Lori Mueller, a third-grade teacher at Bowler Elementary, collaborates with the community and Wisconsin Native nations to educate her students about American Indians.

She utilizes Wisconsin

Lori Mueller, a third-grade teacher at Bowler Elementary, collaborates with the community and Wisconsin Native nations to educate her students about American Indians.

She utilizes Wisconsin First Nations, a rich collection of classroom, library, and professional learning resources. These materials provide PK-12 educators with high-quality content for teaching American Indian Studies in Wisconsin.

Discover more at wisconsinfirstnations.org.

Acclaimed Indigenous leaders Clayton Thomas-Muller and Julian Brave NoiseCat are at the forefront of climate activism and environmental protection. Beyond organizing movements, these accomplished

Acclaimed Indigenous leaders Clayton Thomas-Muller and Julian Brave NoiseCat are at the forefront of climate activism and environmental protection. Beyond organizing movements, these accomplished writers offer incisive analyses connecting settler colonial capitalism, systemic failures, and ecological crises.

Join us for an intimate conversation with these close friends. They will share the personal stories behind their activism, discuss new projects, and articulate their hopes for the future.

The discussion will be moderated by Alexis Bunten (Unangan/Yupik), Co-Director of the Bioneers Indigeneity Program. Learn more at Bioneers.org.

Indigenous resistance, echoing through history from the 1969 Alcatraz occupation to contemporary fossil fuel fights across Canada and the U.S., embodies an activism rooted in a spiritual

Indigenous resistance, echoing through history from the 1969 Alcatraz occupation to contemporary fossil fuel fights across Canada and the U.S., embodies an activism rooted in a spiritual connection to the web of life and human community. This movement is illuminated by Julian Brave NoiseCat, Dr. LaNada War Jack, and Clayton Thomas-Müller.

Julian Brave NoiseCat (https://www.julianbravenoisecat.com/) is a polymath in journalism, policy, and activism. He serves Data for Progress (https://www.dataforprogress.org/) and the Natural History Museum (https://thenaturalhistorymuseum.org/) collective. Dr. LaNada War Jack is an enrolled member of the Shoshone Bannock Tribes (http://www.sbtribes.com/). Clayton Thomas-Müller, from the Mathias Colomb Cree Nation (https://swampycree.com/mathias-colomb-cree-nation-2/), is a campaigner with 350.org (https://350.org/).

The Canadian Indigenous Tar Sands Campaign Director provides an essential introduction to the complex issues surrounding tar sands extraction.

This overview highlights the profound

The Canadian Indigenous Tar Sands Campaign Director provides an essential introduction to the complex issues surrounding tar sands extraction.

This overview highlights the profound environmental, social, and cultural impacts faced by Indigenous communities and the broader region.

Clayton Thomas-Muller, an organizer for Idle No More and Defenders of the Land, and Co-Director of Polaris Institute’s Indigenous Tar Sands Campaign, describes Canada’s growing Native-led

Clayton Thomas-Muller, an organizer for Idle No More and Defenders of the Land, and Co-Director of Polaris Institute’s Indigenous Tar Sands Campaign, describes Canada’s growing Native-led rights movement. Supported by diverse groups, it challenges the neo-liberal agenda that made Canada a petro-state, aiming to protect lands and people from extractive industries and their financiers.

Since 1990, Bioneers has been a fertile hub for social and scientific innovators, providing practical and visionary solutions for the world's most pressing environmental and social challenges.

At the Rights of Mother Earth International Indigenous Conference, Canadian activist Clayton Thomas-Muller delivered a speech addressing the devastating impact of Tar Sands on his people,

At the Rights of Mother Earth International Indigenous Conference, Canadian activist Clayton Thomas-Muller delivered a speech addressing the devastating impact of Tar Sands on his people, describing it as a "science fiction nightmare."

A member of the Mathais Colomb Cree Nation (Pukatawagan) in Northern Manitoba, Thomas-Muller is a prominent advocate for indigenous self-determination and environmental justice.