We honor with love the spirit of the Water Protectors that have come to protect the lands and water through peaceful prayer. The resistance from the mountains of Mauna Kea, to the Ogallala aquifer of No KXL, to the Missouri River of No DAPL, and to the Anishinaabe and Dakota Northern Woodland Rivers to Stop Line 3 - all are sacred.

“The Great River flows from the mountains to the sea. I am the River, the River is me.” - Maori tribes of Whanganui, New Zealand.

Photo of Ogichidaakwe of Ojibwe Warrior Society - Mille Lacs Band of the Mississippi, Tania Aubid. This image was captured at the Mississippi River where Enbridge oil risks the destruction of Anishinaabe treaty territory, including over 20 river crossings. Through deep resistance and vigilance of Water Protectors like Tania, the rivers are safe from Line 3. This art piece was gently crafted from a photo taken at the Stop Line 3 frontlines at the Mississippi River and graphically adapted before being hand painted into this masterpiece. Water is Life! #StopLine3

About the Artist: Sarah LittleRedfeather is an Anishinaabe Water Protector artist, founder and designer for  We Live Native Collection, who has worked with Honor the Earth as Creative Media, Communications and Marketing since 2015. Sarah tells our stories as a creative graphics designer, photographer, and social media manager. She is the powerhouse behind Honor’s web media social network, branding, merchandise development, designer and marketing. Sarah is also a ‘Water Protector,” and often can be found in the frontlines documenting actions through her creative visuals. Her family is of the White Earth Band of Ojibwe.

THIS CALENDAR REFLECTS THE OJIBWE NEW YEAR. THAT’S WHEN THE WORLD BEGINS TO WAKE UP, AND WE GO TO THE SUGARBUSH, ISKIGAMIZIGANONG.

Size 14 x 24 printed on 100% post consumer waste recycled card stock paper.

Beautiful Water is Life representing the women water protectors, and all mothers of the clans as life givers. This calendar represents monthly moons and days in both English, and Anishinaabe language. We designed this calendar to use as wall artwork that you can frame and display for years to come.

Artwork Story: Water Is Life represents Women Water Protectors, life givers, and those clans surrounded by life balance of aquatic ecosystem containing life that water brings. Clans have responsibilities in the Anishinaabe teachings and these clans are our stories coming from our creation story the food that grows on the water, manoomin. 

About the Artist: Christi Belcourt is a Michif (Métis) visual artist with a deep respect for Mother Earth, the traditions and the knowledge of her people. In addition to her paintings she is also known as a community-based artist, environmentalist and advocate for the lands, waters and Indigenous peoples. She is currently a lead organizer for the Onaman Collective which focuses on resurgence of language and land-based practices. Some of the proceeds of this blanket will support that project. Christi’s work is found within the permanent collections many world-renowned galleries.  

Onaman Collective is three artists, Christi Belcourt, Isaac Murdoch and Erin Konsmo. We are “Indigenous artists and environmentalists,” who love the land and believe in the spirits of the land. We believe in the resilience and beauty of our people. We believe in our Elders and our young people. With everything we do, the underlying theme is always respect for the land and reclamation of the ways of our ancestors. www.onamancollective.com

Size 12x16 printed on 100% post consumer waste recycled card stock paper.

Beautiful Water is Life representing our water, and all the life that grows .

Artwork Story: Water Is Life represents Nigig (otter) we have in our Anishinaabe territory in northern Minnesota who carry sacred medicines from the water and the life the water brings us. We Love our Water, and Manoomin (Wild Rice), not their dirty oil for Water is Life (Nibi Bimaadiziwin).

About the Artist: Christi Belcourt is a Michif (Métis) visual artist with a deep respect for Mother Earth, the traditions and the knowledge of her people. In addition to her paintings she is also known as a community-based artist, environmentalist and advocate for the lands, waters and Indigenous peoples. She is currently a lead organizer for the Onaman Collective which focuses on resurgence of language and land-based practices. Some of the proceeds of this blanket will support that project. Christi’s work is found within the permanent collections many world-renowned galleries.

Collaboration art with with Sarah LittleRedfeather and Christi Belcourt.

