Native Movement

Alaska-based, we support grassroots-led movements. We work for Indigenous rights, the rights of Mother Earth, & social and environmental justice for all.

[Clayton George Thomas-Müller @CreeClayton]

Thought's on #goldmining in my territory at #TorontoStockExchange at @mininginjustice 's Annual March against #PDAC https://t.co/mpgZ4oYxIx #Manitba #MBPoili #alamos #hudbay #hudsonbayrail #HBR #PortOfChurchill #goldmining #Treaty6 #Pukatawagan #FirstNation #Cree #MCCN #UNDRIP

[Indigenous Environmental Network @IENearth]

Organizing is hard work, but it’s also essential. Listen to this heartfelt and inspiring talk from Kandi White, as she reflects on the challenges and victories of standing together for justice and the future of our communities.

Don’t miss this powerful message filled with truth, hope, and the enduring strength of community.

Watch the full video: https://t.co/6XDBwn3WUt

#DefendTheSacred

[Native Movement @Native_Mvmt]

The Arctic Refuge is under threat from oil and gas development – AIDEA is planning to bid on leases to drill in the upcoming lease sale. Watch to see how this bad business decision will impact people, wildlife, and the planet.
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Native Movement takes leadership on this issue from the Gwich’in Steering Committee. We must #DefendTheSacred & #ProtectTheArcticRefuge

📷Video: https://t.co/OXUnTZW2dZ

[Native Movement @Native_Mvmt]

FAIRBANKS! Search party gathering at the Dena' Movement Commons, 10 am to 10 pm. 526 Gaffney Rd. Fairbanks, AK 99701
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Please contact Sandy Koyukok at 907-687-9600 for more info or to donate to support the search efforts.
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[Native Movement @Native_Mvmt]

⭐️Join us TOMORROW AT NOON for an online fundraiser to build up visionary, liberatory, and grassroots efforts throughout Alaska. ⭐️
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Native Movement is proud to be a part of a powerful movement led by Indigenous, Black, Queer, womxn, and gender non-binary communities rising up to interrupt
exploitation and restore balance.
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This year, Native Movement has regranted funding to build capacity for these groups across the state. You can learn more and directly support these diverse efforts by joining our ‘Tending to the Light’ fundraiser.
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Every person, regardless of the amount you are able to contribute to this grassroots fundraising drive, is a meaningful part of this movement.
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⭐️Our goal is to reach 100 individual grassroots donations.⭐️
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This event will be online via Zoom. Registration is required. REGISTER HERE: https://t.co/CnnccJCi1q

[Native Movement @Native_Mvmt]

‼️his Week, Alaska Native leaders are gathered in Washington DC to meet with leaders in the White House, the Senate, and the House, and to ask them to respect the voices of Alaska Natives and remove Sen. Dan Sullivan’s Ambler Road rider to the National Defense Authorization Act.

Join us and call on the politicians who can make sure that the voices of Alaska Natives are respected and that the Ambler road is never built.

📞Call the following offices, and share your views about why the Ambler Road should not be built. 📞

Sen. Chuck Schumer
Senate Majority Leader
[phone]

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries
House Minority Leader.
202-225-5936

Need help with what to say? Check out some talking points here:
https://t.co/pMSUrz97tF

[Native Movement @Native_Mvmt]

Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement (NACOLE) to explore independent oversight of the Anchorage Police Department (APD).

Getting this amendment into the budget would be a big step forward in implementing an independent review board to ensure transparency and accountability at APD.

Please email the assembly to ask them to support amendment 7. You can email the whole assembly at
[email protected]

The budget will be finalized at this week's assembly meeting so make sure to send your email before Tuesday, November 19th.

Need help with what to say? Head to the link below for a sample email!

Sample Email: https://t.co/xIqqOXcVRw

[Native Movement @Native_Mvmt]

HAPPENING TOMORROW! SEE YOU THERE! 🐟
Join @TananaChiefs , Native Movement, @NPActionAlaska , and Yukon River Intertribal Fish Commission at our Every Salmon Counts Potluck!
Thursday, November 14th, 2024 | 6:00 - 9:00 pm | Chief David Salmon Tribal Hall
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This will be a night of community gathering with the common goal of uplifting and advocating for the Yukon River Salmon. Guests are invited to bring a side dish or dessert. A Bristol Bay sockeye salmon bake will be provided.

[Native Movement @Native_Mvmt]

Last night, a group of activists in Anchorage projected a series of videos and pictures during rush hour, calling out Sen. Sullivan @sen_dansullivan for ignoring the voices of Alaska Natives and Alaskans in pushing for the Ambler Road through a devious plan to include it as a rider to the National Defense Authorization act.

Learn more and take action here: https://t.co/0ccZNpaVQN

#NoAmblerRoad #NoAmblerRider #DefendTheScared

[Native Movement @Native_Mvmt]

Sen. Dan Sullivan has long shown that he cares more about big business than the voices and needs of Alaska Natives. That is why he is ignoring the demands of Indigenous leaders and is pushing a devious deal to get the Ambler road through as a rider to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).

Last night, a group of activists in Anchorage projected a series of videos and pictures during rush hour, calling out Sen. Sullivan for ignoring the 89 Tribal resolutions, the 42 Tribes of the Tanana Chiefs conference, and thousands of Alaska Natives and Alaskans who spoke out during hearings against the Ambler Road.

Join us in taking action today, and sign this petition: https://t.co/8Nwnxg3j41 (the link is also located in our bio.)

