In the News: How Do You Cancel a Pipeline?

Indigenous Climate Action Pod

How do you cancel a pipeline? In this episode we speak to two Indigenous activists who have been campaigning against the extraction industry for years from the frontlines to the UN: Melina Laboucan-Massimo and Dallas Goldtooth.

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Melina Laboucan-Massimo is Lubicon Cree from Northern Alberta, Canada. She is the founder of Sacred Earth Solar and the Director of Healing Justice at Indigenous Climate Action. She has worked on social, environmental and climate justice issues for over 15 years. Melina has worked, studied and campaigned in Brazil, Australia, Mexico, Canada and across Europe focusing on resource extraction, climate change impacts, media literacy, energy literacy and Indigenous rights & responsibilities.

Instagram: @melina_miyowapan

Twitter: @Melina_MLM

Connect to Sacred Earth Solar

Website: SacredEarth.Solar

Twitter: @SacredEarthSOL

(Mdewakanton Dakota and Dine) Dallas Goldtooth travels extensively across Turtle Island to help fossil fuel and hard rock mining impacted communities tell their stories thru social media, video, and other forms of communication. Dallas is Indigenous Environmental Network’s Keep It In the Ground Campaigner, working with IEN staff, board, and organizational partners from a diverse group of climate justice networks. Along with his many tasks and duties with IEN, he is also a Dakota cultural/language teacher, non-violent direct action trainer, and was one of the outstanding Water Protectors at Standing Rock/Oceti Sakowin Camp fighting the Dakota Access Pipeline. In addition, he is a co-founder of the Indigenous comedy group, The 1491s, a poet, journalist, traditional artist, powwow emcee, and comedian.

Facebook: Dallas Goldtooth

Twitter: @DallasGoldtooth

Instagram: @DallasGoldtooth

Connect to Indigenous Environmental Network

Website: ienearth.org

Facebook: @ienearth

Twitter: @IENearth

Instagram: @IndigenousRising

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The ICA Pod team is made up of Lindsey Bacigal, Morningstar Derosier, and Brina Romanek.