Editing Winona LaDuke

{{short description|Author and activist (born 1959)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Winona LaDuke
| image              = Winona laduke 2.jpg
| caption            = LaDuke in 2021
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1959|8|18}}
| birth_place        = [[Los Angeles]], California, U.S.
| death_date         =
| death_place        =
| parents            = [[Betty LaDuke]], [[Sun Bear (author)|Sun Bear]]
| party              = [[Green Party of the United States|Green]]
| education          = [[Harvard University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[Antioch University]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]])
}}
'''Winona LaDuke''' (born August 18, 1959) is an American environmentalist, writer, and industrial [[hemp]] grower, known for her work on tribal land claims and preservation, as well as sustainable development.<ref name="DN-Dec7-18">{{cite AV media |people=Amy Goodman, Winona LaDuke |date=December 7, 2018 |title=Interview with Winona LaDuke |url=https://www.democracynow.org/2018/12/7/winona_laduke_calls_for_indigenous_led |access-date=March 3, 2021 |time=15:20 |publisher=[[Democracy Now!]]}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

In [[1996 United States presidential election|1996]] and [[2000 United States presidential election|2000]], she ran for [[Vice President of the United States|vice president of the United States]] as the nominee of the [[Green Party of the United States]], on a ticket headed by [[Ralph Nader]]. Until 2023 she was the executive director and a co-founder (along with the [[Indigo Girls]]) of [[Honor the Earth]], a Native environmental advocacy organization that played an active role in the [[Dakota Access Pipeline protests]].<ref name=NoDAPL>{{cite news |url=https://www.laprogressive.com/protesting-dakota-access-pipeline/|title=What Would Sitting Bull Do?|date=August 25, 2016|access-date=November 17, 2016|first=Winona|last=LaDuke|newspaper=La Progressive |archive-date=December 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204134135/https://www.laprogressive.com/protesting-dakota-access-pipeline/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In [[2016 United States presidential election|2016]], she received an [[Faithless electors in the 2016 United States presidential election#Recorded faithless electors|electoral vote]] for vice president. In doing so, she became the first [[Green Party (United States)|Green Party]] member to receive an electoral vote.

==Early life and education==
[[File:Winona laduke.jpg|thumb|Winona LaDuke in earlier years]]
Winona (meaning "first daughter" in [[Dakota language]]) LaDuke was born in 1959 in Los Angeles, California, to [[Betty LaDuke|Betty Bernstein]] and Vincent LaDuke (later known as [[Sun Bear (author)|Sun Bear]]).<ref name="Ritter">{{cite web |url=https://archive.today/20131227025140/http://www.citypages.com/2000-10-11/news/the-party-crasher/3/ |title=Peter Ritter, "The Party Crasher" |work=Minneapolis News |date=October 11, 2000}}</ref> Her father was from the [[Ojibwe]] [[White Earth Reservation]] in [[Minnesota]], and her mother of Jewish European ancestry from [[The Bronx|The Bronx, New York]]. LaDuke spent some of her childhood in Los Angeles, but was primarily raised in [[Ashland, Oregon]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wweek.com/editorial/3237/7789|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060827152733/http://www.wweek.com/editorial/3237/7789|url-status=dead|title=Willamette Week &#124; "Winona Laduke" &#124; July 19th, 2006<!-- Bot generated title -->|archive-date=August 27, 2006}}</ref> Due to her father's heritage, she was enrolled at birth with the White Earth Nation, but did not live at [[White Earth Indian Reservation|White Earth]], or any other reservation, until 1982. She started work at White Earth after graduating from college when she got a job there as principal of the high school.<ref name="Ritter"/>

After her parents married, Vincent LaDuke worked as an actor in Hollywood in supporting roles in [[Western movie]]s, while Betty LaDuke completed her academic studies. The couple separated when Winona was five, and her mother took a position as an art instructor at Southern Oregon College, now [[Southern Oregon University]] at [[Ashland, Oregon|Ashland]], then a small logging and college town near the California border.<ref name="Ritter"/> In the 1980s, Vincent reinvented himself as a [[New Age]] spiritual leader by the name Sun Bear.<ref name="Ritter"/>

