Native Hoop: “Today’s Indigenous Warriors are Frontliners”

By Nicky Kay Michael, PhD Via Native Hoop Today's Indigenous warriors, are Frontliners. They face off with private security dogs, are imprisoned in dog cages, and experience militarized psychological warfare…

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Read more about the article What Happened When the Climate Justice Movement Came to Ponca Tribal Lands
Casey Camp Horinek speaks at a protest that was part of the Frontline Oil and Gas conference in Ponca City, Oklahoma.

What Happened When the Climate Justice Movement Came to Ponca Tribal Lands

By Pennie Opal Plant and Shannon Biggs, co-founders, Movement Rights  “Was that an earthquake?” As rivers swelled, floods surged, the earth shook, and tornadoes whipped across Oklahoma—more than 200 Indigenous,…

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Bolivia: Nature rights tribunal condemns TIPNIS project

Via Mongabay News Bolivia has “violated the rights of nature and of indigenous peoples as defenders of Mother Earth and have failed to comply with its obligation to respect, protect,…

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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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Will you be Standing for Rights in 2019?

Dear Relatives, With your support 2018 was a year full of victories and action for Movement Rights. Our plans for 2019 are even more ambitious, there isn’t a moment to lose…

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Poisoning Paradise: A Community Fights Back

By Annie Dobbs-Kramer and Shannon Biggs Annie is the political director of the North Bay Organizing Project (NBOP) in Sonoma County, CA, and Shannon is the co-founder of Movement Rights.  …

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Why We are Made for These Times

https://youtu.be/veQcr9sCQCU Dear Relatives, We live in a time like no other.  A climate clock is ticking as politicians sow division.  Yet we are not here by accident—we were made for…

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