The Green New Deal calls for “protecting and enforcing the sovereignty and land rights of Indigenous peoples,” and supporting and investing in vulnerable frontline communities. But so much more can be done to embrace the wisdom of Indigenous cultures and their relationship to the natural world.
Join us on May 5, the National Day of Awareness of Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls, for a conversation with attorney Nicole Ducheneaux, enrolled member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and first generation descendant of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Nation; Hawaiian theatre artist Kiki Rivera, descendant of a line of Pacific island warriors, healers, artisans, and storytellers; and Tongva Indian/Mescalero Apache theatre artist and singer/songwriter GiGi Buddie. GiGi will open the event with two of her songs. The conversation will be moderated by artistic director of The Arctic Cycle Chantal Bilodeau.
Wednesday, May 5, 2021
7:00-8:00 pm ET
Free Zoom Webinar
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GiGi Buddie (she/her) is a Tongva Indian/Mescalero Apache artist and student studying theatre, with an emphasis in acting, at Pomona College. On top of working with the Arctic Cycle, she is the Global Leadership Intern at The Human Impacts Institute. Whenever she isn’t on stage, working on music, or designing lights, she is working with these two impactful nonprofits at the intersection of art and environmental justice.
Nicole Ducheneaux is an enrolled member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, and first generation descendant of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Nation. She is a partner at the Big Fire Law & Policy Group and has been lead litigation counsel for the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe (co-lead plaintiffs with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe) in the ongoing Dakota Access Pipeline litigation.
Kiki Rivera (she, we, they) is the child of Andra Rivera Souza and Puipui Fuamatu. Kiki was born and raised on the island of Oʻahu in the district of Waiʻanae and the smaller (yet largest ahupuaʻa) district of Lualualei. They identify as a theatre artist that comes from a line of island warriors, healers, artisans and storytellers who have traversed the Pacific ocean and call it home.