#NoAmblerRoad #NoAmblerRider #DefendTheSacred #Alaska

[Climate Justice Alliance (CJA) 🌻 @CJAOurPower]

At least 196 land and environmental defenders were killed last year for trying to protect their homes, community or the planet. 💔

An action to remember them and to carry their memory forward took place at #COP16 in Colombia. 🇨🇴 ✊🏽✊🏿✊🏾
Photo by Edgar Frank @edgarfranx

[Native Movement @Native_Mvmt]

Tell assembly members what you want to see in the Anchorage municipal budget to keep our communities safe! Sign up by 5pm tomorrow 11/5 to testify by phone on Wed. 11/6. Or testify in person.

☎️ Testimony link:
https://t.co/vJEDux3mrk

[Native Movement @Native_Mvmt]

☎️Call AIDEA today at [phone] and tell them that public input is non-negotiable.☎️

AIDEA -- the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority -- blatantly ignored the voices of the communities of the Arctic when they made it impossible to call in to provide comment on G24-11, a resolution authorizing up to $20 million of spending for oil and gas leases in the Arctic Refuge coastal plain in 2024.
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"The impacts of drilling for oil on the Arctic Refuge coastal plain, The Sacred Place Where Life Begins, cannot be overstated. This would be devastating for the Porcupine caribou herd and for the Gwich’in people." -- Dr. Peter Winsor, Interim Executive Director of the Gwich’in Steering Committee
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AIDEA needs to listen to those most impacted and reconsider Resolution G24-11 with a true opportunity for public input!
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#ProtectTheArcticRefuge #EnvironmentalJustice #DefendTheSacred

[Climate Justice Alliance (CJA) 🌻 @CJAOurPower]

Climate Justice Alliance member groups are in Colombia at the UN Conference on Biodiversity #COP16Colombia to push back against #Geoengineering schemes & #FalseSolutions, and to ensure that frontline voices are being heard. @Native_Mvmt

[Native Movement @Native_Mvmt]

‼️ Today is the FINAL DAY to send in your applications for the Movement Fund Open Call application for Alaska Native Artists‼️

Learn More & Apply Here: https://t.co/XWOmT18HQH

[Native Movement @Native_Mvmt]

Tell assembly members what you want to see in the Anchorage municipal budget to keep our communities safe!

✍️ testimony & ☎️ testimony link: https://t.co/vJEDux3mrk

[Native Movement @Native_Mvmt]

‼️REMINDER ‼️ The Open Call Movement Fund for Alaska Native Artists closes in two days on October 31st!
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Native Movement’s Open Call Movement Fund aims to inspire and support movements for social justice, Indigenous rights, and the rights of Mother Earth through the direct funding of grassroots, intergenerational, and collective leadership efforts. The Movement Fund seeks to redistribute single one-time grants of $5,000-$25,000 to individual Alaska Native artists or artist collectives based full-time in Alaska. Funds will be granted based upon tiered levels in application.
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To be eligible to apply, you must be Alaska Native (Indigenous to Alaska), live full-time in Alaska, and be at least 18 years of age at time of application.
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To learn more about the fund and apply, head to https://t.co/RlTZIALx2F or click the link in our bio.

[Native Movement @Native_Mvmt]

Why do you vote? 🗳️ Our coalition of organizations commissioned artists from across the state to create artwork that creatively demonstrates what a multicultural and multiracial democracy looks like in Alaska. We printed thousands of posters that have been shared all over the state, and organized multiple projection actions in Fairbanks and Anchorage. Listen to four of our commissioned artists as they share why they vote!

Are you ready to vote to protect our communities, waters and futures? You can vote early now, or make a plan to vote on Election Day November 5!

Many thanks to all our coalition members and funding from @americans4arts and @raceforward who made this initiative possible.

Artists:
Vydell Baker
Alaina Kupaaq Bankston
William Kozloff
Tava Maliaaq Kairaiuak
Zaniyah Chestnut
Mariza Aparicio-Tovar
Courtney Tatellgaq Rose Griechen
Iñuraaq Evans
Emory Banker
Essie Bean

Coalition Members:
Alaska Native Women's Resource Center, AKPIRG, Alaska Voter Hub, Get Out The Native Vote, Stand UP Alaska, The Alaska Center, Native Movement, Native Peoples Action Alaska, Native Women's Resource Center. Alaska BookMobile, Mobilization Center, the Rural & Indigenous Outreach Program (RIO) and
#GetOutTheVote #VoteOurValues #CWA24 #RaceForward #getoutthenativevote #Alaska #AlaskaVoting

[Native Movement @Native_Mvmt]

🧡HAPPENING TODAY 🧡 Join Native Movement, Alaska Radio Latina, and OutNorth for the Dia de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) craft gathering!

The events will be held on October 23, 2024, and it will be located at Z.J. Loussac Library, 3600 Denali St, Anchorage, AK 99503. Dia de Los Muertos is a time when families gather to honor and remember deceased loved ones.

This is a great opportunity to remember and celebrate the memory of the loved ones. We can show them respect by gathering and practicing this tradition together.

We will be making tissue paper marigolds for community members to use to decorate their ofrendas. Marigolds are thought to attract the souls of the dead to the ofrendas prepared for them. Families will often scatter marigold petals forming a path from their front doors to the ofrenda waiting within the home.

We’ll provide free materials! This is a wonderful opportunity to learn, share stories, and come together as a community to heal and celebrate