Intertribal Rights of Rivers (IROR) Alliance
Remember, we are water.
The Inter-Tribal Rights of Rivers (IROR) Alliance is a growing network of Indigenous Peoples, Tribal Nations, and allies dedicated to defending rivers, watersheds, and the ecosystems they sustain. Building on the vision of the Convening of the Four Winds, the IROR Alliance draws upon Indigenous knowledge, cosmologies, ceremonies, and Rights of Nature frameworks to protect water and land as living relatives.
The Mission
IROR’s mission is to support Indigenous-led organizing for the inherent Rights of Rivers, ensuring waters can naturally exist, regenerate, and thrive. By uniting communities across Tribal Nations, IROR amplifies Indigenous voices, restores sacred relationships with water, and safeguards rivers for current and future generations. These waters are our relatives, not separate from us—they are our lifeblood.
Through its work, IROR supports Indigenous-led efforts to defend and honor the rivers and water bodies that sustain our communities, our nonhuman relatives, and the generations yet to come. We remember that we are water, and we honor the inherent, fundamental, and inalienable Rights of Water to exist, flourish, and sustain all life.
“Water doesn’t need us to save her – she needs us to remember we are her”
Casey Camp-Horinek
It takes many raindrops to create, replenish, and renew our waterbodies.
When you give to the IROR Ni’Waxu’be (Sacred Water) Fund, you become an A’niwi (raindrop) in a growing movement to uphold the inherent Rights of Water to exist and thrive as our relative.
Together, our collective raindrops become rivers — sustaining Indigenous-led water protection, strengthening advocacy for the Rights of Rivers, and ensuring that sacred waters can exist, regenerate, and thrive for future generations.