Tara Houska

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Tribal Attorney, Indigenous Rights Activist & Founder of Not Your Mascots

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Tara Houska Biography

Tara Houska is a citizen of Couchiching First Nation, a tribal attorney, land defender, environmental and Indigenous rights advocate, and founder of the Giniw Collective, an Indigenous women, two-spirit-led frontline resistance to defend the sacred and live in balance. Houska was active in resisting the Line 3 oil pipeline, the Dakota Access pipeline, and is heavily involved in the movement to reclaim Land Back and in defunding fossil fuels.

She is a TED speaker, the recipient of the 2021 American Climate Leadership Award and the 2019 Rachel’s Network Catalyst Award. Houska served as an advisor on Native American affairs to Senator Bernie Sanders, and co-founded Not Your Mascots, a non-profit committed to promoting positive representation of Native Americans in the public sphere. She has written for the women-led climate anthology “All We Can Save,” the New York Times, CNN, Vogue, and Indian Country Today.

Houska earned a Bachelor of Science, a Bachelor of Arts, and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Minnesota.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 06/24/2024.

Tara Houska Videos

  • Tara Houska | The Last Holders
    Tara Houska is a tribal rights attorney in Washington DC. She’s also former Director at Honor the Earth, the indigenous environmental justice group.
  • The Standing Rock Resistance | Tara Houska
    Still invisible and often an afterthought, indigenous peoples are uniting to protect the world's water, lands and history -- while trying to heal...
  • Tara Houska Shares The Biggest Risk She's Ever Taken | Ask An ...

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