Description

As Executive Director of the Indigenous Environmental Network, Tom B.K. Goldtooth has spent decades organizing across Turtle Island and internationally to confront climate change, pollution, and extractivism from an Indigenous and environmental justice perspective. His leadership emphasizes building sustainable Indigenous communities grounded in traditional knowledge systems and advancing frameworks like Rights of Mother Earth within global climate negotiations and social movements. Serving on the Executive Committee of the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature and as a board member of organizations such as Movement Rights, he brings Indigenous perspectives directly into RoN discourse, weaving together spiritual, cultural, and political dimensions of ecological governance.

Basic Information

• Full Name: Tom B.K. Goldtooth
• Professional Title(s): Executive Director, Indigenous Environmental Network
• Current Affiliation(s): Indigenous Environmental Network; Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature; Movement Rights
• Location(s): Turtle Island / North America

Professional Background

• Expertise Area(s): Indigenous environmental and climate justice; economic justice; Rights of Mother Earth
• Specialization(s): Integrating traditional ecological knowledge with global RoN and climate advocacy

Contact Information

• Website: Often profiled via Indigenous Environmental Network and allied organizations
• Social Media: Public-facing through IEN campaigns, talks, and interviews