While growing up in Ashland, LaDuke attended public school and was on the debate team in high school. She attended [[Harvard University]], where she joined a group of Indigenous activists, and graduated in 1982 with a Bachelor of Arts in economics (rural economic development).<ref name="Ritter"/> When she moved to White Earth, she did not know the [[Ojibwe language]], or many people, and was not quickly accepted. While working as the principal of the local Minnesota reservation high school, she completed research for her master's thesis on the reservation's subsistence economy and became involved in local issues. She completed an M.A. in [[community economic development]] through [[Antioch University]]'s distance-learning program.<ref name="Ritter"/>

==Career and activism==
[[File:Reception (4099192018) (cropped).jpg|thumb|LaDuke in 2009]]
While attending Harvard, LaDuke heard a presentation by [[Jimmie Durham]] that she said "shook something loose" in her and changed her life. She worked for Durham, investigating the effects of uranium mining in [[Navajo]] reservations.<ref name="contemporaryauthors">{{cite book |title=Contemporary Authors |date=2002 |publisher=Gale Group: Thomson Learning |pages=256–258 |edition=Volume 100 |url=http://web.sbu.edu/friedsam/laduke/winona_laduke_contemporary_authors.pdf}}</ref> After graduating, she moved to her father's community at White Earth, where she found work as the high school principal. In 1985 she helped found the [[Indigenous Women's Network]]. She worked with [[Women of All Red Nations]] to publicize American [[Forced sterilization in the United States|forced sterilization]] of Native American women.

Next she became involved in the struggle to recover lands for the [[Anishinaabe]]. An 1867 treaty with the United States provided a territory of more than 860,000 acres for the [[White Earth Indian Reservation]]. Under the [[Nelson Act of 1889]], an attempt to have the Anishinaabe assimilate by adopting a European-American model of subsistence farming, communal tribal land was allotted to individual households. The US classified any excess land as surplus, allowing it to be sold to non-natives. In addition, many Anishinaabe sold their land individually over the years; these factors caused the tribe to lose control of most of its land. By the mid-20th century, the tribe held only one-tenth of the land in its reservation.<ref name="Ritter"/>

===White Earth Land Recovery Project===
In 1989, LaDuke founded the [[White Earth Land Recovery Project]] (WELRP) in Minnesota with the proceeds of a human rights award from [[Reebok]]. Its goal is to buy back land in the reservation that non-Natives bought and to create enterprises that provide work to Anishinaabe. By 2000, the foundation had bought 1,200 acres, which it held in a conservation trust for eventual cession to the tribe.<ref name="Ritter"/> WELRP also works to reforest the land and revive cultivation of [[wild rice]], long a traditional Ojibwe food. It markets that and other traditional products, including [[hominy]], jam, buffalo sausage, and other products. It has started an [[Ojibwe language|Ojibwe]] language program, a herd of [[American Bison|buffalo]], and a wind-energy project.<ref name="Ritter"/> It produces and sells traditional foods and crafts through its label, Native Harvest.<ref name=NPR-Rice>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4165045&from=mobile |title=Ricing Time: Harvesting on the Lakes of White Earth |work=[[National Public Radio]] |date=November 12, 2004}}{{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706144654/https://www.npr.org/2004/11/12/4165045/ricing-time-harvesting-on-the-lakes-of-white-earth?from=mobile |date=July 6, 2022}}</ref> [[The Evergreen State College]] class of 2014 chose LaDuke as its commencement speaker. She delivered her address at the school on June 13, 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.theolympian.com/news/local/article26071081.html |title=The Evergreen State College graduates nearly 1,300 students |first=Lisa |last=Pemberton |website=theolympian |language=en |access-date=April 19, 2019 |archive-date=July 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706144733/https://account.theolympian.com/paywall/subscriber-only?resume=26071081&intcid=ab_archive |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Honor the Earth, 1993-2023===
LaDuke was also the executive director of [[Honor the Earth]], an organization she co-founded with the non-Native folk-rock duo the [[Indigo Girls]] in 1993. Honor the Earth is a national advocacy group encouraging public support and funding for Native environmental groups. It works nationally and internationally on issues of [[climate change]], [[renewable energy]], [[sustainable development]], food systems and [[environmental justice]]. Members of Honor the Earth were active in the [[Dakota Access Pipeline protests]].<ref name=NoDAPL/> As of 2016, the organization's mission was:

