2025 Awardees

Sovereignty in Action Awards

The Sovereignty in Action Awards (SIA) are small financial gifts awarded to individuals and grassroots organizations who are advancing Indigenous Sovereignty within their territories  – from food sovereignty to cultural support, treaty rights advocacy and beyond.

In 2025, Indigenous Climate Action distributed 33 SIA awards totalling $82,500 into the hands of those leading powerful work across their territories and communities.

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Photo provided by 2025 Awardee, Aspen Bear.

  • Alton Watts. ​​Port Alberni / hupač̓asatḥ ḥaḥuułʔi.

  • Anita Mcphee (Protecting our Indigenous Sisters). Vancouver, BC

  • Anne-Marie Basque: Listuguj Mi'gmaq First Nations,

  • Aspen Bear, Wolastoq Adventures. Fredericton, NB

  • Beatrice Silver (Sts’elemeqw Residential School Thrivers Society) Sumas First Nation (Abbotsford, BC)

  • Chief Namoks and Jesse Stoeppler, Wet'suwet'en Nation

  • Clayton Thomas-Muller.  Winnipeg, MB

  • Cynthia Bell: Toronto, ON

  • Dene Nahjo. Yellowknife, NWT

  • Eli Bird (Community Cuzzins). Winnipeg, MB

  • Hayward Young, BSG Powerlifting. Bay St.George, NL 

  • Hope Metallic,  Listuguj First Nation

  • Jasmine Nahbexie Desjardin, Dene Nezu Nedi(Dene Good Tea): Cold Lake First Nation, AB 

  • Justin Langan. Manitoba, Winnipeg and Swan River

  • Justine Wallace: Unceded territory of the Squamish, Tsiel-Watuth and Musquem Nations

  • Kana Beck. Red Deer, AB 

  • Kai (Kayla) Isadore Smith: The Kwadacha Nation,(Northern BC)

  • Kathy Bird: Peguis First Nation

  • Keisha Erwin (Ithiniw Film Productions): Sucker River Reserve  (Lac La Ronge Indian Band) Northern Saskatchewan, Treaty 6. 

  • Kenhteke Seed Sanctuary & Learning Centre: Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory 

  • Lori Souliere-Rainville. Missanabie Cree First Nation 

  • McLeod Lake Indian Band. Cut Thumb Bay, within MLIB Traditional Territory, BC

  • Mskwaasin Agnew. Toronto, ON

  • Neecha Dupus. Ottawa, ON 

  • Rachel Ann Snow. Morley, AB

  • Remington Bracher. Edmonton, Elk Island National Park, AB

  • Sarah Gauthier (For Peat's Sake). Boreal forest of Treaty 10, in Northern Saskatchewan, near the community of Missinipe

  • Tania Borque. Lac La Biche Métis District 19, AB 

  • Thunder Beings Beading. Edmonton River Valley, AB

  • Tim Paul. c̓uumʕas / Port Alberni, BC

  • Thomas Boyce. Tobique First nation. 

  • Waterway Collective. Serpent River First Nation, North Shore of Lake Huron, ON

  • Youth Rising Together. Timmins, ON