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Eriel Deranger
Eriel Tchekwie Deranger (born 1979) is a Dënesųłiné indigenous rights activist and climate activist. She is executive director of Indigenous Climate Action. CareerDeranger worked as communications coordinator for the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation beginning in 2011.[1] She has also worked for Rainforest Action Network and Sierra Club Canada.[2] Her work and activism has focused on the recognition of the sovereignty of the indigenous people of the Treaty 8 area of Canada.[3] Deranger organized activism and indigenous protests against the expansion of the Athabasca oil sands in Alberta, Canada.[4][5] She was a founder of the Tar Sands Healing Walk, an annual ceremony from 2010-2014.[1] In 2015, Deranger was one of several cofounders of Indigenous Climate Action, an indigenous-led organization that argues that Indigenous rights and knowledge are a necessary part of addressing climate change and achieving climate justice.[4][6] The organization also developed resources for indigenous communities facing the effects of climate change.[7] In 2017, Deranger became executive director of Indigenous Climate Action.[4] Personal lifeDeranger was born in 1979 and is Dënesųłiné and a member of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation.[1][4][8][9] Deranger's parents were members of the American Indian Movement who met at the Wounded Knee Occupation.[9] Deranger is married and has two children.[4][10] In mediaDeranger was one of three activists profiled in the 2012 documentary Elemental, which depicts her opposition to the Keystone Pipeline.[11] Selected publications
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