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Olin College of Engineering, Office of IDEA Fall Keynote Speaker, (October 30, 2023), https://fwoportal.olin.edu/ICS/ (“The Office of IDEA welcomes Dr. Michelle Cook as our fall keynote speaker! Dr. Cook is an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation and born of the Honághááhnii (One Who Walks Around You) Clan. In 2015, Dr. Cook received her Juris Doctorate (J.D.) from the University of New Mexico School of Law with a certificate in Federal Indian law. In 2022, she received her Doctorate of Juridical Science (S.J.D.) at the University of Arizona's Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program. Dr. Cook engages in public advocacy and speaking around human rights and environmental justice.” )

Brenda Norrell (2023) Dine’ Marcus Mitchell Shot in the Eye at Standing Rock -- Holding the Cops Responsible. Available at: https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2023/09/dine-marcus-mitchell-shot-in-eye-at.html?fbclid=IwAR3jpPzjE58AedjNGpvN9Qu9Y7GS10IVphT_EkP5LKlya_LKRDXuIAHNF0Y (Accessed: 25 September 2023). (“Dr. Michelle Cook, Dine', director of Divest Invest Protect said, "After seven long years, we are still here supporting our relatives and Water Protectors. We continue to stand and support as we have from the beginning and we will continue until this case is resolved. We are proud of Mr. Mitchell's spiritual discipline and courage to take these steps for all of us towards justice against police brutality, violations of Treaty rights, and for the protection of water.")

Violence on the Land is Violence on our Bodies”: Appalachian Frontline Women’s Divestment Delegation Highlights Dangers of Mountain Valley Pipeline in Meeting with UBS Bank, WECAN (September 6, 2023), https://www.wecaninternational.org/PressReleases/%E2%80%9CViolence-on-the-Land-is-Violence-on-our-Bodies%E2%80%9D%3A-Appalachian-Frontline-Women%E2%80%99s-Divestment-Delegation-Highlights-Dangers-of-Mountain-Valley-Pipeline-in-Meeting-with-UBS-Bank?fbclid=IwAR0ppw5tcoXjAw41jK0QtCnAnuZKNpLQ4_WTk1OaKk5-DB4qwJOLU95V31k

Brenda Norrell (2023) Bvlbancha Liberation Radio: Live from Houma Lands Today. Available at: https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2023/09/bvlbancha-liberation-radio-live-from.html?fbclid=IwAR3XgHF9wYNdgCa4BMEejcGgj3wILFBOqThAm2z_sn1aBwlLddcXvaB976M (Accessed: 25 September 2023). (“Radio magic, once again! Govinda Dalton and Michelle Cook helped the local community launch a new grassroots radio station, powered with solar panels. Good food, and good friends in the traditional homelands of Houma, and in New Orleans. We were sort of underground radio when we worked together to create Standing Rock Spirit Resistance Radio in August of 2016. Now, those radio files from Oceti Sakowin tell the story, the voices of the people. Govinda arrived at Standing Rock, with little money, in a borrowed van, and Michelle started out in a dilapidated tent. They were welcomed by Wasté Win Young. While they broadcast live, we circulated radio copies of the interviews to radio stations throughout the U.S. and around the world, maintaining followers on a global scale. Now, we share these photos from the new Bvlbancha Liberation Radio from Houma traditional land, on the Gulf Coast. Thanks to Michelle Cook, Dine', for sharing her photos! -- Brenda, Censored News. https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/.../bvlbancha-liberation...”)

NowThis Politics, How Indigenous People Lead the Fight Against Climate Change, NowThis (August 2022), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8PZWVGuQK8

Brown University, Cohen Gallery, The Beads That Bought Manhattan: The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Wampum Belt, Brown University (Sept 8, 2021-Oct. 24, 2021), https://arts.brown.edu/events-exhibitions/view/cohen-gallery

Cultural Survival, Indigenous Right Radio: A Modern Declaration Weaved Into An Ancient Custom: The UNDRIP Wampum Belt (December 2021), https://rights.culturalsurvival.org/modern-declaration-weaved-ancient-custom-undrip-wampum-belt

WECAN, Civil Society Organizations Host a Series of Workshops for Financial Institutions to Align with the Paris Climate Agreement (March 9, 2021), https://www.wecaninternational.org/PressReleases/Civil-Society-Organizations-Host-a-Series-of-Workshops-for-Financial-Institutions-to-Align-with-the-Paris-Climate-Agreement?fbclid=IwAR22fLqoSHFdQIc0qtJX499MfCnArB-DpAq3X2ex1oxV19owJR7mWHK8x0o

