Ecojustice Resources

• Message from White Eagle, Hopi Indigenous, 2020
• Declaration for the Protection of the Amazon Sacred Headwaters, Amazon Sacred Headwaters Initiative, 2019
• VI Arctic Leaders’ Summit Declaration, 2019
• Declaration of the Alliance of Guardians and Children of Mother Earth, 2015
• Indigenous Elders and Medicine Peoples Council Statement, COP21, Paris, 2015
• Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth, Cochabamba World Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth, 2010
• The Mystic Lake Declaration: Indigenous Perspectives and Solutions, 2009
• The Anchorage Declaration, Indigenous Peoples’ Global Summit on Climate Change, Indigenous Environment Network, 2009
• Message from Chief Arvol Looking Horse of the Lakota, Dakota, and Nakota Nation, 2006

• Engaged Projects in Canada
  • Unist’ot’en, Big Frog Clan of the Wet’suwet’en
  • Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources (CIER)
• Engaged Projects in India
  • Chipko Movement
• Engaged Projects in South America
  • Amazon Sacred Headwaters Initiative
  • Environmental Monitoring by Indigenous Peoples in the Amazon, Stanford Report, 2011
  • U’wa Defense Working Group, Cultural Survival Quarterly, 2001
• Engaged Projects in the USA
  • Dine Citizens Against Ruining our Environment (Dine CARE)
  • Haudenosaunee Environmental Task Force
  • Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN)
  • Indigenous Values Initiative
  • Intertribal Environmental Council
  • Lakota Law Project
  • NYC Stands with Standing Rock 
• International Engaged Projects
  • The Gaia Foundation
  • Cultural Conservancy
  • Cultural Survival
  • Le Ciel Foundation
  • Mountain Institute: Sacred Mountains Program
  • Survival International

Multimedia
Resources are listed chronologically

• Decolonizing Climate Justice — With Khelsilem, Below the Radar Podcast, Simon Fraser University, 2021
• Indigenous Perspectives on Eco-Justice with Petra Laiti, Feminist Futures Helsinki, 2021
• “Environmental Justice in Indigenous Communities,“ Virtual Hearing, House Committee on Natural Resources, 2021
• Indigenous Environmental Justice, Knowledge and Law, Princeton University, 2021
• Life in the City of Dirty Water, a Cree activist’s tale of trauma, healing, and Indigenous uprisings, CBC Documentary, 2020
• Indigenous Environmental Justice, Nakani Native Program, 2020
• CORE Course - Grassroots Advocacy & Indigenous Environmental Justice, Humboldt State University, Native American Studies, 2020
• Voices of Indigenous Women, Pachamama Alliance, 2020
• “This 16-Year-Old Indigenous Activist is Fighting for Environmental Justice,” Now This News, 2020
• Why All Americans Should Care About “Environmental Racism,“ Now This News, 2020
• Environmental Justice in Mi’kmaq & African Nova Scotian Communities: Ingrid Waldron, TEDxMSVUWomen, 2020
• Indigenous Climate Action: Community-based solutions rooted in decolonization, Climate Atlas of Canada, 2019
• Indigenous Environmental Justice, Knowledge and Law, Carleton University, 2019
• Environmental justice and Indigenous land issues in Massachusetts, Tufts University, Environmental Studies, 2019
• Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs: Rightful Decision Makers, The Office of the Wet’suwet’en, 2018
• The Standing Rock resistance and our fight for indigenous rights: Tara Houska, Ted Talks, 2018
• What is Indigenous Environmental Justice?, The IEJ Project, 2018
• Why Indigenous Environmental Justice Matters, The IEJ Project, 2018
• Understanding Indigenous Environmental Justice, The IEJ Project, 2018
• The Indigenous: The Frontline, Change for Climate Talks, City of Edmonton, 2017
• Indigenous Peoples & Climate Change, Indigenous Climate Action, 2017
• Indigenous People & Climate Change: Social and Environmental Conflicts in Latin America, Avispa Midia News, 2016
• Indigenous Perspectives on Environmental Justice, Roosevelt University, Joseph Loundy Human Rights Project, 2016
• Kyle Whyte: “Climate Change, Traditional Knowledge, and Environmental Justice,” Indigenous Environmental Justice Symposium, York University, 2016
• Indigenous Rising: Solutions to the Climate Crisis, Bioneers, 2016
• Decolonizing Environmental Justice, Portland Community College, 2016
• TED Talk: The Fight for Water Security by Chase Iron Eyes, 2016
• Keep It In The Ground: Indigenous People Demand Climate Justice, AJ+ News, 2015
• Indigenous Climate Justice Symposium, Evergreen State College, 2015
• Tom B.K. Goldtooth on the Struggles of Indigenous Peoples, Bioneers Annual Conference, 2012
• Your Voice, Our Future, Wet’suwet’en perspective on the Enbridge Northern Gateway oil pipeline, 2011
• Tom B.K. Goldtooth: Indigenous Environmental Justice, Bioneers National Conference, 2001
• Global Environmental Justice Documentaries, 1997-2018
• Sacred Land Film Project, 1982-2020
• FORE YouTube playlist on Indigenous Traditions and Ecology (many are ecojustice-related)

