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Cree environmental & climate change activist Clayton Thomas-Müller and Natural Resource Conservation student Danielle Sinclair discuss the impacts of climate change on First Nations communities and how they are working to mitigate climate change.Host: Danielle Sinclair Guest: Clayton Thomas-Müller Production: Alex Platt, Danielle Sinclair, Grant Rieckelman, Tiffany TaketaMusic: Kid Kodi by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue)Transcript: https://sonix.ai/r/K6BSCEAFKWvwcXTFX9mJ2VvE/shareFor more information:350.org: https://350.org/Indigenous Climate Action: https://www.indigenousclimateaction.com/Learn about Clayton: Life in the City of Dirty Water: A Memoir of Healing by Clayton Thomas-MüllerBelfer, E., Ford, J. D., & Maillet, M. (2017). Representation of indigenous peoples in climate change reporting. Climatic Change, 145(1-2), 57-70. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10584-017-2076-z Bush, E. and Lemmen, D.S., editors (2019): Canada’s Changing Climate Report; Government of Canada, Ottawa, ON. 444 p. Goldtooth, D., Saldamando, A., Gracey, K., & Rees, C. (2021, August). Indigenous Resistance Against Carbon (Rep.). https://www.ienearth.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Indigenous-Resistance-Against -Carbon-2021.pdf Indigenous communities are at the forefront of climate resilience. (2019, November 28). https://www.climatechangenews.com/2019/11/28/indigenous-communities-forefront-climate-resilience/ Vogel, B., Bullock, R.C.L. (2020). Institutions, indigenous peoples, and climate change adaptation in the Canadian Arctic. GeoJournal 86, 2555–2572. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-020-10212-5