WECAN,  Indigenous Women Leaders and Partners to Hold Workshops with BlackRock Representatives (March 4, 2021), https://www.wecaninternational.org/PressReleases/Indigenous-Women-Leaders-and-Partners-to-Hold-Workshops-with-BlackRock-Representatives?fbclid=IwAR3FxkEvS7gKNV-_BpPEjJ0Sc4bkY9H7I61xR3hcPTW0cBrQHJCw8HXavDI

WECAN, Women’s Delegation Will Demand Stronger Action for Human Rights and Climate from Global Banks at Equator Principles Association Consultation (July 23, 2019), https://www.wecaninternational.org/PressReleases/Women%E2%80%99s-Delegation-Will-Demand-Stronger-Action-for-Human-Rights-and-Climate-from-Global-Banks-at-Equator-Principles-Association-Consultation

WECAN, Indigenous Women’s Delegation Takes Fossil Fuel Divestment Demands To New York City and Washington D.C., (October 9, 2018), https://wecaninternational.org/news/1977/press-release_-indigenous-women%E2%80%99s-delegation-takes-fossil-fuel-divestment-demands_to-new-york-city-and-washington-d.c

WECAN, Indigenous Women’s Delegation To Europe Continues to Push For Fossil Fuel Divestment By Major Banks (April 18, 2018), http://wecaninternational.org/news/1892/press-release_-indigenous-women%E2%80%99s-delegation-to-europe-continues-push-for-fossil-fuel-divestment-by-major-banks

Kim Madia, Indigenous Women’s Divestment Delegations Re-Occupy Europe, Cultural Survival (June 3, 2019), https://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural-survival-quarterly/indigenous-womens-divestment-delegations-re-occupy-europe

Beverly Bell, What We Want for 2018: The Biggest Movement Leaders Envision the Changes Ahead, Yes Magazine (Jan. 5, 2018), http://www.yesmagazine.org/people-power/what-we-want-for-2018-the-biggest-movement-leaders-envision-the-changes-ahead-2018010

Kim Madia, Divest, Invest, and Protect, Indigenous Women Lead Divestment Campaign, Cultural Survival Quarterly (March 2018), https://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural-survival-quarterly/divest-invest-protect-indigenous-women-lead-divestment

Shannan Stoll, Why Native American Women Are Going After Europe’s Banks to Divest From Big Oil, Yes! Magazine (Oct. 21, 2017), http://www.yesmagazine.org/planet/indigenous-womens-divestment-delegation-10212017

Gwladys Fouche, Native Americans to meet Norway's wealth fund watchdog over pipeline, Reuters (March 27, 2017), http://www.reuters.com/article/us-northdakota-pipeline-norway-swf-idUSKBN16Y0YK

WECAN, Norwegian Oil Fund Recommends Divesting $37 Billion From Oil and Gas Industry After Meeting Standing Rock Activists in Ongoing Global Divestment Push, WECAN (Nov. 20, 2017), http://wecaninternational.org/news/1839/press-release_-norwegian-oil-fund-recommends-divesting-$37-billion-from-oil-and-gas-industry-after-meeting-standing-rock-activists-in-ongoing-global-divestment-push

WECAN, Indigenous Women’s Delegation Pursues Fossil Fuel Divestment Across Europe, Amidst Growing Global Movement, WECAN (October 17, 2017), http://wecaninternational.org/news/1782/press-release_-indigenous-women%E2%80%99s-delegation-pursues-fossil-fuel-divestment-across-europe-amidst-growing-global-movement

WECAN, Indigenous Women’s Divestment Delegation to Norway, WECAN (March 2017), http://wecaninternational.org/uploads/cke_images/SPOKESWOMEN---Indigenous-Women-s-Divestment-Delegation-to-Norway-4-24.pdf

WECAN, Indigenous Women of Standing Rock and Allies to Speak Out, During Divestment Delegation to Norway, WECAN (March 24, 2017),  http://wecaninternational.org/news/1668/press-release_-indigenous-women-of-standing-rock-and-allies-to-speak-out-during-divestment-delegation-to-norway

Switzerland: Dakota Access Pipeline - Credit Suisse kommt Kritikern etwas entgegen (2019). Available at: https://www.srf.ch/news/wirtschaft/dakota-access-pipeline-credit-suisse-kommt-kritikern-etwas-entgegen

Perry Wheeler, Largest Bank in Norway Sells Its Assets in Dakota Access Pipeline, Greenpeace (November 17, 2016). Available at: https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/news/largest-bank-norway-sells-assets-dakota-access-pipeline/

Norway: okt. 2017 – Oddasat - nyheter på samisk (2017). Available at: https://tv.nrk.no/serie/oddasat-tv/201710/SANY70100217/avspiller

Osprey Orielle Lake, Emily Arasim, 15 Indigenous Women on the Frontlines of the Dakota Access Pipeline Resistance, ECO Watch ( October 29, 2016), https://www.ecowatch.com/indigenous-women-dakota-access-pipeline-2069613663.html