Links 

• “Environmental Justice with Indigenous Peoples,” Creation Justice Ministries
• “Environmental Stewardship,” Assembly of First Nations
• Indigenous Land Rights and Mining, Ignatian Solidarity Network
• “Listening to Indigenous Voices: A Dialogue Guide on Justice and Right Relationships,” The Jesuit Forum for Social Faith and Justice
• Native American Fish and Wildlife Society
• Native Web Resources
• “Northwest Tribes: Meeting The Challenge Of Climate Change,” Booklet by the Northwest Indian Applied Research Institute, Evergreen State College
• “This Is How Indigenous Peoples Help Curb Gas Emissions, End Hunger,” IPS News, 2017
• Pluralism Project, Harvard University

Books
Resources are listed chronologically

• NDN Collective, ed. Required Reading: Climate Justice, Adaptation and Investing in Indigenous Power. Rapid City, SD: Loam, 2021.
• Dunaway, Finis. Defending the Arctic Refuge: A Photographer, an Indigenous Nation, and a Fight for Environmental Justice. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2021.
• Stith, Michaela. Welp: Climate Change and Arctic Identities. Potomac, MD: New Degree Press, 2021. 
• Dhillon, Jaskiran. Indigenous Resurgence: Decolonialization and Movements for Environmental Justice. New York and Oxford: Berghahn Books, 2021.
• Todrys, Katherine Wittenburg. Black Snake: Standing Rock, the Dakota Access Pipeline, and Environmental Justice. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press-Bison Books, 2021.
• Winter, Christine J. Subjects of Intergenerational Justice: Indigenous Philosophy, the Environment and Relationships (Routledge Environmental Humanities). London and New York: Routledge, 2021.
• Jarratt-Snider, Karen L., and Marianne O. Nielsen, eds. Indigenous Environmental Justice. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2020.
• Cantzler, Julia Miller. Environmental Justice as Decolonization: Political Contention, Innovation and Resistance Over Indigenous Fishing Rights in Australia, New Zealand, and the United States. London & New York: Routledge, 2020.
• Robins, Nicholas A. and Barbara J. Fraser, eds. Landscapes of Inequity: Environmental Justice in the Andes-Amazon Region. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2020.
• Gilio-Whitaker, Dina. As Long As Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, From Colonization to Standing Rock. Boston: Beacon Press, 2019.
• Estes, Nick. Our History Is the Future: Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance. New York & London: Verso Books, 2019.
• Stavenhagen, Rodolfo. Pioneer on Indigenous Rights. New York: Springer, 2013.
• Estes, Nick and Jaskiran Dhillon. Standing with Standing Rock: Voices from the #NoDAPL Movement (Indigenous Americas). Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2019.
• Moore, Ellen. Journalism, Politics, and the Dakota Access Pipeline: Standing Rock and the Framing of Injustice (Routledge Studies in Environmental Communication and Media). London & New York: Routledge, 2019.
• Roosvall, Anna and Matthew Tegelberg. Media and Transnational Climate Justice: Indigenous Activism and Climate Politics (Global Crises and the Media). Pieterlen, Switzerland: Peter Lang, 2018.
• LaDuke, Winona. The Winona LaDuke Chronicles: Stories from the Front Lines in the Battle for Environmental Justice. Black Point, NS: Fernwood Press, 2017.
• Wiebe, Sarah Marie. Everyday Exposure: Indigenous Mobilization and Environmental Justice in Canada’s Chemical Valley. Vancouver, BC: University of British Columbia Press, 2016.
• Savoy, Lauret. Trace: Memory, History, Race, and the American Landscape. Berkeley: Counterpoint Press, 2015.
• Voyles, Traci Brynne. Wastelanding: Legacies of Uranium Mining in Navajo Country. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2015.
• Westra, Laura. Environmental Justice and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: International and Domestic Legal Perspectives. London & New York: Routledge, 2013.
• Grossman, Zoltan, and Alan Parker, eds. Asserting Native Resilience: Pacific Rim Indigenous Nations Face the Climate Crisis. Corvallis: Oregon State University Press, 2012.
• Desmet, Ellen. Indigenous Rights Entwined with Nature Conservation. UK & US: Intersentia, 2011.
• Tippins, Deborah J., Michael P. Mueller , et al. Cultural Studies and Environmentalism: The Confluence of EcoJustice, Place-based (Science) Education, and Indigenous Knowledge Systems (Cultural Studies of Science Education, 3). New York: Springer, 2010. 
• Ali, Saleem H. Mining, the Environment, and Indigenous Development Conflicts. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2009.
• O’Faircheallaigh, Ciaran, and Saleem Ali. Earth Matters: Indigenous Peoples, The Extractive Industries and Corporate Social Responsibility. United Kingdom: Greenleaf, 2008.
• Prindeville, Dia. On the Streets and in the State House: American Indian and Hispanic Women and Environmental Policymaking in New Mexico. New York: Routledge, 2003.
• Adamson, Joni. American Indian Literature, Environmental Justice, and Ecocriticism: The Middle Place. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2001.
• Howitt, Richard. Rethinking Resource Management: Justice, Sustainability, and Indigenous Peoples. London and New York: Routledge, 2001.
• Keller, Robert H. Jr., and Michael F. Turek. American Indians and National Parks. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1999.
• Maynard, Nancy G., ed. Native Peoples—Native Homelands: Climate Change Workshop Final Report. US Global Change Research Program, 1998. 
• Weaver, Jace, ed. Defending Mother Earth: Native American Perspectives on Environmental Justice. Ecology and Justice Series. Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 1996.
• Brush, Stephen, and Doreen Stabinsky, eds. Valuing Local Knowledge: Indigenous People and Intellectual Property Rights. Washington, DC: Island Press, 1996.
• Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR). Rights Violations in the Ecuadorian Amazon: The Human Consequences of Oil Development. New York: CESR, 1994.