<blockquote>to create awareness and support for Native environmental issues and to develop needed financial and political resources for the survival of sustainable Native communities. Honor the Earth develops these resources by using music, the arts, the media, and Indigenous wisdom to ask people to recognize our joint dependency on the Earth and be a voice for those not heard.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.honorearth.org/about |title=About Us |work=Honor The Earth |access-date=2017-04-15 |archive-date=April 16, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170416125314/http://www.honorearth.org/about |url-status=live}}</ref></blockquote>

On March 30, 2023, the [[Becker County, Minnesota]], District Court ordered Honor the Earth and LaDuke to pay a former employee $750,000 in damages in a sexual harassment and abuse complaint, based on actions from 2015. LaDuke resigned from the organization on April 5, 2023, acknowledging her failure to protect victims of sexual harassment.<ref>Bowe, Nathan. [https://www.dl-online.com/news/local/honor-the-earth-ordered-to-pay-750-000-in-civil-suit-1 Honor the Earth ordered to pay $750,000 in civil suit], [[Forum Communications Company]]: ''Detroit Lakes Tribune'', April 3, 2023.</ref>

===Political career, 1996-2016===
[[File:Winona_LaDuke.png|thumb|Winona La Duke speaking at Intellectual House, [[University of Washington]], 2018]]
In 1996 and 2000, LaDuke ran as the vice-presidential candidate with [[Ralph Nader]] on the [[Green Party of the United States|Green Party]] ticket. She was not endorsed by any tribal council or other tribal government.{{Citation needed|date=April 2021}} LaDuke endorsed the Democratic Party ticket for president and vice-president in 2004,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/ictarchives/2004/10/20/winona-laduke-endorsement-of-john-kerry-for-president-94117 |title=Winona LaDuke endorsement of John Kerry for president |date=October 20, 2004 |access-date=October 22, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224112402/http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/ictarchives/2004/10/20/winona-laduke-endorsement-of-john-kerry-for-president-94117 |archive-date=December 24, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> 2008,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.minnpost.com/politics-policy/2008/05/laduke-and-lessons-she-learned-nader |title=LaDuke and the lessons she learned with Nader |publisher=Minnesota Post|date=May 22, 2008 |access-date=October 22, 2012 |archive-date=October 16, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016022706/http://www.minnpost.com/politics-policy/2008/05/laduke-and-lessons-she-learned-nader |url-status=live}}</ref> and 2012.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/puvzO5vjesw Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20120927183813/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puvzO5vjesw&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puvzO5vjesw|title=Winona LaDuke on Presidential Politics (7:41)|website=[[YouTube]]|date=September 27, 2012 |access-date=October 22, 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In 2016, [[Robert Satiacum, Jr.]], a [[faithless electors in the United States presidential election, 2016|faithless elector]] from Washington, cast his presidential vote for Native American activist [[Faith Spotted Eagle]] and his vice-presidential vote for LaDuke, making her the first Green Party member and the first Native American woman to receive an [[Electoral College (United States)|Electoral College]] vote for vice president.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-faith-spotted-eagle-2016-story.html |title=How Faith Spotted Eagle became the first Native American to win an electoral vote for president |newspaper=LA Times |access-date=December 21, 2016 |archive-date=December 21, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221162741/http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-faith-spotted-eagle-2016-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2016, LaDuke was involved in the [[Dakota Access Pipeline protests]], participating at the [[resistance camps]] in North Dakota and speaking to the media on the issue.<ref name="DN-Sep4-16">{{cite AV media |people=Amy Goodman, Winona LaDuke |date=September 4, 2016 |title=Dakota Access Pipeline Company Attacks Native American Protesters with Dogs and Pepper Spray |url=https://www.democracynow.org/2016/9/4/dakota_access_pipeline_company_attacks_native |access-date=September 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180924112214/https://www.democracynow.org/2016/9/4/dakota_access_pipeline_company_attacks_native |archive-date=September 24, 2018 |publisher=[[Democracy Now!]]}}</ref>

