Winona LaDuke
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Title
Winona LaDuke
Subject
LaDuke, Winona
Description
Ojibwe activist Winona LaDuke came to CSB on March 29, 2005. She was invited by the Campus Greens and Campus Feminists. More than 150 students attended LaDuke’s speech. She discussed US political actions, environmental problems, land disputes, and religion and Native American culture. She incorporated humor and Ojibwe phrases in her speech, while she advocated for Native lands. She emphasized how she won her fight against the Duluth City Council who wanted to build a golf course on Spirit Mountain. She also emphasized her disappointed over the plan to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. She found this despicable as it is the place a lot of Natives consider to be “the place where life begins.” LaDuke also talked about how domestication and genetic engineering of wild rice is very harmful to Anishinaabe society. She advocated for wind power and strongly encouraged a multi-party candidacy. LaDuke’s speech was very well received. After her speech she signed copies of her book and sold maple syrup and wild rice from the White Earth reservation to support the Land Recovery Project.
On September 22, 2000, 12,000 people, including CSB/SJU students, went to the Target Center to support the Green Presidential and Vice-Presidential candidates Ralph Nader and Winona LaDuke. LaDuke was also Nadar’s running mate in 1996. She supported affirmative action, demilitarization of the US foreign policy, and legalization of hemp.
LaDuke returned to CSB/SJU on September 10, 2019, as she was the keynote speaker of the 32nd annual Peace Studies Conference at CSB/SJU. The theme that year was “Native Resilience: Overcoming Assimilation Through Education and Action.” There were two panel discussions and a movie screening. LaDuke’s speech was on, “Native Resilience and Action: Climate Change, Fossil Fuels and Sustainability.”
Winona LaDuke lives on the Native American reservation White Earth in Northern Minnesota. She is an environmental activist whose focus is on women, children, and Native American rights. She founded the White Earth Land Recovery Project in 1989 to help reclaim Native American land. It is a non-profit that collects donations to restore the land and work on other tribal projects. In 1995, Time Magazine named her one of the “50 Most Promising Leaders Under Age 40.” In 1996 she was awarded the Thomas Merton Award. In 1997, she was named Ms. Woman of the Year (along with the Indigo Girls). The White Earth Land Recovery Project received the 2003 International Slow Food Award for Biodiversity. It was awarded because of the organization’s work to protect wild rice from patenting and genetic engineering. LaDuke was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in 2007. Most recently, LaDuke has been at the forefront of protesting Line 3 as the director of Honor the Earth. Honor the Earth works on issues of climate change, renewable energy and environmental justice with Indigenous communities.
On September 22, 2000, 12,000 people, including CSB/SJU students, went to the Target Center to support the Green Presidential and Vice-Presidential candidates Ralph Nader and Winona LaDuke. LaDuke was also Nadar’s running mate in 1996. She supported affirmative action, demilitarization of the US foreign policy, and legalization of hemp.
LaDuke returned to CSB/SJU on September 10, 2019, as she was the keynote speaker of the 32nd annual Peace Studies Conference at CSB/SJU. The theme that year was “Native Resilience: Overcoming Assimilation Through Education and Action.” There were two panel discussions and a movie screening. LaDuke’s speech was on, “Native Resilience and Action: Climate Change, Fossil Fuels and Sustainability.”
Winona LaDuke lives on the Native American reservation White Earth in Northern Minnesota. She is an environmental activist whose focus is on women, children, and Native American rights. She founded the White Earth Land Recovery Project in 1989 to help reclaim Native American land. It is a non-profit that collects donations to restore the land and work on other tribal projects. In 1995, Time Magazine named her one of the “50 Most Promising Leaders Under Age 40.” In 1996 she was awarded the Thomas Merton Award. In 1997, she was named Ms. Woman of the Year (along with the Indigo Girls). The White Earth Land Recovery Project received the 2003 International Slow Food Award for Biodiversity. It was awarded because of the organization’s work to protect wild rice from patenting and genetic engineering. LaDuke was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in 2007. Most recently, LaDuke has been at the forefront of protesting Line 3 as the director of Honor the Earth. Honor the Earth works on issues of climate change, renewable energy and environmental justice with Indigenous communities.
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College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University
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College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University Archives
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College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University, “Winona LaDuke,” College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University Libraries, accessed April 16, 2024, https://csbsjulib.omeka.net/items/show/1220.