Journals & Articles
Resources are listed chronologically; there is an overwhelming amount of news articles on Indigenous ecojustice issues, so we have only included  a handful of the most recent ones. You can find more in our News and Climate Emergency sections.

• White, Kyle. “Critical Investigations of Resilience: A Brief Introduction to Indigenous Environmental Studies & Sciences” 
• Lee, Joseph. “‘We will all die if we continue like this’: Indigenous people push UN for climate justice.” Grist. September 21, 2022.
• Ho, Wing Ka. “Gender and Indigenous Climate Justice at the United Nations.” Earth.org. June 11, 2022.
• Browne, Amelia. “Indigenous Climate Justice in a Warming Arctic.” Earth.org. March 14, 2022.
• Uyeda, Ray Levy. “‘Rights of Nature’ laws can strengthen Indigenous sovereignty, provide path to environmental justice.” Prism. February 22, 2022.
• Patel, Mira. “How a threatened fish species highlights climate racism against indigenous peoples in the US.” Indian Express. July 15, 2021.
• Dhoop, Vandana. “LEAF Coalition’s proposal is a step forward in saving forests, indigenous peoples.” Down to Earth. July 1, 2021.
• “On climate change frontline, indigenous provide pointers to save planet.” UN News. June 25, 2021.
• Ramirez, Rachel. “Pacific Islanders have been fighting environmental crises for centuries, if only the world would notice.” Grist. June 1, 2021.
• Brooker, Jena. “A clear energy proposal near a sacred Indigenous site divides a Minnesota community.” Grist. May 18, 2021.
• Fraser, Barbara. “Environmental justice award winner: ‘We have the right to live in a territory that for us is sacred’.” EarthBeat. April 12, 2021.
• Lewton, Thomas. “These People Are Losing Their Gods to Climate Change.” Vice. April 12, 2021.
• Roewe, Brian. “Indigenous youth lead on climate action, Loyola Chicago audience hears.” EarthBeat. March 19, 2021.
• LaDuke, Winona. “Stopping Trump’s Last Pipeline Will Take All of Us.” The Nation. January 7, 2021. 
• Guo. Demi. “Indigenous Artists Use Technology to Tell Stories About Their Ancestral Lands.” Yes! Magazine. June 15, 2020.
• Ladha, Alnoor and Felipe Viveros. “Indigenous peoples guard ‘the lungs of the planet’ for all of us.” Aljazeera. June 15, 2020. 
• Sayej, Nadja. “How artwork shows the impact of climate crisis on Indigenous Americans.” The Guardian. March 9, 2020.
• Galey, Patrick. “Indigenous peoples key to saving threatened forests.” Phys.org. January 7, 2020.
• Pagliarini, Andre. “What Indigenous Rights Have to Do With Fighting Climate Change.“ The New Republic. August 7, 2019. 
• McGregor, Deborah, Steven Whitaker, and Mahisha Sritharan. “Indigenous Environmental Justice and Sustainability.” Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 43 (2020): 35–40. 
• Hernandez, Jessica, and Michael S. Spencer. “Weaving Indigenous Science into Ecological Sciences: Culturally Grounding Our Indigenous Scholarship.“ Human Biology 92, no. 1 (2020): 5-9. doi:10.13110/humanbiology.92.1.05.
• Titon, Jeff Todd. “Ecojustice, Religious Folklife, and a Sound Ecology.” Yale Journal of Music and Religion 5, no. 2 (2019), article 7.
• “In India, Indigenous Tribes Clash With the Government Over Trees.” Undark. 2020.
• Bang, M., Adam Curley, Ananda Marin, Eli S. Suzukovich, and George Strack. “Muskrat Theories: Tobacco in the Streets, and Living Chicago as Indigenous Land.” Environmental Education Research 20, no. 1 (2014): 37–55.
