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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 20, 2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Rapid City, SD<\/strong> \u2013 Today, at the start of Earth Week, NDN Collective<\/a> announced the launch of the LANDBACK Action Network (LAN) \u2013 a growing network of Indigenous people, organizations, grassroots groups, Tribal Nations, multiracial movement organizations, community members, organizers and accomplices working together to strengthen the LANDBACK movement and towards the collective liberation for all people and Mother Earth.

Alongside the announcement of the network itself, LAN today is also launching the new landback.org<\/a>, a public storytelling platform where members of the network will offer insight, opportunities, and calls to action. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earth Week originally began with Earth Day<\/a> in 1970 in response to the rapid industrial development that was poisoning the planet and going virtually unchecked. Earth Day led to the creation of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by the end of the year and to the Clean Water Act just two years later. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But for Indigenous Peoples, every day is Earth Day, and has been for thousands of years. And with the regulatory infrastructure of the EPA completely gutted and now committed to<\/a> \u201cdriving a dagger straight into the heart of the climate change religion,\u201d the fragility of the federal safeguards and accountability mechanisms for environmental protections have never been more clear. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re launching the LANDBACK Action Network to break the isolation that authoritarianism thrives in by connecting Indigenous people across Turtle Island, Oceania, and beyond,\u201d said Nick Tilsen, founder and CEO of NDN Collective. <\/strong>\u201cThe network will catalyze LANDBACK as an expansive theory of liberation that includes building infrastructure for land-based Indigenous practices like food sovereignty, language restoration, cultural and spiritual reconnection, and ecological restoration.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThese times demand organized, united, expansive movements and formations to advance solutions and shape shared agendas while advancing a just and equitable future,\u201d said Nicole Yanes, Membership Manager at NDN Collective. <\/strong>\u201cColonial forces rely on our isolation. But when we come together, we build collective power. That\u2019s the work of the LANDBACK Action Network.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, NDN Collective has been in relationship with over 1,400 Indigenous organizers, organizations, Tribal Nations, and communities actively working on LANDBACK for their people, as well as non-Indigenous individuals and institutions supporting the LANDBACK movement. The LAN is built on that existing robust, connective foundation. It will function as a secure platform to strengthen and expand the reach and power of the LANDBACK movement by connecting, mobilizing, resourcing, and supporting people and organizations committed to returning land to its rightful stewards. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To make the work of LANDBACK sustainable, the LAN will also function as a vital resource for organizers navigating moments of state violence, climate disaster, or displacement. The LAN will function as a hub for both coordinated rapid response and long-term political power to ensure the work can continue far into the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rapid City, Dakota del Sur <\/strong>\u2013 Hoy, al inicio de la Semana de la Tierra, NDN Collective anunci\u00f3 el lanzamiento de la Red de Acci\u00f3n LANDBACK (LAN), en crecimiento de pueblos ind\u00edgenas, organizaciones, colectivos de base, naciones tribales, organizaciones de movimientos multirraciales, miembros de la comunidad, organizadores y aliados que trabajan juntos para fortalecer el movimiento LANDBACK y avanzar hacia la liberaci\u00f3n colectiva de todas las personas y de la Madre Tierra.La mejor traducci\u00f3n para LANDBACK es en las palabras de Emiliano Zapata \u201cTierra y Libertad\u201d. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Junto con el anuncio de la red, LAN tambi\u00e9n lanza hoy el nuevo sitio web landback.org<\/strong>, una plataforma p\u00fablica de narrativas donde integrantes de la red compartir\u00e1n perspectivas, oportunidades y llamados a la acci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

La Semana de la Tierra comenz\u00f3 originalmente con el D\u00eda de la Tierra en 1970, como respuesta al r\u00e1pido desarrollo industrial que estaba contaminando el planeta sin control. El D\u00eda de la Tierra llev\u00f3 a la creaci\u00f3n de la Agencia de Protecci\u00f3n Ambiental de Estados Unidos (EPA) ese mismo a\u00f1o, y a la aprobaci\u00f3n de la Ley de Agua Limpia apenas dos a\u00f1os despu\u00e9s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pero para los pueblos Ind\u00edgenas, cada d\u00eda es el D\u00eda de la Tierra, y lo ha sido durante miles de a\u00f1os. Y con la infraestructura regulatoria de la EPA debilitada y ahora orientada a desmantelar la acci\u00f3n clim\u00e1tica, la fragilidad de las protecciones ambientales federales y de los mecanismos de rendici\u00f3n de cuentas nunca ha sido tan evidente.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEstamos lanzando la Red de Acci\u00f3n LANDBACK para romper el aislamiento del que se alimentan los autoritarismos, conectando a pueblos Ind\u00edgenas a lo largo de la Isla Tortuga, Ocean\u00eda y m\u00e1s all\u00e1\u201d, dijo Nick Tilsen, fundador y director ejecutivo de NDN Collective. \u201cLa red impulsar\u00e1 LANDBACK como una teor\u00eda amplia de liberaci\u00f3n que incluye la construcci\u00f3n de infraestructura para pr\u00e1cticas ind\u00edgenas basadas en la tierra, como la soberan\u00eda alimentaria, la revitalizaci\u00f3n de lenguas, la reconexi\u00f3n cultural y espiritual, y la restauraci\u00f3n ecol\u00f3gica\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEstos tiempos exigen movimientos organizados, unidos y amplios para impulsar soluciones y construir agendas compartidas, avanzando hacia un futuro justo y equitativo\u201d, dijo Nicole Yanes, gerente de membres\u00eda en NDN Collective. \u201cLas fuerzas coloniales dependen de nuestro aislamiento. Pero cuando nos unimos, construimos poder colectivo. Ese es el trabajo de la Red de Acci\u00f3n LANDBACK\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Desde su creaci\u00f3n, NDN Collective ha mantenido relaci\u00f3n con m\u00e1s de 1,400 organizadores Ind\u00edgenas, organizaciones, pueblos Indigenas y comunidades que trabajan activamente en LANDBACK para sus pueblos, as\u00ed como con personas e instituciones no ind\u00edgenas que apoyan el movimiento. La LAN se construye sobre esta s\u00f3lida base de conexi\u00f3n ya existente.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Funcionar\u00e1 como una plataforma segura para fortalecer y ampliar el alcance y el poder del movimiento LANDBACK mediante la conexi\u00f3n, movilizaci\u00f3n, provisi\u00f3n de recursos y apoyo a personas y organizaciones comprometidas con la devoluci\u00f3n de tierras a sus leg\u00edtimos guardianes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Para garantizar la sostenibilidad del trabajo de LANDBACK, la red tambi\u00e9n funcionar\u00e1 como un recurso clave para organizadores que enfrentan momentos de violencia estatal, desastres clim\u00e1ticos o desplazamiento. Servir\u00e1 como un centro tanto para respuestas r\u00e1pidas coordinadas como para la construcci\u00f3n de poder pol\u00edtico a largo plazo, asegurando que este trabajo contin\u00fae hacia el futuro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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NDN Collective<\/em><\/a> is an Indigenous-led organization dedicated to building Indigenous power. Through organizing, activism, philanthropy, grantmaking, capacity-building, and narrative change, we are creating sustainable solutions on Indigenous terms.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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