Ben Powless on Climate Justice -- An Indigenous Perspective 1/2

Ben Powless is a Mohawk citizen and recent graduate from Carleton University in Human Rights, Indigenous and Environmental Studies. He currently works with the Indigenous Environmental Network and the Defenders of the Land Network with Indigenous communities across Canada and the Americas on issues related to Indigenous sovereignty, environmental justice and climate change. He has travelled to communities across Turtle Island and other parts of the world to work with Indigenous communities.

Indigenous communities are on the frontlines of climate impacts. However, they're also at the forefront of proposing unique and progressive visions to deal with the causes of climate change ....

This talk was a part of Indigenous Sovereignty Week 2010 in Ottawa, unceded and unsurrendered Algonquin Territory.

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