At the July 2019 [[Audubon|National Audubon]] Convention in Milwaukee, LaDuke gave the keynote address with updates on efforts to stop the [[Sandpiper pipeline]], other pipelines, and other projects near Ojibwe waters and through the [[Leech Lake Indian Reservation|Leech Lake Reservation]]. She urged everyone to be [[water protector]]s and stand up for their rights.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/HGVjvLCAcrk Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20190918221116/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGVjvLCAcrk&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGVjvLCAcrk |title=Audubon Convention 2019: Opening Address. Winona LaDuke |date=August 8, 2019 |via=www.youtube.com}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In 2020 and 2021, she was a leader of [[Stop Line 3 protests|the protests]] against the [[Line 3 pipeline]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-05-31|title='They're Shoving A Pipe Down Our Throat': Inside Winona LaDuke's Fight Against Line 3 |url=https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2021/05/31/theyre-shoving-a-pipe-down-our-throat-inside-winona-ladukes-long-fight-against-line-3/ |access-date=2021-06-11 |language=en-US |archive-date=June 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210611192242/https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2021/05/31/theyre-shoving-a-pipe-down-our-throat-inside-winona-ladukes-long-fight-against-line-3/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |first1=Hannah |last1=Murphy |last2=Dunlea |first2=Reed |date=2020-04-23 |title=The Fight Against Minnesota's Line 3 Pipeline: Bill McKibben and Winona LaDuke in Conversation |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/minnesota-line-3-pipeline-winona-laduke-bill-mckibben-conversation-988155/ |access-date=2021-06-11 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US |archive-date=June 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210611192241/https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/minnesota-line-3-pipeline-winona-laduke-bill-mckibben-conversation-988155/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Fish |first1=Robin D. |title=LaDuke, Line 3 opponents stage first of 'weekly' protests at Enbridge office in Park Rapids |url=https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/business/energy-and-mining/6807500-LaDuke-Line-3-opponents-stage-first-of-weekly-protests-at-Enbridge-office-in-Park-Rapids |access-date=2021-06-11|website=Duluth News Tribune|date=December 19, 2020 |language=en |archive-date=June 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210611192251/https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/business/energy-and-mining/6807500-LaDuke-Line-3-opponents-stage-first-of-weekly-protests-at-Enbridge-office-in-Park-Rapids |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title="Not Having It": Winona LaDuke on Mass Protest by Water Protectors to Halt Line 3 Pipeline in Minnesota |url=https://www.democracynow.org/2021/6/8/line_3_protests_treaty_people_gathering |access-date=2021-06-11 |website=Democracy Now! |language=en |archive-date=June 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210611192438/https://www.democracynow.org/2021/6/8/line_3_protests_treaty_people_gathering |url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Hemp activism ===
As of 2018, LaDuke operated a 40-acre (16 ha) industrial [[hemp]] farm on the White Earth Indian Reservation, growing hemp varieties from different regions of the world,<ref>{{Cite web|title=In These Times- The Renaissance of Tribal Hemp|date=April 21, 2018 |url=http://inthesetimes.com/rural-america/entry/21083/industrial-hemp-native-american-tribes-winona-laduke|access-date=October 19, 2018|archive-date=July 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706144724/https://inthesetimes.com/article/industrial-hemp-native-american-tribes-winona-laduke|url-status=live}}</ref> vegetables and tobacco.