Winona LaDuke

1 week ago | thecirclenews.org | Winona LaDuke

By Winona LaDukeOur Anishinaabe prophecies speak of a choice between a scorched path and one which is green. This spring, a set of gatherings on cannabis and hemp informed and inspired tribal farmers and leaders to look at the potential of this plant and the green path for housing, medicine, paper, and healing the soils. On February 25, the Sokaogon Chippewa Community hosted the Wisconsin Cannabis Summit, bringing together around l50 tribal and industry leaders.

2 weeks ago | inforum.com | Winona LaDuke

We need more people working together and having conversations, not fewer. That’s why I like writing. I believe that a country does better when the citizens are informed, have discussions, have opinions, hold elected officials accountable, challenge big money sometimes, and even work together for a better community. “Know where you stand and stand there.” That’s what Father Daniel Berrigan, a Jesuit priest, said way back last century.

3 weeks ago | commondreams.org | Winona LaDuke

This story was originally published by Barn Raiser, your independent source for rural and small town news. The preamble for the next war over water is here. Aggressive corporations are coming after the few remaining pristine places on Mother Earth—mainly on the land of Indigenous people. Nowadays, it’s not just Native people being targeted, it’s our allies. Last month, two separate court decisions highlighted the repression being leveled on our Water Protector allies.

3 weeks ago | barnraisingmedia.com | Winona LaDuke

On March 19, a jury in Mandan, North Dakota, in Morton County, leveled a blistering $660 million verdict against Greenpeace for its part in the Standing Rock resistance against the Dakota Access Pipeline. Anyone who was at Standing Rock knows that Greenpeace was barely there, but they have a name, and Energy Transfer, the pipeline’s owner, made an example out of them. I was in the courtroom when the verdict came in. It was sickening.

1 month ago | thecirclenews.org | Winona LaDuke

By Winona LaDukeThey say that the next big war will be about Water.I think the preamble is here. More aggressive corporations are coming after some of the remaining pristine places on Mother Earth – pretty much the land of Indigenous people. Nowadays it’s not just the Native people being targeted, it’s our allies. I’d like to thank our allies for standing with us. This past month saw two separate court decisions which highlighted the repression being leveled at allies, in this case Water Protectors.