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Movement Rights Movement Rights—aligning human laws with the laws of the Natural World since 2014.

Movement Rights mission is to work with Indigenous tribes and communities to align human laws and culture with the laws of the natural world in the time of climate chaos. We work to elevate the voice of Indigenous people at the UN, community meetings, regulatory hearings, and more. We work with national and global climate allies, sovereign Indigenous Nations and communities. We are in the streets, in the news and in the courts, providing research and reports, convening strategic gatherings, and providing practical support to Indigenous communities working to recognize Indigenous Rights and the Rights of Nature. We have helped thousands of people connect the dots between the critical time we find ourselves in and the solutions that Indigenous people have always known: human activity must take place within the natural system of laws that govern life on Earth. Globally RON (or other words recognizing legal standing for ecosystems) is law in over a dozen countries. It is no coincidence that these efforts mostly led by Indigenous peoples because this is the work of undoing colonial notions of nature as property—as separate from human beings. Mainstream law and culture nearly everywhere says humans are owners of nature and as such we can destroy it for profit—colonialism is the story of separation. Indigenous wisdom understands humans are just one part of nature, not above it. And even in modern culture with our cell phones and supermarkets, Indigenous cosmology and Rights of Nature are not about living in the past—it is about living into the future, living in balance with the Earth’s offerings.

09/22/2026

THE BIRTH OF A HISTORIC ALLIANCE FOR WATER 💦 The Intertribal Rights of Rivers (IROR) 💦 Movement Rights and our hosts the Ponca PaThaTa and IROR Convenor Casey Camp Horinek were honored to gather 70 Indigenous water protectors from 40 tribal nations at the Ponca Earthen Lodge for 3 days of ceremony & strategy on behalf of the rivers and all water bodies that unite us and give us life. We were honored to be welcomed with words of wisdom and kindness by Ponca Tribal Chairman Earl Trey Howe.

Together, on the banks of the Coyote Creek in record Oklahoma temperatures that hovered around 105 degrees we prayed together, shared traditions, histories, victories and challenges in protecting sacred water from AI data centers, fossil fuels and more across Turtle Island.

Together we can bring strength to each other’s communities. Together we can rise like the water, flow like water and as one we are water 💧 On the third day we voted to formally launch the Intertribal Rights of Rivers Alliance. Follow Movement Rights for more information.

We gratefully thank
Casey Camp Horinek for hosting us on her land, IROR coordinator, Julia Horinek for leading us, the Camp family for feeding and making us comfortable and we thank our sponsors including TIDES WE LEAD, Bioneers, WEA, RAN, Earth Guardians and Cultural Survival. More news to come!

The GARN Indigenous Council Global Meeting & Celebration of the Intertribal Rights of Rivers brought us together during ...
09/21/2026

The GARN Indigenous Council Global Meeting & Celebration of the Intertribal Rights of Rivers brought us together during New York Climate Week to celebrate Indigenous leadership, the Rights of Rivers and our shared responsibilities to water. 💧

Grateful to gather in relationship and carry this work forward together for sacred waters, Mother Earth and future generations.

Proudly co-hosted by Pa’thata, WECAN (WECAN International), the GARN Indigenous Council (Indigenous Council GARN) (GARN - Rights of Nature 🌿) and Movement Rights (.rights)

Beautiful photos taken at the Inaugural Rights of Rivers Alliance Gathering by Way of the Sacred Mountain. Gratitude.
09/21/2026

Beautiful photos taken at the Inaugural Rights of Rivers Alliance Gathering by Way of the Sacred Mountain. Gratitude.

Planting willows at the Inaugural Rights of Rivers Alliance Gathering. Photos taken by Way of the Sacred Mountain
09/21/2026

Planting willows at the Inaugural Rights of Rivers Alliance Gathering. Photos taken by Way of the Sacred Mountain

09/21/2026

From Ponca Homelands to New York Climate Week. 💧

Following the inaugural Intertribal Rights of Rivers Alliance Gathering, Casey Camp-Horinek Casey Camp-Horinek is carrying the conversation forward at the GARN Indigenous Council Global Meeting & Celebration of the Intertribal Rights of Rivers during New York Climate Week.