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-07-14 |title=Winona LaDuke announces her Hemp and Heritage Farm is coming alive - IndianCountryToday.com |url=https://newsmaven.io/indiancountrytoday/news/winona-laduke-announces-her-hemp-and-heritage-farm-is-coming-alive-_iMHVEHjEkObJeMqKOxIZA/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190413132044/https://newsmaven.io/indiancountrytoday/news/winona-laduke-announces-her-hemp-and-heritage-farm-is-coming-alive-_iMHVEHjEkObJeMqKOxIZA/ |archive-date=April 13, 2019 |access-date=October 19, 2018 |work=IndianCountryToday.com |language=en-US}}</ref> She has said that she turned to industrial hemp farming after being urged to investigate the practice for several years and advocates its potential to turn the American economy away from fossil fuels.<ref name="startrib">{{Cite web |date=2020-06-22 |title=Intelligent and idealistic, Winona LaDuke turns to hemp farming, solar power to jump-start the 'next economy' |url=https://www.startribune.com/intelligent-and-idealistic-winona-laduke-turns-to-hemp-farming-solar-power-to-jump-start-the-next-economy/571418762/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021135917/https://www.startribune.com/intelligent-and-idealistic-winona-laduke-turns-to-hemp-farming-solar-power-to-jump-start-the-next-economy/571418762/ |archive-date=October 21, 2020 |access-date=October 17, 2020 |website=Star Tribune}}</ref> LaDuke has promoted the growth of both marijuana and industrial hemp on Indigenous tribal lands for financial profit and the localization of the economy.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hess Scholar in Residence Winona LaDuke Says We Must Take the "Green Path" to Restore Our Environment and Economy|url=https://www1.cuny.edu/mu/forum/2020/10/14/hess-scholar-in-residence-winona-laduke-says-we-must-take-the-green-path-to-restore-our-environment-and-economy/|access-date=October 17, 2020|website=CUNY Newswire|language=en|archive-date=July 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706144731/https://www1.cuny.edu/mu/forum/2020/10/14/hess-scholar-in-residence-winona-laduke-says-we-must-take-the-green-path-to-restore-our-environment-and-economy/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Winona LaDuke: Consider marijuana and hemp in Indian Country|url=https://www.indianz.com/News/2015/03/05/winona-laduke-consider-marijua.asp|access-date=October 17, 2020|website=Indianz|archive-date=April 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419151913/https://www.indianz.com/News/2015/03/05/winona-laduke-consider-marijua.asp|url-status=live}}</ref> Her position can be considered controversial given experiences of other reservations, such as the [[Oglala|Oglala Sioux Tribe]], who were raided by the DEA in relation to hemp farming.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indianz.com/News/2015/03/05/winona-laduke-consider-marijua.asp|title=Winona LaDuke: Consider Marijuana and Hemp for Indian Country|date=March 5, 2015|website=Indianz|access-date=October 19, 2018|archive-date=October 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181020011705/https://www.indianz.com/News/2015/03/05/winona-laduke-consider-marijua.asp|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Personal life==
In 1988, LaDuke married Randy Kapashesit of [[Moose Factory]], Ontario, Canada. They had two children before separating in 1992.<ref>{{cite news |title=A Great Chief, Randy Kapashesit, Passes On |url=https://ictnews.org/archive/a-great-chief-randy-kapashesit-passes-on |agency=ICT News |date=May 13, 2012}}</ref><ref name="contemporaryauthors"/> Their daughter, Waseyabin, is on the staff of the [[Giiwedinong Treaty Rights and Culture Museum]] that opened in [[Park Rapids, Minnesota]] in 2023.<ref name="startrib" /><ref>{{cite web |title=About – Giiwedinong Treaty Rights and Culture Museum |url=https://giiwedinong.org/about |access-date=3 April 2025}}</ref> Their son, Ajuawak, is a writer, actor, and director known for his appearances in ''[[Indian Horse (film)|Indian Horse]]'', ''[[Ahockalypse]]'', ''[[Once Upon A River (film)|Once Upon A River]]'', and ''[[Indian Road Trip]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Building bridges through story: Ajuawak Kapashesit on playing with genre, the power of story, and making action figure movies as a kid |url=https://minnesotanativenews.org/anishinaabe-harrison-ford-ajuawak-kapashesit-on-playing-with-genre-the-power-of-story-and-making-action-figure-movies-as-a-kid%EF%BF%BC/ |agency=Minnesota Native News |date=December 5, 2024}}</ref>

