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Always the attitude sort of your own, always alone, wishing for something the world is denying.

Out in the wilderness, somebody's trying.

Hello, this is a y'allin'

Hello, this is Aiana Young, and I welcome you to For the Wild podcast. Today we are speaking with

Arielle Téqué Duranj, who is an indigenous rights advocate and member of the Athabasca Chip One First Nation,

Treaty 8 of Northern Alberta, Canada.

She works to raise awareness about the negative climate, human, and indigenous rights impacts of the

extractive industry in her nation's traditional lands and territory.

Arielle is a founder of indigenous Climate Action, a National Indigenous Civil Society vehicle to push for a united

Indigenous Climate Action Strategy in Canada.

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