Amy's Blog: Day 3 includes Videos of the Environmental Justice panel with Winona LaDuke & some Salish Kootenai Poetry

Mon, 06/07/2010 - 7:15am — Amy Ray
Winona LaDuke, Jodi Rave & Becky Bodonyi

6.5.10
My friend, Spider McKnight in Missoula reminded me tonight of a word I want to keep in mind - reciprocity. We owe it to the earth, to ourselves, and to Native communities to do the work to support and to heal the eco-system and the human family. These Honor The Earth tours humble me. We have fed ourselves and grown drunk with consumption, in our fossil fuel economy at the expense of our Indigenous neighbors. Yet, it is our Indigenous environmental activist neighbors who are the visionaries for a new energy economy and who bring a righteousness to these battles that we often turned away from. I see the intellect, the creativity, the organizing, and the sheer will of the groups Honor works to support, and I am heartened and compelled to join the good fight. Read more...

Amy's Blog: Day 2 with Honor the Earth on the Blackfeet Reservation

Sat, 06/05/2010 - 1:09pm — Amy Ray

6.4.10
I am at St. Mary’s Lodge in beautiful Glacier, Montana. There is a crazy rushing creek outside my door making me want to stay up all  night. This land up here is so awesome it makes the heart ache.

We had a full day in the Blackfeet community. It started out with a bus ride from Missoula chock full of information from watching  a DVD on board and hearing words from Winona and Jodi Rave. Jodi is a Native journalist who is along for the ride to give us an overview of the Blackfeet Reservation, the Cobell lawsuit, and Indian sovereignty issues. Read more...

Native activist LaDuke part of energy issues panel at SKC

By VINCE DEVLIN of the Missoulian, Posted: Thursday, June 3, 2010 9:09 pm

PABLO - Two-time vice presidential candidate and Native American activist Winona LaDuke will be here Saturday afternoon to moderate a panel discussion of energy issues facing Montana and its Indian reservations.

The event, on the Salish Kootenai College campus, will also feature a performance by the Grammy-winning Indigo Girls.

LaDuke and the Indigo Girls are swinging through the Blackfeet and Flathead reservations Friday and Saturday to "raise awareness for a clean energy future," according to a news release.

The panel discussion is titled "Environmental Justice in Montana: Protecting the Land for Future Generations." Read more...

Amy's Blog: Day 1 in Montana with IGs, Winona and 'Women Donors'

Fri, 06/04/2010 - 7:41am — Amy Ray
Amy running in Montana

6.3.10

Indigo Girls and Honor The Earth’s Winona LaDuke have headed up to Montana to host members of the Women Donors Network on a tour of some of Montana’s Native communities. We will be visiting with folks and learning about their sustainable energy projects, cultural restoration and the struggles against continuing coal development.

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HTE, Women Donors Network and Indigo Girls Together For Montana Environmental Justice Events

Grammy Award-winning Indigo Girls and acclaimed Native activist Winona LaDuke appear with local and regional artists and activists to raise awareness for a clean energy future

MISSOULA, Mont. -- Indigo Girls Amy Ray and Emily Saliers are teaming up with Native activist Winona LaDuke and members of the Women Donors Network to host free community events on the Blackfeet and Flathead reservations June 4 and 5. Read more...