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Regaining Food Sovereignty: Ne...

Jun 21, 2013 by admin

Regaining Food Sovereignty explores the state of food systems in some Northern Minnesota Native communities; examining the...

The Extraordinary Science of A...

Feb 21, 2013 by admin

By MICHAEL MOSS New York Times On the evening of April 8, 1999, a long line of Town Cars and taxis pulled up to the Minneapolis...

Nationwide study casts a wide ...

Feb 21, 2013 by admin

Mislabeled fish is flooding the marketplace and Americans may be swallowing it hook, line and sinker, according to a new study by an...

Winnemem Wintu Chief says Fran...

Feb 20, 2013 by admin

Caleen Sisk, Chief and Spiritual Leader of the Winnemem Wintu Tribe, said the Tribe strongly opposes the tentative approval of...

The American Indian Lives Proj...

Feb 12, 2013 by admin

An hour-long documentary about American Indian people as told through a variety of Ojibwe perspectives. Shot during the summer of...

Contaminated Culture

Nov 20, 2012 by admin

Native People Struggle With Tainted Resources, Lost Identity By Brian Bienkowski, Environmental Health News October 30, 2012 For the...

Climate Change Threatens the O...

Nov 2, 2012 by admin

By Mary Annette Pember November 2, 2012 From Indian Country Today It’s difficult to imagine a year without manoomin on the Bad River...

Sustainable Tuesdays

Sep 1, 2012 by admin

In January 2012 IEN and partners from the Minnesota Green Corps and the RailRiver Folk School began a weekly educational forum on...

Update on the Indigenous Food ...

Aug 2, 2012 by admin

Recently I heard someone say this simple and profound statement: “A nation cannot be sovereign if it cannot feed its people” More...

Bemidji food co-op adds kitche...

Sep 28, 2011 by admin

by Jennifer Vogel, Minnesota Public Radio Bemidji, Minn. — The kitchen at the back of the new and expanded Harmony Co-op is...

Can You Dig It? We Can Dig It!

Sep 2, 2011 by admin

Food impacts our lives and health in so many ways. It is part of every celebration; bringing us together with friends and family, and...

The Jokkmokk Agreement

Jun 19, 2011 by admin

Responding to the aspirations of Indigenous Peoples and communities around the world to meet together, listen to one another and to...

Carbon Crooks: A new documentary about carbon trading
By Chris Lang, 4th September 2013 A new documentary, “Carbon Crooks”, will be broadcast on 9 September 2013 in Denmark. The film is directed by Tom Heinemann and documents the failure of carbon trading to address climate change and investigates some of the fraud in the carbon markets. A trailer of the film has been released [watch below], and it […]
Guna General Congress in Panama takes historic decision: Guna Yala territory free from REDD+, June 2013
12 June, 2013 During its meeting on 9th June, the Guna General Congress in Panama took the historic decision to reject all REDD+ projects in the Gunayala territory. Alongside this rejection of all RED+ projects, the Congress took the specific decision to reject a proposed REDD+ pilot project in the region, after 2 years of public consultations. For more info […]
UN-REDD violates right to free, prior and informed consent
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 1, 2013 UN violates Indigenous Peoples’ rights: UN-REDD violates right to free, prior and informed consent ONU-REDD viola el derecho al consentimiento libre, previo e informado Contact: Tom Goldtooth (218) 760-0442 ien@igc.org New York City, New York – “The United Nations is violating Indigenous Peoples rights” denounced Indigenou […]