Interview with Tara Houska

Send us Fan Mail Tara Houska is a citizen of Couchiching First Nation, a tribal attorney, land defender, environmental and Indigenous rights defender. She is the founder of the Giniw Collective, an Indigenous women, two-spirit-led frontline resistance to defend the sacred and live in balance. Tara Houska has been active in resisting the Line 3 oil pipeline, the Dakota Access pipeline, and is involved in the movement to reclaim Land Back and in defunding fossil fuels. We chat to her about her journey as a human rights defender including the resistance to the Line 3 and Dakota Access pipelines, what drives her, what the earth means to her, and more. Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frontlinedefenders/