Sovereignty/Governance

Last changed on Tue, 09/12/2023 - 17:47

This category will include content related to self-governance, treaty agreements, and different pathways toward native-human rights (rights as defined by indigenous peoples rather than rights as they are federally defined). 

Community
General Public, Onondaga Nation
Category
Sovereignty/Governance
Summary
Oren Lyons offers our audience a peaceful welcome and an introduction to Onondaga Nation and the Haudenosaunee Confederacy.
Community
General Public, Onondaga Nation
Category
Sovereignty/Governance
Summary
Oren Lyons shares more about the story of the Peacemaker and the urgency of the time we're in to fight for democracy and climate resilience.
Community
General Public, Onondaga Nation
Category
Ancestral Homelands, Sovereignty/Governance
Summary
Oren Lyons shares about his experience growing up in a closed Tribal environment.
Community
General Public, Yurok Tribe
Category
Sovereignty/Governance
Summary
Frankie Myers emphasizes the importance of fighting for your rights, highlighting what's at stake for Indigenous Peoples advocating for dam removal.
Community
General Public, Yurok Tribe
Category
Activism & Advocacy, Sovereignty/Governance
Summary
Yurok Tribal Member, Frankie Myers, shares more about the process of the Klamath Dam Removal Project.
Community
General Public, Yurok Tribe
Category
Cultural Roles, Sovereignty/Governance
Summary
In this video, Frankie Myers speaks about the importance of representation and demonstrating a path forward toward dam removal.
Community
General Public, Yurok Tribe
Category
Sovereignty/Governance
Summary
In this video, Frankie Myers talks about the multi-generational effort that has gone into ensuring that future generations of Indigenous peoples feel powerful in their identity and sovereignty.
Community
General Public, Yurok Tribe
Category
Sovereignty/Governance
Summary
In this video Yurok Tribal member shares about the current status of the Klamath dam removal project, a decades long initiative that is the largest dam removal project in United States History.
Community
General Public, Lummi Nation, Educators
Category
Sovereignty/Governance
Summary
Tony Hillaire introduces Children of the Setting Sun's annual Treaty Day Film Festival, sharing the history of the Point Elliott Treaty and reflecting on his family’s deep connection to it, tracing back six generations to one of the original signers.
Community
General Public, Yurok Tribe
Category
Sovereignty/Governance
Summary
Annelia Hillman explains to us the reason and urgency to protect the Klamath River.