Healing Turtle Island: Indigenous Leadership Through the Climate Crisis

Join the Native and Indigenous Caucus at Harvard Kennedy School, in partnership with the Belfer Center's Arctic Initiative, for a day-long hybrid convening to highlight Indigenous leadership in addressing the climate crisis.

Join the Native and Indigenous Caucus at Harvard Kennedy School, in partnership with the Belfer Center's Arctic Initiative, for a day-long hybrid convening to highlight Indigenous leadership in addressing the climate crisis.

Discussions of innovative approaches to the climate crisis held at Harvard Kennedy School rarely feature Indigenous approaches, and even fewer center Indigenous perspectives as the primary goal. 

To that end, the Native and Indigenous Caucus at Harvard Kennedy School, in partnership with the Belfer Center's Arctic Initiative, will hold a day-long hybrid convening to highlight Indigenous leadership in addressing the climate crisis. The event will bring together Indigenous leaders from across the globe to discuss the following:

1. How has the climate crisis uniquely affected Indigenous communities?
2. In what ways does an "Indigenous" approach to the climate crisis differ from non-Indigenous approaches? How does this differ across regions and communities?
3. What are examples of impactful activism by Indigenous writers, activists, government leaders, and youth? What can students and the broader HKS community learn from these examples?

Perspectives from the Arctic will be specifically featured in acknowledgment of the fact that Arctic Indigenous voices are often marginalized in broader climate conversations despite the crisis' disproportionate impact on Arctic communities. The event will highlight Arctic communities' extensive resistance knowledge and long-running efforts spanning decades. 

Visit the event page for more information. Registration is required. In-person attendance is limited to Harvard ID holders. Members of the public are welcome to attend virtually via Zoom.

Contacts: vhogg@hks.harvard.edu