Indigenous Rights

7 Directions of Service (7DS) is an Indigenous-led organization rooted in environmental justice and grassroots power, operating on the ancestral homelands of the Occaneechi-Saponi in rural North Carolina.

Our mission is to protect Sacred Places, advocate for the legal recognition of Rights of Nature, and establish a land, language, and cultural center grounded in traditional Yesah teachings. Through educational and cultural programming, community projects and civic engagement, 7DS is an essential force of coalition-building and cultural shift towards environmental justice and Indigenous visions of the future.

We are committed to serving as a powerful voice for the lands, waters, and the interconnected more-than-human world.

The Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN), established in 1990 by Indigenous communities across North America, advances environmental, climate, energy, and food justice through Indigenous-led action, advocating for systemic change, Just Transition, and Indigenous-based Green New Deal policies rooted in self-determination, treaty rights, and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

https://lptv.org/indigenous-environmental-network-celebrates-roots-shoots-seeds-in-bemidji/

https://www.bemidjipioneer.com/news/local/indigenous-perspectives-shed-light-on-climate-changes-impact-on-health-culture