She is best known for her work in the contemporary Indigenous environmental movement, which … Native American author, educator, activist, mother and grandmother Winona LaDuke, Anishinaabekwe, is calling on tribes to relocalize food and energy production as a means of both reducing CO2 emissions and of asserting tribes' inherent right to live in accordance with their own precepts of the sacredness of Mother Earth and responsibility to future generations. Winona LaDuke is a rural development economist and author working on issues of Indigenous Economics, Food and Energy Policy. LaDuke is an Anishinaabekwe (Ojibwe) enrolled member of the Mississippi Band Anishinaabeg. She is best known in the general public as the Vice Presidential candidate for Ralph Nader in the Green Party during the 1996 and 2000 elections. Honor the Earth held several events to support the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and their efforts to halt the Dakota Access Pipeline project, which would jeopardize the tribe’s water resources. ~~Winona LaDuke, Last Standing Woman The White Earth Indian Reservation in northwestern Minnesota seems far removed from the oil catastrophe unfolding on the Mississippi Delta on the Gulf of Mexico, until one realizes that Gaa-waabaabiganikaag (Ojibwe for "Where there is white clay") is a stone's throw from the headwaters of the Mississippi River. Winona LaDuke is a Native American environmentalist and the executive director of Honor the Earth, a Native American environmental advocacy organization. Environmentalist, economist and writer Winona LaDuke was born in Los Angeles in 1959. Winona LaDuke (Mississippi Band of Anishinaabe Indians) is an internationally respected Native American environmental leader, author, politician, and economist. By Winona LaDuke. BY WINONA LADUKE. She co-founded Honor the Earth with the Indigo Girls, as a platform to raise awareness of and money for indigenous struggles for environmental justice. First you all throw us under the bus over a pipeline. All Minnesota Chippewa Tribes opposed the pipeline formally, but then, you went rogue on us. Winona LaDuke: Times might be changing for Natives It may be time to work with Native people. Way to go Fond du Lac. Winona LaDuke on her industrial hemp farm. She specialises in rural development and issues surrounding land, food and sustainable farming are central to her advocacy. The farm's 40 acres are located on the White Earth Indian Reservation in northwestern Minnesota. While attending Harvard University, LaDuke met Jimmy Durham, a well-known Native American activist, and her own interest in issues related to Native tribes began.