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Members of the Indigenous Environmental Network surrounded by cameras and microphones. They are speaking to a white man in a suit.
IEN and the Council of Canadians present a letter to the Canadian ambassador (2011). (Photo: Flickr/Milan Ilnyckyj)

The Indigenous Environmental Network is founded.

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IEN and the Council of Canadians present a letter to the Canadian ambassador (2011). (Photo: Flickr/Milan Ilnyckyj)

Attendees at a national grassroots gathering for Native youth and leadership come together to form the Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN): "to discuss our common experiences regarding environmental assaults on our lands, waters, communities and village" (IEN, n.d.).

They continue to convene annual Protecting Mother Earth Gatherings that focus on tribal sovereignty, maintaining respectful relationships with the natural world, and undoing the destruction caused by colonization and the colonial world view.