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International Women’s Day which gives us a chance to collectively remember and honor our Women & Femmes who made a better world possible for ALL people and Mother Earth!
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On March 13, President Biden approved ConocoPhillips’ proposed Willow oil drilling project, giving the greenlight to the development of hundreds of oil wells, 400 miles of roads and pipelines, and unquantifiable noise and pollution for people and ecosystems in the area. Biden chose to approve the project that will emit the same amount of carbon as 76 coal-fired power plants, despite months of advocacy by Indigenous communities and climate justice activists – a move that flies in the face of U.S. climate goals.
In March, a gas leak started at one of ConocoPhillips’ pre-existing facilities, eight miles north of the Alaska Native Village of Nuiqsut.
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Announcing our 1st Annual Action Camp! The camp will take place May 18-24, 2023 in the Ȟe Sápa (Black Hills) of South Dakota! We’ll gather together with activists from across Turtle Island to host a camp built on sharing and developing a foundation of both theoretical and technical direct action skills.
An opportunity to network, build relationships, and learn new skills that you can share with your community. The application period for the Action Camp has since closed but please stay tuned across all NDN Collective platforms for future updates.
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On this day, we take special pause to acknowledge the Spring Equinox– a sacred time in which we experience the universal balance of equal day and night—a time for ceremonies, new beginnings, reflection, prayer, intention setting, connecting to the Land and all Creation, and Community.
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This World Water day, we call upon world leaders and make it known that the only way to accelerate change to solve our water and sanitation crisis is to give #WATERBACK to the people so it works for ALL people!
“#WATERBACK is a step towards Indigenous communities declaring their independence from the US Empire. It also means removing European occupation, removing the commodification of water, the rematriation of Indigenous water and land management practices and the resurgence of Indigenous identity.”— Julia Bernal (Sandia Pueblo) via @puebloactionalliance
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On this Trans Day of Visibility, we remind folks that allyship is not an identity– it’s a practice. For ALL of us to live in a world we deserve and dream of, we must commit to taking action daily. Especially in our current political climate, where over 300 ANTI-LGBTQ+ Bills passed in 2022 and 2023 is set to break last year’s record. This year alone, 150 bills were introduced targeting Trans people specifically, all over the so-called united states.
Trans people are being attacked, from gender-affirming healthcare bans to being censored in our media. Our Trans relatives’ lives are actively being threatened, and it’s up to us to make a difference in our communities. We have the power and responsibility to care for one another, especially when this nation’s political systems fail to protect our most vulnerable.
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On this National Indigenous Languages Day, we pass the mic to three First Nations NDN Collective staff members currently reclaiming their traditional languages and reconnecting to ancestral knowledge.
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To close out #WomensHistoryMonth, we highlight six women planting seeds of abundance for the next seven generations. Tela Troge, Jesse Cardinal, Amy Juan, Jackie Fawn, Cara Romero, and Sunny Red Bear are some of the names you need to know regarding powerful women and femmes paving the way for future generations who are also past and present NDN Collective Grantees doing healing work throughout NDN Country year round.
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Protecting the land and water, and revitalizing our languages and lifeways are critical to our collective liberation. This is why NDN Collective is offering Community Self-Determination grants of $100k per year, for two years, to Indigenous-led organizations working in the defense, development, and/or decolonization of Indigenous Peoples and Mother Earth.
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