Winona LaDuke

Winona LaDuke is a stoner hippie from florida (1959 - ) is a Native American activist, environmentalist, economist, and writer. In 1996 and 2000, she ran for election to the office of Vice President of the United States as the nominee of the United States Green Party, on the ticket headed by Ralph Nader. To suggest a relevant news story for the main page, refer to the criteria then add your suggestion at the candidates page. ... Winona LaDuke The copyright status of this work is difficult or impossible to determine. ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... An Atsina named Assiniboin Boy Photo by Edward S. Curtis. ... Activism, in a general sense, can be described as intentional action to bring about social or political change. ... Bold textHello ... An economist is an individual who studies, develops, and applies theories and concepts from economics, and writes about economic policy. ... The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... The Vice President of the United States is the second-highest executive official of the United States government. ... In American politics, the Green Party is a third party which has been active in some areas since the 1980s, but first gained widespread public attention for Ralph Naders presidential runs in 1996 and 2000. ... Ralph Nader Ralph Nader (born February 27, 1934) is a political activist. ...

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LaDuke was born in Los Angeles, California to Vincent and Betty LaDuke. Her father was an Anishinaabeg (Ojibwe or "Chippewa") from an Indian reservation of Minnesota. He was reportedly an actor with supporting roles in Western movies, an activist and a writer. Her mother was a Jewish artist, employed as an art professor at the Southern Oregon University. This article is about the largest city in California. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  - Total   - Width   - Length    - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 3rd 158,302 sq mi  410,000 km² 250 miles  400 km 770 miles  1,240 km 4. ... Anishinaabe is a self-description often used by people belonging to the indigenous Odawa, Ojibwe, and Algonkin peoples of North America, who share closely related Algonkian languages. ... For other uses of Chippewa, see Chippewa (disambiguation). ... For other uses of Chippewa, see Chippewa (disambiguation). ... In the United States an Indian reservation is land which is managed by a Native American tribe under the United States Department of the Interiors Bureau of Indian Affairs. ... Official language(s) None Capital Saint Paul Largest city Minneapolis Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 12th 225,365 km² 400 km 645 km 8. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Broncho Billy Anderson, from The Great Train Robbery The Western movie is one of the classic American film genres. ... Activism, in a general sense, can be described as intentional action to bring about social or political change. ... The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... Jews (Hebrew: יהודים, Yehudim) are followers of Judaism or, more generally, members of the Jewish people (also known as the Jewish nation, or the Children of Israel), an ethno-religious group descended from the ancient Israelites and converts who joined their religion. ... Look up Artist in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Venus de Milo exhibited in the Louvre museum, France. ... A professor (Latin: one who claims publicly to be an expert) (or prof for short) is a senior teacher, lecturer and/or researcher usually employed by a college or university. ... Southern Oregon University is a university in Ashland, Oregon. ...

Winona was raised on the West Coast of the United States, but after graduating from Harvard in 1982 with a degree in native economic development, she accepted a job as principal of the high school of the White Earth Ojibwe reservation in Minnesota. She soon became an activist, involved in the struggle to recover lands promised to the Ojibwe by a 1867 treaty. She helped the Ojibwe buy back thousands of acres of ancestral land. Regional definitions vary from source to source. ... Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Official language(s) None Capital Saint Paul Largest city Minneapolis Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 12th 225,365 km² 400 km 645 km 8. ... 1867 (MDCCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

LaDuke was named Woman of the Year by Ms. Magazine in 1997 and won the Reebok Human Rights Award in 1998. She is the founder of the White Earth Land Recovery Project in Minnesota, the Indigenous Women's Network, and the Honor the Earth Fund. magazine Ms. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII in Roman) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Reebok International Limited (NYSE: RBK) is a Fortune 500 company and producer of athletic footwear, apparel, and accessories. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Official language(s) None Capital Saint Paul Largest city Minneapolis Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 12th 225,365 km² 400 km 645 km 8. ...