Onaman Collective is three artists, Christi Belcourt, Isaac Murdoch and Erin Konsmo. We are “Indigenous artists and environmentalists,” who love the land and believe in the spirits of the land. We believe in the resilience and beauty of our people. We believe in our Elders and our young people. With everything we do, the underlying theme is always respect for the land and reclamation of the ways of our ancestors. www.onamancollective.com

Size 11x17 printed on 100% post consumer waste recycled card stock paper.

Limited Edition "Anishinaabe Woman Water Protector" - Size 12.5x17.

This painting is by Votan (NRSGNTS), an indigenous artist, and is a huge mural in downtown Duluth, MN. Our Water Protector is an Anishinaabe woman, who is looking over the greatest of the lakes--Gichi Gummi. She is facing with prayer and the power of the Natural world, the greed of the Wiindigo, the fossil fuel industry, mining and lumber barons. She is powerful.

Artist Statement: America suffers from historical amnesia. It is apparent that well into this millennium, the original inhabitants of this paradise still suffer the aftereffects of colonialism. People seeking freedom arrived on these shores over 500 years ago. It is unfortunate that in the pursuit of theirs, we were to lose ours. Corralled into areas deemed unfit for human survival, we overcame harsh conditions and thrived. The threat of our existence as a people has metastasized much like an autoimmune disease. Post colonialism has outgrown its life threatening behavior to the point that it's own life is under threat.

Invasion, slavery, relocation and many other forms of abuse weren't enough. We have now reached a point in our lives where we are all part of the sickness. We aren't just being abused, we abuse each other and we abuse our home. By annihilating ourselves, we are on a vicious course to do the same to the planet. Things have to change. The after effects are affecting us all. They are deeply engrained in our communities. We have mistaken abuse for progress.

One of the current issues, is oil. We are wise enough to see the effect of its intoxicating consumption. Beside it's pollution, the devastating effects it has in native communities is ostracized. This mural addresses this tiny fragment and puts it on a large platform. Women and children in our communities are being abducted, sold, raped and murdered for the pleasure of workers in this industry. If we address the problem, we can create solutions. Renewable energy, education and empowerment are vital. Let's change the beaten path of history.

This image by Michael Horse was requested by Winona LaDuke from Honor the Earth for the Cowboys & Indians Alliance demonstration at the White House in 2014.  It depicts cowboys and Native Americans fighting the Keystone XL Pipeline at the White House.  Also depicted on the top right side of the image is the Washington Monument.  

The print is 18" x 24" and is mailed in a tube unless otherwise directed.

Artwork by: Michael Horse

Limited Edition "Anishinaabe Woman Water Protector" - Size 12.5x17.

This painting is by Votan (NRSGNTS), an indigenous artist, and is a huge mural in downtown Duluth, MN. Our Water Protector is an Anishinaabe woman, who is looking over the greatest of the lakes--Gichi Gummi. She is facing with prayer and the power of the Natural world, the greed of the Wiindigo, the fossil fuel industry, mining and lumber barons. She is powerful.

Artist Statement: America suffers from historical amnesia. It is apparent that well into this millennium, the original inhabitants of this paradise still suffer the aftereffects of colonialism. People seeking freedom arrived on these shores over 500 years ago. It is unfortunate that in the pursuit of theirs, we were to lose ours. Corralled into areas deemed unfit for human survival, we overcame harsh conditions and thrived. The threat of our existence as a people has metastasized much like an autoimmune disease. Post colonialism has outgrown its life threatening behavior to the point that it's own life is under threat.

Invasion, slavery, relocation and many other forms of abuse weren't enough. We have now reached a point in our lives where we are all part of the sickness. We aren't just being abused, we abuse each other and we abuse our home. By annihilating ourselves, we are on a vicious course to do the same to the planet. Things have to change. The after effects are affecting us all. They are deeply engrained in our communities. We have mistaken abuse for progress.

One of the current issues, is oil. We are wise enough to see the effect of its intoxicating consumption. Beside it's pollution, the devastating effects it has in native communities is ostracized. This mural addresses this tiny fragment and puts it on a large platform. Women and children in our communities are being abducted, sold, raped and murdered for the pleasure of workers in this industry. If we address the problem, we can create solutions. Renewable energy, education and empowerment are vital. Let's change the beaten path of history.

