Indigenous People's Power Project

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Empowering Indigenous Communities

We Train

We provide Nonviolent Direct Action training to Indigenous communities and organizations that request support for their own unique direct action campaigns.

We Organize

We develop Indigenous Centered Curriculum and organize trainings, Action Camps, and other events that build capacity and empower Indigenous Communties.

We Support

We support all Indigenous communities, organizations, and Tribal Governments preserving their traditional way of life through the protection of their homelands.

We Build

We work collaboratively on the ground to build capacity, community, and connections in Indian Country, to sustain our traditional way of life for all future generations.

We Have the Power to Impact Our Future, and We’re Doing Something About It

The Indigenous Peoples Power Project (IP3) is a non-profit 501c3, nonviolent direct action training and support network advancing Indigenous communities ability to exercise their inherent right to environmental justice, cultural livelihood, and self determination. Formed in 2004 as a project of the Ruckus Society, IP3 graduated from NDN Collective’s fiscal sponsorship cohort and became a non-profit in June 2020. We continue to work across Turtle Island with communities that are most vulnerable to threats of ecological devastation and resource exploitation, and most poised to lead solution-oriented action.

Our mission is to provide nonviolent direct action training, campaign support, and community organizing tools to support Indigenous communities taking action in defense of their homelands.

Happening Now

Build Indigenous Power with IP3

Dec 2, 2024

This Giving Tuesday, get in the spirit of Building Indigenous Power with IP3! As Indigenous Peoples Power Project moves into the new year, we are raising funds to support IP3 training programs, the IP3 Landback Project, and capacity building to support our mission of...

News From IP3

Day Zero: Fresh Water Killed by Colonialism

Apr 18, 2023

At a recent gathering in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, the southern most state of Mexico, Indigenous Peoples Power Project came together in ceremony with Indigenous activists and thought leaders across the globe to discuss Autonomous Social Movements,...

President Biden Declares War on Alaskan Tribes and The Planet

Mar 15, 2023

As if tribes, Earth Defenders, and Climate Activists weren't already working around the clock to save the planet, the Biden Administration announced Monday the approval of the Willow Project, a massive eight billion dollar oil drilling project of ConocoPhillips on the...

The Land at The Center of Cop City and Why We Must Defend It

Mar 8, 2023

In September of 2021, the Atlanta City Council approved the construction of a controversial ninety million dollar, tax paid police training facility at the site of the Old Atlanta Prison Farm, an abandoned prison complex located in Atlanta's Weelaunee Forest (South...

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We Are Indigenous

And Mother Earth Is What Guides Us Forward

Our Top Priorities

We value the knowledge and experience that exists in Indigenous communities since time immemorial. As such, we don’t believe in parachute activism (when an individual or organization pops into a community). Parachute activisim can be harmful and dismissive of the knowledge and leadership that exists within that community. While it can be well intentioned, it is often a band aid that can be helpful in the short term, but in the long term may not build the capacity needed to address underlying issues. IP3 only goes where we are invited or our support is requested, and we work with local leadership to collectively determine how we can add value to, strengthen, and build capacity in their current work.

IP3 works to uplift our relatives protecting and defending our land, air, water, culture and sovereignty across Turtle Island. These are a just handful of ongoing challenges that Indigenous communities face here and internationally.

Environmental & Social Justice

For Indigenous communities, environmental and social justice are inherently connected. Our communities are among the first impacted by extractive industries, oil pipelines, mining, data centers, resource extraction, and are the most poised to lead solution oriented action.

Traditional Knowledge

Traditional Ecological Knowledge (ITK) is the knowledge and practices passed from generation to generation informed by cultural memories, connection to land, sensitivity to change, and values that include reciprocity with the understanding that Mother Earth is a living being.

Land Rematriation

At the core of our work is a deep connection to our traditional homelands. Through our conservation work on The Farm at Coyote Crossing, we are returning to traditional land practices and Indigenous stewardship. We achieve this by restoring our connection and relationship to the land.

Conservation

While rooted largely in Western scientific and institutional models, conservation is the preservation of biological diversity and management of natural resources. We collaborate with local partners to preserve land, water, and wildlife for the betterment of our neighbors and community.

Restorative Justice

Returning to traditional land practices and stewardship requires being in relationship with all our relations and each other. We value the knowledge and experience that exists in our communities, and rely on this knowledge for harm reduction, repair, and to realize our greatest potential in community.