• Tuck, Eve, and Kevin Wang. “Decolonization Is Not a Metaphor.” Indigeneity, Education, & Society 1, no. 1 (2012): 1–40.
• Blackford, Mansel. “Environmental Justice, Native Rights, Tourism, and Opposition to Military Control: The Case of Kaho’olawe.” Journal of American History 91, no. 2 (2004): 544–71.
• Harvey, Graham. “Environmentalism in the Construction of Indigeneity.” Ecotheology: Journal of Religion, Nature and the Environment 8, no. 2 (2003): 206–23.
• Ishayama, N. “Environmental Justice and American Indian Tribal Sovereignty: Case Study of a Land-Use Conflict in Skull Valley, Utah.” Antipode 35, no. 1 (2003): 119–40.
• Robyn, Linda. “Indigenous Knowledge and Technology.” American Indian Quarterly 26, no. 2 (2002): 198–221.
• Fried, Stephanie. “Shoot the Horse to Get the Rider: Religion and Forest Politics in Bentian Borneo.” In Indigenous Traditions and Ecology: The Interbeing of Cosmology and Community, edited by John A. Grim, 71-99. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2001.
• Gonzales, Tirso A., and Melissa K. Nelson. “Contemporary Native American Responses to Environmental Threats in Indian Country.” In Indigenous Traditions and Ecology: The Interbeing of Cosmology and Community, edited by John A. Grim, 495-538. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2001.
• Greaves, Tom. “Contextualizing the Environmental Struggle.” In Indigenous Traditions and Ecology: The Interbeing of Cosmology and Community, edited by John A. Grim, 25-45. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2001.
• Kothari, Smitu. “Sovereignty and Swaraj: Adivasi Encounters with Modernity and Majority.” In Indigenous Traditions and Ecology: The Interbeing of Cosmology and Community, edited by John A. Grim, 453-464. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2001.
• Macdonald, Mary N. “Changing Habits, Changing Habitats: Melanesian Environmental Knowledge.” In Indigenous Traditions and Ecology: The Interbeing of Cosmology and Community, edited by John A. Grim, 591-617. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2001.
• Prabhu, Pradip. “In the Eye of the Storm: Tribal Peoples of India.” In Indigenous Traditions and Ecology: The Interbeing of Cosmology and Community, edited by John A. Grim, 47-69. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2001.
• Prajuli, Pramod. “Learning from Ecological Ethnicities: Toward a Plural Political Ecology of Knowledge.” In Indigenous Traditions and Ecology: The Interbeing of Cosmology and Community, edited by John A. Grim, 559-589. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2001.
• Tinker, George. “Community and Ecological Justice: A Native American Response.” In Earth at Risk: An Environmental Dialogue Between Religion and Science, edited by Rodney Petersen and Donald Conroy, 239–59. Amherst: Humanity Books, 2000.
• Gruzalski, Bart. “The Chipko Movement: A Gandhian Approach to Ecological Sustainability and Liberation from Economic Colonization.” In Ethical and Political Dilemmas of Modern India, edited by Smart Ninian and Shivesh Thakur, 100–125. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1993.
• Wade, Davis. “Death of a People: Logging in the Penan Homeland.” In State of the Peoples: A Global Human Rights Report on Societies in Danger, edited by Marc S. Miller, 23–32. Boston: Beacon, 1993.