Tokata Iron Eyes

Tokata Iron Eyes [1][2] is an American activist. She is a youth leader of "Rezpect Our Water", a campaign against the proposed route of the Dakota Access Pipeline.[3] The group gained media attention in 2016 after a campaign video, featuring Iron Eyes herself, went viral. She participated in a climate rally in Rapid City, South Dakota together with Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg on October 7, 2019.

Tokata Iron Eyes
Iron Eyes at Lakota People’s Law Project climate change forum in 2019
NationalityAmerican
RelativesChase Iron Eyes (father)

Iron Eyes is a Native American and member of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe. Her father is the Native American activist and attorney Chase Iron Eyes.

References
  1. Nausch, Natasha (October 7, 2019). "Who is Tokata Iron Eyes and why did Greta Thunberg come to the Dakotas to see her?". Grand Forks Herald. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  2. Fowkes, Whitney (October 7, 2019). "Who is Tokata Iron Eyes?". KELOLAND.com. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  3. Petronzio, Matt (December 8, 2016). "How young Native Americans built and sustained the #NoDAPL movement". Mashable. Retrieved August 17, 2020.


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