Rights of Nature Report Addressing Climate Change Released at COP 27 Press Conference
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November 15, 2022
2021 Year in Action & 2022 Looking Forward
By Shannon Biggs & Pennie Opal Plant, co-founders, Movement Rights The year 2021 marked many changes. COVID-19 continued to shift the landscape of when, where and how we could respond…
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January 17, 2022
Generations of Indigenous Women Protecting the Rights of Water
Water is alive. It needs to be respected. We must recognize her as a living entity.— Water Warrior Grandmother Josephine Mandamin, Ojibway By Casey Camp Horinek, Shannon Biggs & Pennie…
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May 18, 2021
Dear President Biden, An Indigenous Perspective on Your Inauguration
Banner image: "The Last Breath of the Black Snake" painted by Ledger Artist Michael Horse to commemorate the Cowboy and Indian Alliance (2014) by Casey Camp Horinek. Casey is an…
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January 20, 2021
Protecting the Sacred: Indigenous Reflections on Maori-led Legal Personhood (Series 1)
The Whanganui Chapter by Neeta Lind (Diné), Director of Community, Daily Kos ABOUT THIS SERIES: In 2018 Movement Rights led a delegation of Indigenous and Rights of Nature Advocates from…
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November 7, 2019
Bringing the Climate Justice Movement to the Ponca Nation
By Shannon Biggs and Pennie Opal Plant, Co-founders, Movement Rights Mark your calendars for May 16-18 2019. The Frontline Oil and Gas Conference will bring impacted community members from across…
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March 8, 2019
Rivers, Rights and Revolution: Learning from the Māori
By Shannon Biggs and Pennie Opal Plant, Movement Rights' Co-founders "How do we win now?" is a question many are asking in the wake of the 2017 US Presidential inauguration…
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February 13, 2017
Can Rights of Nature Help End Environmental Genocide on Ponca Lands?
By Movement Rights co-founders Pennie Opal Plant and Shannon Biggs The wind blows powerfully in Oklahoma. It is part of the Great Plains and is also home to “tornado…
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October 28, 2016
Lessons from #NoDAPL: We are More Powerful than the Fossil Fuel Industry
By Pennie Opal Plant, Movement Rights co-founder Cover photo "Night time in Sacred Stone" (Oct. 2016) by Camille Seaman There is something powerful rippling through humanity right now. It is more…
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October 3, 2016
