Vice President Sarah James is from Gwich’in Nation, Treasurer/ Secretary Pamela Smith is Eyak Athabaskan Native. Following a shooting at the Grand Gateway Hotel in Rapid City, South Dakota, hotel owner Connie Uhre made public comments on social media stating her intent to ban all Native Americans from the hotel and the attached Cheers Lounge, saying she can’t tell who is a bad Native or a good Native. Jade joins Native Conservancy’s entirely Native board: Our Founder and President, Dune Lankard, is an Eyak Athabaskan Native of the Eagle Clan, who grew up in one of the villages impacted by commercial fisheries and the Exxon Valdez oil spill. NDN Collective Calls for Closure of Mount Rushmore and for the Black Hills.

Jade has partnered with organizations like Resource Media, United Nations Universal Access Project, 350.org, Indigenous Environmental Network, Bioneers, Indigenous Climate Action, the Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network, Allied Media Projects, and Tribal Nations from the Arctic to the Amazon to create multimedia and build storytelling campaigns to mobilize, create more engagement and impact around issues like climate justice, Indigenous self-determination and environmental justice. She is a filmmaker, communications and narrative strategist, and an Indigenous rights and climate activist. October 2020s donation was diverted from the original intended recipient NDN Collective, to the Amistad Law Project in response to the unrest surrounding. Jade, who is Diné and Tesuque Pueblo of New Mexico, brings deep experience in the climate justice movement throughout Turtle Island and with Indigenous communities around the world. NDN Collective is a national organization dedicated to building Indigenous power. (Cordova, Alaska, January 18, 2020) – Native Conservancy, the first Native-owned, Native-led land trust in the US, is proud to welcome Native climate justice activist Jade Begay to our Board. Calling all Indigenous frontline organizers, action takers, and movement.

NDN Collective Climate Justice Campaign Director Jade Begay Joins Native Conservancy Board NDN Collective is a national organization dedicated to building Indigenous power.

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