Occupy talks: Indigenous perspectives on the Occupy movement -- Tom B.K. Goldtooth | rabble.ca

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Occupy talks: Indigenous perspectives on the Occupy movement -- Tom B.K. Goldtooth | rabble.ca: Tom B.K. Goldtooth is the Executive Director of the Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN), headquartered at Bemidji, Minnesota. A social change activist within the Native American community for over 30 years, he has become an environmental and economic justice leader, locally, regionally, nationally and internationally. Tom co-produced an award winning documentary film, Drumbeat For Mother Earth, which addresses the affects of bio-accumulative chemicals on indigenous peoples, and is active with many environmental and social justice organizations besides IEN. Tom is a policy advisor on environmental protection, climate mitigation, and adaptation. Tom co-authored the REDD Booklet on the risks of REDD within indigenous territories and a member of the International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change -- the indigenous caucus within the UNFCCC.