KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Shirley Krenak
BRAZILIAN ACTIVIST & FILMMAKER
Shirley Krenak is an activist, writer and a member of the Brazilian Krenak community. She currently coordinates the Shirley Krenak Institute, which develops various activities in the environmental, educational, social and cultural areas. She is a co-founders of ANMIGA – National Articulation of Indigenous Women Warriors of Ancestry. Author of the book “The Protective Jaguar”, she also coordinates the project “Sons que Curam” (Sounds that heal).
Josh Dini
AGAI DICCUTTA, PAIUTE / SHOSHONE TRIBE MEMBER
Member of the Agai Dicutta Walker River Paiute tribe and Western Shoshone of the Great Basin of Nevada. He is Founder, chairman and spokesperson of the Prayer Horse organization and member of the western Nevada American Indian movement, water protector. He is currently working on opposing the green energy transition bill to protect our Great Basin lands from lithium, copper, nickel and cobalt mining.
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Lonko Clementina Lepio
CHILEAN MAPUCHE COMMUNITY LEADER
Clementina Griselda Lepío Melipichún is the first female Lonko (Chief) of the Huilliche Alto Community on the island of Chiloé, Chile. As an ancestral authority, she has led territorial defenses against major energy projects threatening her community’s ancestral lands and the island's vital ecosystems. Lonko Clementina is a fierce advocate for protecting the territorial, cultural, and environmental heritage of the Mapuche Huilliche people. Her activism has halted parts of development projects to safeguard wetlands, biodiversity hotspots, and areas of immense cultural significance.
LEONARDO CERDA
ECUADORIAN KICHWA LEADER
Leonardo Leonel Cerda Tapuy is a Kichwa leader and activist from the community of Serena in the Napo Province of Ecuador.Leonardo is the founder of the Movement for the Liberation of Indigenous and Afrodescendant Peoples (BILM). He is the executive Director and Founder of the Hakhu Amazonia Foundation. Leonardo was awarded the Nia Tero Foundation Storytelling Fellowship for his innovative projects rooted in indigenous culture, environmental issues, and local history.
MUSICAL PERFORMANCES
LYLA JUNE
Lyla June is an Indigenous musician, scholar, and community organizer of Diné (Navajo), Tsétsêhéstâhese (Cheyenne) and European lineages. Her multi-genre presentation style has engaged audiences across the globe towards personal, collective, and ecological healing. She blends her study of Human Ecology at Stanford, graduate work in Indigenous Pedagogy, and the traditional worldview she grew up with to inform her music, perspectives and solutions. She recently finished her PhD on the ways in which pre-colonial Indigenous Nations shaped large regions of Turtle Island (aka the Americas) to produce abundant food systems for humans and non-humans.
SUPAMAN
As a member of the “Apsaalooke Nation”, Supaman makes his home on Apsáalooke lands in Montana. “Supaman” Is Christian Takes Gun Parrish, a Native American dancer and innovative hip hop artist who has dedicated his life to empowering and spreading a message of hope, pride and resilience through his original art form. He has been the recipient of the 2017 MTV VMA award for “Best Fight Against the System”! He is also a Nammy “Native American Music Award” winner, “North American Indigenous Image Award winner, and 7 “Tunney Award winner.
Supaman’s one of a kind presentation combines Native culture, comedy and urban hip hop culture which dazzles audiences and captivates listeners. For this he has gained the respect of his community and generation. The communicative talent along with the compassion that exudes from his music allows him to connect with people from all walks of life. His uncanny ability to motivate, encourage, and inspire through dance, and hip hop music keeps him at the forefront among his contemporaries which gives him a platform to educate on Indigenous issues.
DJ ELEMENT
FEATURED CAUSES
"How are we going to look the public in the face and say this is green technology when it requires so much destruction of Mother Earth?" - Lyla June
The planet as we know it is under immense stress due to exploitation of natural resources for human consumption. As many governments and industries are moving to green solutions to combat this issue, it is still the native peoples who are at the front lines, suffering at its expense.
The climate action and fundraiser event, Indigenous Frontline: Rising for Climate Justice, supports indigenous communities who are facing threat to their environment and culture due to the extractions and exploitation of natural resources.
This event is crucial because it allows for the indigenous voice to be heard among leading policy makers, and environmentalists during this critical week that helps to decide the future of our planet. The native voice cannot be forgotten in this pivotal conversation.
REFRESHMENTS
Buffalo Jump NYC is what happens when a Lakota from Rosebud Sioux Reservation visits NYC and meets up with Borikua Taino New Yorker. They decide to re-indigenize the NYC Food Scene. Everything is made fresh and ready to take on the go at your convenience. Come celebrate Native American Food Culture and full-bellies with us!
Ambrosia Elixirs serves unique non-alcoholic botanical elixirs that elevate your wellbeing.
Their handcrafted herbal formulas create a synergistic union that help connect with our most innate essence and the Earth. Within each drop is a exquisite symphony of plants, combined to create a state changing refreshment.
SILENT ART AUCTION
