Alderville First Nation Resolution: Rights of Rice Lake
On November 18, 2025, the Alderville First Nation Council unanimously approved a resolution recognizing the legal status of Lake Rice. The process took 2 yearsRead More →
Indigenous Declaration
Sault Tribe (USA) Resolution: Rights of Nature
The Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians in northern Michigan passed a resolution in defense of the tribe’s first family: its natural resources.Read More →
First Nations and Tribes Treaty: Grizzly Bear Protection
In September 2016, First Nations and Tribes across North America signed a cross-boarder Indigenous Treaty to protect the sacred Grizzly Bear.Read More →
He Whakaputanga Moana (Declaration for the Ocean)
In March 2024, Pacific Indigenous leaders ratified the He Whakaputanga Moana (Declaration for the Ocean), which recognizes whales as legal persons with rights.Read More →
Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Declaration: rights of herring
On April 26 2023, the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe adopted a resolution on the Rights of Herring, recognizing their right to exist, migrate freely and reproduce.Read More →
Assembly of First Nations Quebec–Labrador (Canada) Resolution: rights and legal personhood of the St. Lawrence River
On April 19 2023, the Assembly of First Nations of Quebec-Labrador passed a resolution to confer legal personhood to the St. Lawrence RiverRead More →
Africa Protected Areas Congress (2022) Kigali Declaration: “We are Nature”
In 2022, representatives of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities from more than 40 African nations made the Kigali Declaration "We Are Nature."Read More →
U’wa Nation (Colombia) Indigenous Declaration: ancestral territory and sacred site Zizuma (El Cocuy National Park)
In March 2016, the U’wa people ratified their position of territorial defense of their ancestral sacred site Mt. Zizuma in Colombia’s El Cocuy National Park.Read More →