a Just Transition to Indigenous-led, land-based, and ecologically-centred environmental action and economies. Indigenous folks are encouraged to contact Maggie at research@indigenousclimateaction.com to register.
Grand Back Movement Sounds the Alarm to Protect the Haldimand Tract
SIX NATIONS OF THE GRAND RIVER TERRITORY – Outside the Onondaga Longhouse on April 20, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy Chiefs Council at Ohsweken/Six Nations of the Grand River Territory announced a moratorium on further development along the Haldimand Tract.
Supporting Sovereignty in Action
Indigenous Climate Action is proud to announce a new, experimental initiative - Sovereignty in Action - where ICA awards grants to small, grassroots Indigenous-led groups and projects. This new initiative arises from the current pandemic, where ICA is prioritizing the health and safety of Indigenous Peoples, communities, and our staff.
Anti-Canada Day with ICA
A blog post with some highlights of an Anti-Canada Day webinar that featured members of ICA’s Steering Committee.