Our 2023 Year in Action & 2024 Look Forward

https://youtu.be/BuALPs5BZGkIt has been an incredible year of action and growth for Movement Rights, and the work for 2024 has already begun. Movement Rights is an intentionally small, strategic Indigenous and…

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2022: The Year of Rights of Rivers and Climate Justice

By Shannon Biggs and Pennie Opal Plant, co-founders, Movement Rights Movement Rights is an intentionally small, Indigenous and women-led organization, focusing on three pillars organizing: frontline-led climate justice, Indigenous Rights,…

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The Climate Frontlines went to Washington: Can you Hear us Now?

By Casey Camp Horinek & Shannon Biggs By the hundreds we came to the so-called seats of power—the White House, the US Capitol, the Department of the Interior and the…

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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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MEDIA ADVISORY: Oklahoma Tribes Under Attack from State

                               FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 10/08/2020 For Media Inquiries Contact: Casey Camp Horinek, Environmental Ambassador, Ponca Nation of…

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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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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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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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Does A River Have Rights?

A talk by Movement Rights on indigenous people's and nature’s rights.

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