Winona LaDuke is a rural development economist working on issues of economic, food, and energy sovereignty. She lives and works on the White Earth reservation in northern Minnesota, and leads several organizations including Honor the Earth, Anishinaabe Agriculture Institute, Akiing, and Winona’s Hemp. These organizations develop and model cultural-based sustainable development strategies utilizing renewable energy and sustainable food systems. She is an international thought leader in the areas of climate justice, renewable energy, and environmental justice. She is also a leader in the work of protecting Indigenous plants and heritage foods from patenting and genetic engineering. She has authored six books including; Recovering the Sacred, All our Relations, Last Standing Woman, and her newest work, The Winona LaDuke Chronicles.
Why the Greenpeace Trial Is a Lesson for Us All
Criminalizing the protection of water, not its degradation, is a sign of things to come—but Water Protectors are here to stay.
April 22, 2025
In a North Dakota Courtroom, the Battle for Standing Rock Continues
Here are four cases that everyone should be paying attention to that could decide whether justice is dealt to the water protectors and the Standing Rock Sioux.
March 18, 2025
Water Protectors Use Novel Legal Tactic to Challenge the Dakota Access Pipeline
It’s eight years after the Dakota Access Pipeline resistance at the river. The Standing Rock tribe is still seeking to close down the pipeline, the Environmental Impact Statement is in draft form and oil still runs North Dakota. We might need more Water Protectors. You can’t drink oil.
October 21, 2024
The Indigenous Growers Reviving Hemp’s Deep Roots
From the banks of Wounded Knee Creek to the White Earth reservation, this spring, more seeds will be planted for the New Green Revolution. Bringing life back to the soil is work, but these farmers are doing it. Fields of dreams, indeed.
May 20, 2024
“People vs. Fossil Fuels’’: Winona LaDuke & Mass Protests Call on Biden to Stop Line 3 Pipeline
The “People vs. Fossil Fuels” mobilization, led by the Indigenous Environmental Network, 350.org, Sunrise Movement, the Center for Biological Diversity and others, comes as Canadian pipeline company Enbridge has completed the construction of its contested Line 3 crude oil pipeline in northern Minnesota.
October 12, 2021
Winona LaDuke: Return to Rice Lake
Looking out from Big Bear Landing, you can see the rice coming in strong, and the swans on the lake, huge flocks of them. A constant in our lives, the rice remains, awaiting the Anishinaabe, our prayers, our songs, and our gratitude.
July 13, 2021