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"Indigenous land stewardship is a relatively new term, forged to compel more people to live in closer relationship with the land. As our world passes through multiple crises of our making, racial justice is the ultimate issue, and goal."

"Indigenous people have made tremendous strides in the creative professions over the years...Like everything that we have endured over the past few hundred years, Native American artists continue to adapt and evolve." - Ben-Alex Dupris

"In order to have true change on a global scale, we need unity among all peoples and ethnicities that are affected by racial oppression to recognize and honor each others’ fights unconditionally, while being allies to one another." - Chad Charlie

"The ongoing systemic attempt to erase Indigenous peoples through division has deep roots in the foundation of government and most western constructs, including storytelling. As a Cherokee filmmaker and journalist, this is a reality I know to be true." - Taylor Hensel

"In my recent NIW interview with Peter Seligmann (CEO of Nia Tero, Board Chair for Conservation International), I had an epiphany when I heard him speak about the difference in perspective on the forest by Indigenous Peoples of the Pacific Northwest versus a Westerner."

The first-ever Nature Champions Summit in Montreal brought together major philanthropists, business leaders, non-governmental organizations, United Nations agencies, Indigenous leaders and environment ministers from around the world to build a high-ambition coalition and drive global nature protection forward.