LaDuke's third biological child, with her partner Kevin Gasco, was born in 1999, and she also has three adopted children.<ref name="startrib" /> On November 9, 2008, LaDuke's house in [[Ponsford, Minnesota]], burned down while she was in Boston. No one was injured, but all her personal property burned, including her extensive library and Indigenous art and artifact collection.<ref>{{cite web| title = Winona LaDuke to rebuild home destroyed by fire| publisher = [[News from Indian Country]]| date = November 17, 2008| url = http://indiancountrynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5035&Itemid=1| access-date = November 17, 2008| archive-date = August 28, 2018| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180828001834/http://indiancountrynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5035&Itemid=1| url-status = live}}</ref>

==Selected publications==
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===Books===
* [https://books.google.com/books/about/Last_Standing_Woman.html?id=lEWVyk0LtQkC ''Last Standing Woman''] (1997), novel.
* ''All our Relations: Native Struggles for Land and Life'' (1999), about the drive to reclaim tribal land for ownership
* ''The Sugar Bush'' (1999)
* ''The Winona LaDuke Reader: A Collection of Essential Writings'' (2002)
* ''Recovering the Sacred: the Power of Naming and Claiming'' (2005), a book about traditional beliefs and practices.
* ''The Militarization of Indian Country'' (2013)
* ''All Our Relations: Native Struggles for Land and Life'' (2016)
* ''To Be A Water Protector: The Rise of the Wiindigoo Slayers'' (2020)

===As co-author===
* ''Conquest: Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide''
* ''Grassroots: A Field Guide for Feminist Activism''
* ''Sister Nations: Native American Women Writers on Community''
* ''Struggle for the Land: Native North American Resistance to Genocide, Ecocide, and Colonization''
* ''Cutting Corporate Welfare''
* ''Ojibwe Waasa Inaabidaa: We Look in All Directions''
* ''New Perspectives on Environmental Justice: Gender, Sexuality, and Activism''
* ''Make a Beautiful Way: The Wisdom of Native American Women''
* ''How to Say I Love You in Indian''
* ''Earth Meets Spirit: A Photographic Journey Through the Sacred Landscape''
* ''Otter Tail Review: Stories, Essays and Poems from Minnesota's Heartland''
* ''Daughters of Mother Earth: The Wisdom of Native American Women''

Her editorials and essays have been published in national and international media.

