The Red Nation

Founded at	Albuquerque, New Mexico
Type	Advocacy group
Purpose	Liberation of Indigenous peoples
Website	therednation.org

The Red Nation is a Native American advocacy group that focuses on decolonisation and anti-capitalism as means to liberate Indigenous peoples.

In 2021, in response to the Green New Deal, the group published the Red Deal, a proposal designed to supplement the Green New Deal and place Indigenous peoples and their lands at the centre of climate change action.

Organization

The Red Nation is a group of a Native American activists and scholars, including co-founder Nick Estes.^[1] The group is run entirely by volunteers.^[2]

The group is based in Albuquerque, New Mexico.^[3] Its principles of unity were ratified on August 10, 2018.^[4]

Activities

The group advocates for the abolition of borders.^[5] In 2021, responding to the Green New Deal, the group proposed the Red Deal, which states that the solution to the climate crisis must centre around Indigenous peoples and the land they should own.^[1][6][7][8] The group proposed the Red Deal as a set of additional steps that should be taken in addition to the Green New Deal proposals.^[1]

The Red Nation operate a podcast.^[9]

Selected publications

• The Red Deal: Indigenous Action to Save Our Earth, 2021, Common Notions Press, (ISBN 9781942173434)

References

External links

• Official website