Hosted in Ponca Homelands by Pa’thata and Movement Rights, the inaugural gathering brought us together in ceremony and relationship to honor the Rights of Rivers and explore the possibility of an intertribal alliance.

Through our time together, a shared path forward emerged: the creation of the Intertribal Rights of Rivers Alliance.
This week, we carry that work forward in New York, grounded in our responsibilities to water, Mother Earth and future generations.

The New York Climate Week event is proudly co-hosted by Pa’thata, WECAN (WECAN International), the GARN Indigenous Council (Indigenous Council GARN) (GARN - Rights of Nature 🌿) and Movement Rights (.rights).

The Intertribal Rights of Rivers Alliance Inaugural Gathering brought us together in Ponca Homelands to honor the Rights...
09/20/2026

The Intertribal Rights of Rivers Alliance Inaugural Gathering brought us together in Ponca Homelands to honor the Rights of Rivers and explore the possibility of an intertribal alliance rooted in the protection of sacred waters.

Co-hosted by Movement Rights and Pa’thata, the gathering was rooted in ceremony, relationship and our shared responsibility to water. Casey Camp-Horinek Casey Camp-Horinek welcomed us into Ponca Homelands, grounding our time together in the understanding of water as a living relative and the responsibilities we carry to protect her.

From there, we shared knowledge, listened to the many perspectives brought into the circle and explored what it means to recognize Rivers as living relatives with inherent rights.

We are deeply grateful to everyone who traveled and shared their voices, experiences and wisdom. This time together was an opportunity to learn and strengthen relationships as we imagine what may be possible for the Rights of Rivers and future generations.

Thank you to everyone who attended and supported this gathering, with special gratitude to our co-host Pa’thata and the sponsors who helped make this gathering possible. Bioneers Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples Women's Earth Alliance TIDES

Today we celebrate the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Women and Girls, we honor the strength, wisdom and le...
09/05/2026

Today we celebrate the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Women and Girls, we honor the strength, wisdom and leadership of Indigenous women and girls everywhere.

At Movement Rights, we are grateful to work alongside incredible Indigenous women who carry forward knowledge passed through generations, and remind us that we are not separate from nature, we are nature.

Today and every day, we celebrate the Indigenous women within Movement Rights and around the world.

09/04/2026

Rights of Nature asks us to shift how we understand our relationship with the natural world, moving away from ownership and toward relationship, responsibility and interconnectedness. What Indigenous Peoples have always known since time immemorial. 

💧 “Water doesn’t need us to save her – she needs us to remember we are her.”— Casey Camp-Horinek Casey Camp-Horinek

(Elder and Environmental Ambassador for the Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma, Drumkeeper of the Ponca Pa’thata Women’s Society and President of the Movement Rights Board of Directors)

08/31/2026

Speaking: Isabella Z**i (Isabella Z**i)
(Indigenous Community Organizer .rights)

This summer, Movement Rights launched an 8-week online Emerging Leaders cohort. More than 30 young Indigenous leaders joined from across North America and beyond.

Now, as the cohort comes to a close, the journey continues. Many Emerging Leaders will gather in Oklahoma this September for the Intertribal Rights of Rivers (IROR) Alliance gathering, building relationships, sharing knowledge, and strengthening the movement for the generations to come.

💕 If you’d like to help this work:
Support Indigenous Emerging Leaders: Donate to help sponsor travel to IROR or future Emerging Leaders training programs.

Isabella Z**i (Isabella Z**i) was recently interviewed on her advocacy for Rights of Nature as an Indigenous woman by Iv...
08/20/2026

Isabella Z**i (Isabella Z**i) was recently interviewed on her advocacy for Rights of Nature as an Indigenous woman by Ivy Vaino that will be available on Native Report early 2027. Stay tuned!

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