Honor the Earth
Description
Honor the Earth is an Indigenous-led nonprofit organization dedicated to Indigenous environmental justice and sovereignty. It works to protect the lifeways and sovereignty of Indigenous peoples around the world. It was founded in Minnesota in 1993, after its founders met with Indigenous Environmental Network, Indigenous Women’s Network and Seventh Generation Fund members.
The organization invests in Indigenous communities and a new generation of organizers through campaigns, research, training, narrative work and capacity support. It supports campaigns such as Land Back, which pushes for Indigenous peoples to reclaim sovereignty over homelands, and No Green Colonialism, which opposes environmental projects that extract resources and displace Indigenous populations. It aims to help communities resist exploitation, withstand crises and prepare future generations of leadership.
Honor the Earth envisions a future where Indigenous sovereignty is recognized and communities live in right relationship with Mother Earth. It is currently led by Executive Director Krystal Two Bulls.
Latest news
30 Tribal Nations Convene in Historic Summit on Data Center Resistance
This past weekend, organizers and leaders representing 30 different Indigenous Nations gathered at Oklahoma State University in Tulsa to strategize how to fight back against the newest threats to Mother Earth and Indigenous sovereignty: hyperscale data centers and generative AI. Across Turtle Islan
28 Aug 2026
For two years, Honor the Earth has been supporting the Westwin Resistance, an Indigenous-femme-led grassroots movement of concerned Tribal relatives and Oklahomans who have been fighting the building of a cobalt and nickel refinery on ancestral lands of the Kiowa, Comanche, Apache, Caddo, Wichita, a
22 Jan 2026
Statement on ICE shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minnesota
An unidentified ICE agent shot and killed a 37-year-old woman and legal observer in Minneapolis today. Her name was Renee Nicole Good. This is one of the most brutal examples of state-sanctioned murder we’ve seen since the new administration took over. We offer our deepest condolences
7 Jan 2026
NCAI is a space that purports to represent all of Indian Country. And yet, NCAI’s support of generative AI and the hyperscale data centers required to fuel it have pitted Tribal Nations against each other, enabling some Nations to profit at the expense of others, and at the expense of Mother Earth.
25 Nov 2025
Magpie Messenger Issue 5: The legacy of water protectors continues in the fight against data centers
Nearly ten years ago, a small group of Indigenous youth gathered in Standing Rock to protest the building of the Dakota Access Pipeline. They saw it for what it was: a threat to sacred cultural sights, to Mother Earth, and to the water that sustains us all. Soon, they grew from dozens to hundreds to
14 Nov 2025
Magpie Messenger Issue 4: Across Turtle Island, Water Protectors are fighting against Data Centers
We've eagerly welcomed AI into our homes and pockets, impressed at its capabilities, but behind every AI-generated image and every swift chatbot reply are colossal, energy-guzzling data centers. What is the true cost of these centers, and who pays the price? As you may know by now, Hono
9 Oct 2025
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