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Dispatches from the Desert

The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is one of the world’s last untouched wild places. Now, much like public lands across the Southwest, it’s facing the greatest threats in decades. Members of the Gwich’in Nation, who […]

The Film Tour Begins

Members of the Gwich’in Nation traveled from communities in the U.S. and Canada to Arizona to ask for support in the ongoing fight to protect the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. James […]

Join the 2017 Gwich’in Film Tour

Members of the Gwich’in Nation, who have relied on the Arctic refuge for survival for millenia, are traveling from the Arctic across the desert Southwest to raise the alarm. The group will traverse four states in just over a week, showing the new Patagonia film The Refuge, and finding common ground with communities that depend on public lands.

Gwich’in Rising

March 22, 2017 Share the Arctic Refuge with the world today using the hashtags: #protectthearcticrefuge #gwichinrising . The Gwich’in Nation is asking our friends and Allies to take a day on March 22nd to help […]

Gwich’in Steering Committee “Honorary Gwich’in Award” is presented to Julie Mahler

Julie has been sharing and living the traditional subsistence lifestyle for 30 years she lives about 30 miles outside Fort Yukon. She has raised and taught her children the subsistence way of life; trapping; hunting; […]

A Tribute to Jonathon Solomon Sr.

“It is our belief that the future of the Gwich’in and the future of the caribou are the same. We cannot stand by and let them sell our children’s heritage to the oil companies.” Johathon […]

Protecting the Arctic Refuge

The Gwich’in Nation thanks President Obama on his consideration to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge-Coastal Plain