Rights of Indigenous People and the Environment

I have worked with many organizations and individuals to support indigenous people in North America and around the world, including through research, volunteer work and travel to indigenous communities.  I have worked with the Big Mountain Legal Defense/Offense Committee, the International Indian Treaty Council (including attending the 1991 International Conference in Artic Village, Alaska), the Native American Rights Fund, and as a staff attorney for the Sovereign Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi under Chief Homer St. Francis.   In the early 1990’s, I, with the support of dozens of volunteer experts and Abenaki community members, successfully protected through litigation before the Vermont Water Resources Board, an environmentally and culturally important 400-acre wetland in Swanton, Vermont, changing it from a subdivision to the protected “Grandma Lampman’s Land” that it remains today.   Service to the environment and our indigenous relatives remains a priority for my legal work today.