Featuring Melina Laboucan Massimo is Lubicon Cree from Northern Alberta, Canada and she is the Founder and Executive Director of Sacred Earth and co-founder of Indigenous Climate ActionHosted by Dr. Jeff Ganohalidoh Corntassel of Cherokee Nation, Co-Principal Investigator of Borders in Globalization (BIG LAB) - Indigenous InternationalismsMiyowapan/Melina Laboucan-Massimo from the Lubicon Lake Cree Nation in Northern Alberta is the Founder and Executive Director of Sacred Earth Solar and co-founder of Indigenous Climate Action. In this episode, Melina and Jeff discuss her inspiration in working with Indigenous peoples globally to promote environmental justice, as well as her groundbreaking project installing solar panels in her community for her M.A. thesis in the Indigenous Governance department at UVic.Melina also discusses her lifelong work, with her community, in resisting the onslaught of oil, gas, tar sands, and fracking in her homelands of Lubicon Lake Cree Nation. She also discusses her tireless work to stop violence against Indigenous women, girls, and Two-Spirit peoples with the creation of a community-led database called “no more silence”: No More Silence (https://itstartswithus-mmiw.com/). You can follow Melina's work at @sacredearthorg on IG, @sacredearthorg.bsky, social on Blue Sky and Sacred Earth on Facebook.0:49 Melina Bio2:27 Melina Intro4:19 What does Indigenous Internationalism mean to Melina? 7:28 The start of Melina's journey into climate activism14:32 Who are some of Melina's influential people?21:06 Sacred Earth and solar project36:20 Just Energy Transition Guide 42:27 "Power to the People" Documentary series53:52 How are you sharing your knowledge of climate action with future generations?57:50 What does Indigenous liberation look like to Melina?More from Borders in Globalization:Subscribe: http://bit.ly/2AL0HbOFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/BordersInGlobalization/Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/BIG_UVicLinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/company/bordersinglobalization