Indigenous peoples were defending this land long before colonizers invented borders, pipelines, and corporations with legal “personhood.” The Indigenous Sovereignty category uplifts the movements restoring land rights, protecting sacred places, honoring treaties, reviving languages, and ensuring Native nations control their own futures — not the government or extractive industries.
We follow the frontline defenders fighting environmental destruction, cultural erasure, and political neglect — and we listen when Indigenous leaders say what justice actually looks like. Sovereignty isn’t symbolic — it’s power, authority, and self-determination.
This land is still Indigenous land.It’s time the systems respected that.
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Tallgrass Institute is a project focused on Indigenous rights and self determination. Its work includes indigenous economic rights research, investor advocacy, training, and publications. Formerly Read more...
Native American Rights Fund is an organization focused on Indigenous rights and self determination. Its work includes litigation and legal advocacy protecting Native rights, resources, Read more...
Native Organizers Alliance is an organization focused on Indigenous rights and self determination. Its work includes native community organizing training, coalition advocacy, and political participation Read more...
National Congress of American Indians is an organization focused on Indigenous rights and self determination. Its work includes tribal policy advocacy, consultation resources, and national Read more...
Indigenous Environmental Network is an organization focused on Indigenous rights and self determination. Its work includes indigenous organizing and advocacy protecting lands, environmental health, and Read more...
Centering Indigenous voices in the fight for sovereignty, climate justice, and cultural survival, IWMC is a media megaphone for matriarchal resistance. When they speak, the Read more...
Because Indigenous resistance isn’t symbolic—it’s tactical, trained, and unstoppable. IP3 builds the power and safety of Indigenous communities by training land defenders in direct action, Read more...
Because decolonization isn’t a metaphor—it’s a fight. The Red Nation is a Native-led, anti-colonial organization committed to Indigenous liberation, climate justice, and the abolition of Read more...
Because the land doesn’t belong to corporations—it belongs to the future. Founded by Indigenous leaders including Winona LaDuke, Honor the Earth fights fossil fuel expansion, Read more...
