Winona LaDuke

Her father is an Western movie actor and an Indian activist. Her mother is a professor of Jewish art. (Forefront profile)

After graduating from Harvard University, Laduk moved to a clay protected area in a poor rural area in the northern Minnesota province. (Forefront profile)

Clay Reserve was officially founded in 1867, covers an area of ​​1,300 square miles and is shared by people of Anishinaabekwe. (On Away Trust)

In 1889, the United States government violated this agreement, divided the land into 20 acres and owned them separately. (On Away Trust)

Arriving at White Earth Reservation In 1982, LaDuke was a local reservation manager. She participated in the lawsuit to regain the land stolen from Anishinaabekwe. (On Away Trust)

In 1989, she established the WELRP or Whiteland Recovery Program through a $ 20,000 grant from the Reebok Human Rights Award. (On Away Trust)

The main purpose of this organization is to recover and repurchase the ancestral land of the Ojibwa people brought to the US government.

Raduke also established a network of indigenous women, which led to the UN conference on the status of women in Beijing, China. (Forefront profile)

She is the project director of the 7th generation foundation representing Native American and environmental groups. (Chugoku Journal)

Not only is she the advocate of indigenous rights, but also supports women's choice, is an active member of the environmental protection law, supports gender and gay rights, including the right of gay marriage, He is a strong supporter of human rights. (Issues 2000.org)

A book about her life and struggle is written by Michael Silverstone and Charlotte Bunch called Winona LaDuke.

"In colonial alchemy, gold turns into metal scraps, food becomes poisonous, we are aware of the death rate of wealth that nature brought, and imperialism has removed it." (Zhongxing Magazine, Winona LaDuke, rustic heart. "

Winona LaDuke lives in White Earth Sanctuary in Minnesota. So I created a Whiteland restoration project to regain the original land of Anishinaabeg people. LaDuke, who received the International Reebok Human Rights Award, is co-chaired by "Aboriginal Women's Network". http://nativeharvest.com/winona_laduke Giiwedinong means "to go home" using the word Anishinaabeg. Where are you coming? This is an important issue faced by modern industrial society today. We can not restore our relationship with the Earth until we find our place in the world. This is our challenge today: Where is it?

Winona LaDuke was brought up in Los Angeles, California. She is a registered member of Mississippi Band Anishinaabeg at White Earth Reserve in northern Minnesota. Her father is an actor from the West and an activist in India. Her mother is a professor of Jewish art. She believes her parents told her the extremeist spirit. After meeting with Cherokee activist Jimmy Durham as a student at Harvard University, Laduk joined the Native American environmental problem. At the age of 18, she spoke to the United Nations about Indian matters and began making political names for himself.

Winona LaDuke was a writer, lecturer, economist and activist, after graduating from Harvard University, devoted his life to defending the local culture. She is best known for radicalism and political participation (LaDuke was a vice presidential candidate for Ralph Nader in 1996 and 2000), but she is also a successful writer. Her work includes a novel "The Last Woman" and two non-fiction books, "All Our Relationships: Regional Struggle of Land and Life", an excellent introduction to restore tribal land movements, sacredness Recovery is included. Power and assertion, it focuses on traditional beliefs and practices