==Filmography==
Television and film appearances:
* Appearance in the 1997 documentary film ''Anthem'', directed by Shainee Gabel and [[Kristin Hahn]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.womenspeecharchive.org/women/profile/index.cfm?ProfileID=423|title=Winona LaDuke|last=Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics|date=2017|website=Iowa State University Archives of Women's Political Communication|access-date=January 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170201235852/http://www.womenspeecharchive.org/women/profile/index.cfm?ProfileID=423|archive-date=February 1, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118626/ | title=Anthem | website=[[IMDb]] }}</ref>
* Appearance in the 1990 Canadian documentary film ''Uranium'', directed by Magnus Isacsson.<ref>{{Citation|last=Canada|first=National Film Board of|title=Uranium|url=https://www.nfb.ca/film/uranium/|language=en|access-date=January 5, 2020|archive-date=January 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114053858/http://www.nfb.ca/film/uranium/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Appearance in the TV documentary ''The Main Stream''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.womenspeecharchive.org/women/profile/index.cfm?ProfileID=423|title=Winona LaDuke – Women's Political Communication Archives|last=globalreach.com|first=Global Reach Internet Productions, LLC – Ames, IA -|website=www.womenspeecharchive.org|access-date=January 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170201235852/http://www.womenspeecharchive.org/women/profile/index.cfm?ProfileID=423|archive-date=February 1, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Appearance on ''[[The Colbert Report]]'' on June 12, 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/173622/june-12-2008/winona-laduke |title=LaDuke on ''The Colbert Report'' |work=colbertnation.com}}{{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100704035101/http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/173622/june-12-2008/winona-laduke |date=July 4, 2010 }}</ref>
* Featured in 2017 full-length documentary ''First Daughter and the Black Snake'', directed by [[Keri Pickett]]. Chronicles LaDuke's opposition against the Canadian-owned [[Enbridge]] plans to route a pipeline through land granted to her tribe in an 1855 Treaty.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.walkerart.org/filmvideo/2016/09/15/winona-laduke-enbridge-standing-rock-keri-pickett/ |title=Urgent Cinema: Winona LaDuke and the Enbridge Pipeline |publisher=Walker Art Center |access-date=February 22, 2017 |archive-date=February 23, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170223035611/http://blogs.walkerart.org/filmvideo/2016/09/15/winona-laduke-enbridge-standing-rock-keri-pickett/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Legacy and honors==
* 1994, LaDuke was nominated by ''[[Time magazine]]'' as one of America's fifty most promising leaders under forty years of age.
* 1996, she was given the [[Thomas Merton Award]]
* 1997, she was granted the BIHA Community Service Award
* 1998, she won the [[Reebok Human Rights Award]].
* 1998, ''[[Ms. Magazine]]'' named her Woman of the Year for her work with Honor the Earth.
* Ann Bancroft Award for Women's Leadership Fellowship.
* 2007, she was inducted into the [[National Women's Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.womenofthehall.org/inductee/winona-laduke/ |title=LaDuke, Winona |work=[[National Women's Hall of Fame]]}} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201103842/https://www.womenofthehall.org/inductee/winona-laduke/ |date=February 1, 2021 }}</ref>
* 2015, she received an honorary doctorate degree from [[Augsburg College]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.augsburg.edu/commencement/details/saturday/|title=Day Undergraduate Ceremony – Commencement|access-date=January 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160630000245/http://www.augsburg.edu/commencement/details/saturday/|archive-date=June 30, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 2017, she received the Alice and Clifford Spendlove Prize in Social Justice, Diplomacy and Tolerance, at the [[University of California, Merced]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ucmerced.edu/news/2017/indigenous-activist-winona-laduke-wins-spendlove-prize|title=Indigenous Activist Winona LaDuke Wins Spendlove Prize – UC Merced|website=www.ucmerced.edu|access-date=January 5, 2018|archive-date=March 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180309064031/https://www.ucmerced.edu/news/2017/indigenous-activist-winona-laduke-wins-spendlove-prize|url-status=live}}</ref>
* 2020, she was a keynote speaker at Verdical Group's annual [[Net Zero Conference]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=hello@verdicalgroup.com |date=2023-09-29 |title=Honoring Past Keynote Speakers and Trailblazer Award Winners |url=https://netzeroconference.com/honoring-past-keynote-speakers-and-trailblazer-award-winners/ |access-date=2024-09-06 |website=Net Zero Conference |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Electoral history==
===1996 election===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; line-height:1.2"
|+ [[1996 United States presidential election]]
|-
! colspan=2| Presidential candidate<br><small>Vice presidential candidate</small>
! Party
! Popular<br>votes
! %
! Electoral votes
|-
|style=background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}} |
| align=left|[[Bill Clinton]] {{small|([[incumbent]])}}<br>{{small|[[Al Gore]]}}
| align=left|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| 47,401,185
| 49.24%
| '''379'''
|-
|style=background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}} |
| align=left|[[Bob Dole]]<br>{{small|[[Jack Kemp]]}}
| align=left|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| 39,197,469
| 40.71%
| 159
|-
|style=background:{{party color|Reform Party (United States)}} |
| align=left|[[Ross Perot]]<br>{{small|[[Pat Choate]]}}
| align=left|[[Reform Party (United States)|Reform]]
| 8,085,294
| 8.40%
| 0
|-
|style=background:{{party color|Green Party (United States)}} |
| align=left|[[Ralph Nader]]<br>{{small|Winona LaDuke}}
| align=left|[[Green Party (United States)|Green]]
| 685,297
| 0.71%
| 0
|-
|style=background:{{party color|Libertarian Party (United States)}} |
| align=left|[[Harry Browne]]<br>{{small|[[Jo Jorgensen]]}}
| align=left|[[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]]
| 485,759
| 0.50%
| 0
|-
|bgcolor=#C0C0C0|
| colspan=2 align=left|Others
| 411,993
| 0.43%
| 0
|-
! colspan=3 {{left}} Total
! {{right}} 96,277,634
! {{right}} 100%
! {{right}} 538
|}

