Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights

December 11, 2009

VIDEO Gwich'in Sarah James: Protect the Arctic

CARIBOU PEOPLE: Sarah James, Gwin'in, descibes the need to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge with wilderness protection, at the Climate Summit in Copenhagen.
Sarah James is a Neets'aii Gwich'in from Arctic Village, Alaska, the northernmost Indian tribe in North America. James's community borders the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (A.N.W.R.). She is winner of the Goldman Environmental Prize 2002 and was inducted into the Women's Hall of Fame.
Video by Green Dig News/On You Tube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceAlyZ93A5U&feature=player_embedded

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