Activism > Indigenous Rights Archives

Lyn Warren

Aboriginal Australian Elder using her own experiences to help and educate others.

Pacheedaht activist Harriet Nahanee made headlines in 2006 when the septuagenarian was arrested by Vancouver police protesting a highway expansion that would damage Eagleridge Bluffs land and ecosystems, in preparation for the 2010 Olympics.

Lillian Moyer

Tahltan elder Lillian Moyer was 67 when she was arrested in 2006 in northern British Columbia and a First Nations blockade that had been preventing a mining company from exploring the Todagin Plateau for copper and gold.

Dr Laila B Haglund

Laila Haglund was an archaeologist who played a significant role in the framing of legislative protection for Aboriginal sites in Australia.

Dolores Batista

Tarahumara poet, essayist, translator, and social activist.

Gladys Dorothy O’Shane

Australian political activist for the rights of Indigenous people

Elizabeth McKenzie Hatton

In her work with Aboriginal girls and for Aboriginal human rights, she showed a leadership beyond that suggested by the evangelical tradition she came from.

Nahnebahwequay

1800s Ojibwa spokeswoman

Anne Fraser Bon

Scottish-Australian philanthropist

Leanne Miller

Leanne Miller has made significant contributions to the welfare of Aboriginal communities in Victoria, Australia.