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Each week, One Earth is proud to feature a Climate Hero from around the globe, working to create a world where humanity and nature can thrive together.
Acclaimed activist, economist, writer, and environmental leader Winona LaDuke has dedicated her life to Indigenous land rights, cultural preservation, and sustainable development. Now, through Winona’s Hemp & Heritage Farm, she is blending traditional knowledge with regenerative agriculture to foster a more sustainable future.
Growing up between cultures and finding her roots
Winona, meaning “first daughter” in the Dakota language, was born in Los Angeles, California, and raised in Ashland, Oregon. Her father was from the White Earth Ojibwe Nation in Minnesota, while her mother’s family were Jewish immigrants from Europe. Though she was enrolled in the Ojibwe Nation at a young age, she did not grow up on the White Earth Reservation. It was only during her time at Harvard University, where she studied economics, that she became deeply involved in Indigenous activism.
Returning to White Earth and becoming an advocate
After graduating, LaDuke moved to the White Earth Reservation to work as a high school principal. Feeling like an outsider at first, she immersed herself in local issues, earning a Master's in Commun
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Winona LaDuke
Author and activist
Winona LaDuke (born August 18, 1959) is an American environmentalist, writer, and industrial hemp grower, known for her work on tribal land claims and preservation, as well as sustainable development.[1]
In 1996 and 2000, she ran for vice president of the United States as the nominee of the Green Party of the United States, on a ticket headed by Ralph Nader. Until 2023 she was the executive director and a co-founder (along with the Indigo Girls) of Honor the Earth, a Native environmental advocacy organization that played an active role in the Dakota Access Pipeline protests.[2]
In 2016, she received an electoral vote for vice president. In doing so, she became the first Green Party member to receive an electoral vote.
Early life and education
[edit]Winona (meaning "first daughter" in Dakota language) LaDuke was born in 1959 in Los Angeles, California, to Betty Bernstein and Vincent LaDuke (later known as Sun Bear).[3] Her father was from the OjibweWhite Earth Reservation in Minnesota, and her mother of Jewish European ancestry from The Bronx, New York. LaDuke spent some of her childhood in Los Angeles, but was primarily raised in Ashland, Oregon.[4] Due to her father's heritage, she was en