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“Aquifer Defenders: Learning from Waadookawaad Amikwag,” an event exploring how Indigenous knowledge and Western science can be mobilized to halt the destruction caused by pipelines, stop future projects, and protect the land and water for future generations––in Minnesota and beyond. Highlighting the work of Waadookawaad Amikwag (“Those Who Help Beaver”), a diverse community group of water protectors, scientists, drone pilots, field monitors, and grassroots organizers that is gathering and interpreting evidence of environmental destruction from the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline, expanded in 2021 after a decade of Native-led resistance, this Zoom Webinar explores the group’s their troubling findings, including aquifer breaches, lack of tribal consultations, and inadequate state regulation enforcement.

SPEAKERS

* Victoria M.L. McMillen (Migizi Clan, Anishinaabeg Nagachiwaanong): Cultural and traditional Ecological knowledge carrier, volunteer with Waadookawaad Amikwag

* Jami Gaither: Metallurgical engineer and founding member of Waadookawaad Amikwag

* Jeff Broberg: Geologist and founding member of Minnesota Well Owners Organization (MNWOO) and Waadookawaad Amikwag

* Kai Bosworth: Critical Geographer and Red Natural History Fellow

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Held on August 1, 2024, this webinar was curated by Kai Bosworth as part of “Natural History for a World in Crisis,” a virtual programming series organized by Red Natural History Fellows with The Natural History Museum. Made possible with support from the Henry Luce Foundation, Hewlett Foundation and 4Culture.

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Check out resources and other material from Wadookawaad Amikwag on the group’s website: https://waadookawaadamikwag.org

“Resisting the Global Land Grab,” a virtual event exploring how histories of colonialism, apartheid and uneven development have set the terms for today’s “solutions” to ecological crisis, engaging not only the common conditions of oppression faced by Indigenous communities across the world, but also the solidarities they are forging in their shared struggle against neocolonial conservation—and for Land Back.

SPEAKERS
* Krystal Two Bulls (Oglala Lakota/Cheyenne), Executive Director of Honor the Earth
* Nnimmo Bassey, Nigerian architect, environmental activist, author, poet, and Director of the environmental think tank Health of Mother Earth Foundation
* Ashley Dawson, Distinguished Professor of Postcolonial Studies at the Graduate Center, City University of New York and the College of Staten Island and Red Natural History Fellow

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Held on July 18, 2024, this webinar was curated by Ashley Dawson as part of “Natural History for a World in Crisis,” a virtual programming series organized by Red Natural History Fellows with The Natural History Museum.

Made possible with support from the Henry Luce Foundation, Hewlett Foundation and 4Culture.

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“Indigenizing Coastal Conservation,” a virtual event asking what it means to place Indigenous knowledge and tribal sovereignty at the heart of conservation. Focusing on ongoing work to fight coastal erosion on the Pacific coast, this event engages a frank conversation with Native and non-Native ocean conservation practitioners grappling with the complexities of decolonizing the conservation movement and incorporating Indigenous worldviews effectively and appropriately with mainstream approaches.

SPEAKERS
* Dina Gilio-Whitaker (Colville Confederated Tribes), Lecturer of American Indian Studies at California State University San Marcos, independent educator in American Indian environmental policy, and Red Natural History Fellow
* Leah Mata-Fragua (yak titʸu titʸu yak tiłhini Chumash)
Artist, Educator and Council Member, YTT Northern Chumash Tribe
* Calla Allison, Founder and Executive Director of the Marine Protected Area Collaborative Network
* Gus Gates, West Coast Regional Director of the Surfrider Foundation

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Held on June 28, 2024, this webinar was curated by Dina Gilio-Whitaker as part of “Natural History for a World in Crisis,” a virtual programming series organized by Red Natural History Fellows with The Natural History Museum.

Made possible with support from the Henry Luce Foundation, Hewlett Foundation and 4Culture


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“The Colorado River and the Colonial Blindspot”, a virtual event exploring the complicated entanglements of history, science, and sovereignty within the context of the Colorado River—past, present and future. Featuring Diné geographer and Red Natural History Fellow Andrew Curley in conversation with other scholars and activists, we explore solutions to the water crisis that break from the colonial paradigm.

SPEAKERS
* Andrew Curley (Diné), Assistant Professor in the School of Geography, Development, and Environment at the University of Arizona, and Red Natural History Fellow
* Teresa Montoya (Diné), Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Chicago
* Traci Brynne Voyles, Professor and Department Head of History, North Carolina State University
* Erika M. Bsumek, Professor of History at the University of Texas

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Held on March 24, 2024, this webinar is part of “Natural History for a World in Crisis”, a virtual programming series organized by Red Natural History Fellows with The Natural History Museum.