Series: #IdleNoMore

For as much as the Keystone XL pipeline threatens indigenous communities, it has also connected them for a massive stand of resistance. More

In Hawaii, Monsanto has turned paradise into ground zero for chemical testing and food engineering, but thousands have decided to be idle no more.More

The celebratory energy of Idle No More and its round dances are helping build unity and group power in Utah, where resistance to tar sands mining will soon be needed.More

The Idle No More movement began quietly back in early October, when four aboriginal women held a teach-in in Saskatoon about the destructive effects of the Harper government’s omnibus budget Bill C-45.More

What began with four women organizing local teach-ins and rallies in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, last fall has grown into a global grassroots movement of indigenous and non-indigenous allies fighting for the sovereignty of indigenous people, the honoring of treaty rights, and the protection of land and water.More