From the archives of artwork: Donald Montileaux (Oglala Lakota) Legder Drawing for Honor the Earth. In the late 19th and earth 20th centuries, Indigenous Peoples in the Great Plains, including Lakota, Cheyenne and Arapaho, developed a unique and powerful medium to document their history: ledger drawings. This image by Donald Montileaux, a master ledger artist is following in the footsteps of his forefathers, was designed for the 2003 Honor the Earth Tour. We have been working to create renewable and clean energy for years; keep the movement going. An art piece of history. 

Size 16x20

To Be A Water Protector: The Rise of the Wiindigoo Slayers

By Winona LaDuke  

 For this book, Winona discusses several elements of a New Green Economy and the lessons we can take from activists outside the US and Canada. In her unique way of storytelling, Winona LaDuke is inspiring, always a teacher and an utterly fearless activist, writer and speaker.

The book chronicles not only the stories of people and Water Protectors (the introduction attributes inspiration to Water Protectors like John Trudell and Josephine Mandaamin)  but the legal, policy and historical background and potential of these stories.  

Excerpt: 

It is the time of the Water Protectors. It has always been. It's also the time of the Wiindigoo. I am writing and editing this book at a time when the world stands still, quarantined with COVID-19, a virus. It is amazing time. I’m grateful to be here and to share these stories of Water Protectors. Or as Isaac Murdock tells us, 

“ … In the future, our descendants will be sitting around a fire in their lodges telling this story of when the two legged tried to destroy the earth. We are no doubt in a sacred legend that will be told for thousands of years. For whatever reasons, we have been specifically placed here on earth to participate in this incredibly sacred time. We need to believe in what our hearts tells us and to find the strength to follow it. The sacred story needs heroes and we are the chosen ones. Rise strong and never stop believing in the great power of this earth. We are completely surrounded by our ancestors.” - Issac Murdoch

I am not the first Water Protector, nor the last.  And as I write this beginning, I want to acknowledge the Water Protectors I have known - great role models and leaders. There are many, they are young and old. - Winona LaDuke, To Be A Water Protector: The Rise of the Wiindigoo Slayers

LaDuke's dry humor, practical and solution based approach carry the reader through the pages of heavily footnoted research, to a clear conclusion, that change is possible and happening.  More than an embedded journalist, LaDuke's insights are based on Indigenous knowledge and wisdom, combined with a long history of trusted journalism in environmental and economic thinking.

This is my latest writing, a compilation of essays, articles and new stories from the resistance to late stage of the Wiindigoo Capitalism to a Just Transition.

Republished June 2017 ! The Militarization of Indian Country with News from Standing Rock!

It is 2016, and the weight of American corporate interests has come to the Missouri River, the Mother River. This time, instead of the Seventh Cavalry, or the Indian police dispatched to assassinate Sitting Bull, it is Enbridge Corporation and Dakota Access Pipeline, emboldened by a new militarization of Indian Country. At their beck and call have been 1300 highly militarized police, private security forces of the mercenary variety and the National Guard. It is a time not unknown to Native people, a time when the interests of corporations—whether the Hearst Empire, or a pipeline company—are able to deploy the military for their benefit. This book tells that larger story. This new preface speaks to the carrying out of the militarization of Indian Country in Lakota territory.” – Winona LaDuke 

Executive Director of Honor the Earth, author of five nonfiction books, a novel and a children’s book, Winona LaDuke is one of the world’s most tireless and charismatic leaders on issues related to climate change, indigenous and human rights, green and rural economies, grass-roots organizing and restoring local food systems over a career spanning nearly 40 years of activism.

Honor the Earth’s mission is to create awareness and support for Native environmental issues and to develop needed financial and political resources for the survival of sustainable Native communities. Honor the Earth develops these resources by using music, the arts, the media and Indigenous wisdom to ask people to recognize our joint dependency on the Earth and to be a voice for those not heard. 

Winona is the founder of the White Earth Land Recovery Project, whose mission is to facilitate the recovery of the original land base of the White Earth Indian Reservation while preserving and restoring traditional practices of sound land stewardship, language fluency, community development, and strengthening our spiritual and cultural heritage.

Re-Published June 2017

by Winona LaDuke  (Author), Sean Aaron Cruz (Author)