===2000 election===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; line-height:1.2"
|+ [[2000 United States presidential election]]
|-
! colspan=2| Presidential candidate<br><small>Vice presidential candidate</small>
! Party
! Popular<br>votes
! %
! Electoral votes
|-
|style=background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}} |
| align=left|[[Al Gore]]<br>{{small| [[Joe Lieberman]]}}
| align=left|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| 50,999,897
| 48.4%
| 266
|-
|style=background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}} |
| align=left|[[George W. Bush]]<br>{{small|[[Dick Cheney]]}}
| align=left|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| 50,456,002
| 47.87%
| '''271'''
|-
|style=background:{{party color|Green Party (United States)}} |
| align=left|[[Ralph Nader]]<br>{{small|Winona LaDuke}}
| align=left|[[Green Party (United States)|Green]]
| 2,882,955
| 2.74%
| 0
|-
|style=background:{{party color|Reform Party (United States)}} |
| align=left|[[Pat Buchanan]]<br>{{small|[[Ezola Foster]]}}
| align=left|[[Reform Party (United States)|Reform]]
| 448,895
| 0.43%
| 0
|-
|style=background:{{party color|Libertarian Party (United States)}} |
| align=left|[[Harry Browne]]<br>{{small|[[Art Olivier]]}}
| align=left|[[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]]
| 384,431
| 0.36%
| 0
|-
|bgcolor=#C0C0C0|
| colspan=2 align=left|Others
| 232,920
| 0.22%
| {{small|''(abstention)''}} 1
|-
! colspan=3 {{left}} Total
! {{right}} 105,421,423
! {{right}} 100%
! {{right}} 538
|}

===2016 election===
'''Electoral vote for vice president'''
{| style="width:100%; text-align:center"
|+ ↓

|- style="color:white"
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}; width:42.19%" | '''227'''
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}; width:0.37%" | '''3'''
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}; width:0.19%" | '''1'''
| style="background:{{party color|Green Party (United States)}}; width:0.19%" | '''1'''
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}; width:0.19%" | '''1'''
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}; width:0.19%" | '''1'''
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}; width:56.69%" | '''305'''

|-
| style="color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" | '''Kaine'''
| style="color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" | '''Warren'''
| style="color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" | '''Cantwell'''
| style="color:{{party color|Green Party (United States)}}" | '''LaDuke'''
| style="color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" | '''Collins'''
| style="color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" | '''Fiorina'''
| style="color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" | '''Pence'''

|}

==See also==
* [[List of Indigenous writers of the Americas]]

==References==
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==Further reading==
* Andrews, Max (Ed.), ''Land, Art: A Cultural Ecology Handbook''. London, Royal Society of Arts, 2006, {{ISBN|978-0-901469-57-1}}. Interview with Winona LaDuke

==External links==
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* [http://honorearth.org/ Honor the Earth], Official Website
* {{C-SPAN|36473}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090503121319/http://nativeharvest.com/winona_laduke Winona LaDuke] at nativeharvest.com
* [http://voices.cla.umn.edu/artistpages/laduke_winona.php Winona LaDuke], ''Voices from the Gap'', [[University of Minnesota]]
* {{Oregon Encyclopedia|laduke_winona|Winona LaDuke (1959–)|author=Cedar-Face, Mary Jane}}
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmdQRsvR_Xs|LaDuke VP Acceptance Speech], 1996 Green Party Convention
* "[https://web.archive.org/web/20020606115616/http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/07/13/laduke/index.html Nader's No. 2]" at ''[[Salon.com]]'' (July 13, 2000)
* [http://www.thepromisedland.org/episode/9-winona-laduke Winona LaDuke interview] with [[Majora Carter]] of [[The Promised Land (radio)|''The Promised Land'' radio show]] (2000)
* {{IMDb name|id=0480632|name=Winona LaDuke}}
* [https://scua.uoregon.edu/repositories/2/resources/3421 Winona LaDuke papers] at University of Oregon Libraries Special Collections and University Archives

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