Grist: In Canada, Indigenous advocates argue that mining companies violate the rights of nature

Frank Bibeau, Tribal Attorney and director of our Tribal Rights of Nature Program, explains how tribes see “rights inherent in nature.” He describes how he represented manoomin, or wild rice, to protect and enforce its rights in the White Earth Tribal Court.

Read the Grist article in full here, and learn how the rights of nature are continually being violated by mining and other industries, and how Ecuador, Tribal Nations, and others are responding.