LaDuke is the author of the novel Last Standing Woman (1997), and the non-fiction book All our Relations: Native Struggles for Land and Life (1999). 1997 (MCMXCVII in Roman) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

She appeared in the Documentary film Anthem, directed by Shainee Gabel and Kristin Hahn. The film was first released in the United States on July 25, 1997. Both directors were awarded by the 1997 Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival. Winona also appeared in the TV documentary The Main Stream, first released on December 17, 2002. The film was directed by Roger Weisberg who is better known for winning the 2002 Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject as director of Why Can't We Be a Family Again?. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... July 25 is the 206th day (207th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 159 days remaining. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII in Roman) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... December 17 is the 351st day of the year (352nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... For the Cusco album, see 2002 (album). ... This is a list of films that have received an Oscar and nomination for best documentary short subject. ...

LaDuke appeared as an actor in the film Skins, first released on January 14, 2002. The film depicted the problems of unemployment, alcoholism and domestic violence within the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation through the eyes of two Lakota Sioux Native American brothers. The main fictional characters were police detective Rudy Yellow Lodge (Eric Schweig) and his brother Mogie Yellow Lodge ( Graham Greene) the latter with an apparent tendency toward self-destruction. Winona played secondary character Rose Two Buffalo. The film was awarded the 2003 Prism Award. Graham Green won the Best Actor Award of the 2002 Tokyo International Film Festival and was nominated for a Best Male Lead award in the 2003 Independent Spirit Awards. January 14 is the 14th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Cusco album, see 2002 (album). ... In economics, a person who is able and willing to work at prevailing wage rate yet is unable to find a paying job is considered unemployed. ... Alcoholism is the compulsive consumption of alcohol. ... Domestic violence occurs when a family member, partner or ex-partner attempts to physically or psychologically dominate or harm the other. ... Oglala Sioux tribal flag Pine Ridge Indian Reservation is an Oglala, Lakota Native American reservation located in the U.S. state of South Dakota. ... Eddie Plenty Holes, a Sioux Indian photographed about 1899. ... The Sioux (also: Lakota) are a Native American people. ... A fictional character is any person who appears in a work of fiction. ... A detective is an investigator, either a member of a police agency or a private person. ... Eric Schweig (born on 19 June 1967 in Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada) is a Canadian actor best known for his role as Uncas in the 1992 film The Last of the Mohicans. ... Graham Greene Graham Greene (born June 22, 1952) is a Canadian actor. ... TIFF was established in 1985, and celebrates its 18th anniversary this year. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Founded in 1984, the Independent Spirit Awards were originally known as the FINDIE (Friends of Independents) Awards and presented winners with Plexiglas pyramids containing suspended shoestrings representing the paltry budgets of independent films. ...

In the 2004 primary elections, LaDuke endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich. She later endorsed John Kerry for president in the general election. The Democratic Party is one of the two major political parties in the United States, the other one being the Republican Party. ... Dennis John Kucinich (Kucinić in Croatian) (born October 8, 1946) is an American politician of the Democratic party. ... John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is the junior United States Senator from Massachusetts. ...

LaDuke is the mother of five.

Quote

• "There is no social-change fairy. There is only change made by the hands of individuals."
• "We don't want a bigger piece of the pie. We want a different pie."

Resources

• Montgomery, Alicia. "Nader's No. 2" (July 13, 2000). Salon.com.
• Walljasper, Jay. "Celebrating Hellraisers: Winona LaDuke" (January/February 1996). Mother Jones magazine.

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See also

• Renewable energy
• Local food
• Fair trade

Renewable energy (sources) or RES capture their energy from existing flows of energy, from on-going natural processes, such as sunshine, wind, flowing water, biological processes, and geothermal heat flows. ... Local food (also regional food) is a principle of sustainability relying on consumption of food products that are locally grown. ... Fair trade products shown at XI Unctad. ...

External links

• Winona LaDuke's biography at the White Earth Land Recovery Project official web site
• Winona LaDuke at The Internet Movie Database