Cultivating spaces for connection, solidarity, and collaborative action.

HOW IT ALL STARTED

Indigenous peoples are the cornerstone to achieving a climate-stable future.

In 2024, Eriel was awarded the Climate Breakthrough Award, the single-largest climate philanthropy program for individuals—and Woven was born. Drawing together representatives from the seven socio-cultural regions of the world, Woven formed the first-ever Global Indigenous Advisory Council (GIAC), amplifying regional, grassroots movements to create a global impact. 

In accordance with the prophecy, Woven creates space for connections, collaborative action, and a global knowledge exchange—built by and for Indigenous peoples. We remain steadfast in the belief that ancestral knowledge, culture, and teachings are not a mere component, but the single-most formidable force in securing a climate-stable future. Understanding that the liberation of our communities and the liberation of our planet are intertwined, we gather Indigenous wisdom, strength, and solutions at a global scale.

Woven is a global initiative fighting for climate stability through Indigenous solutions. Believing the protection of our planet is dependent on the protection and advancement of Indigenous rights and sovereignty, Woven supports projects on land defense, conservation, and climate campaigns.

Launched in 2025, Woven’s roots date back to the last ice age, when Indigenous peoples of the Americas gathered together to share knowledge to survive pending changes. It was prophesied that at one point in the future Indigenous peoples from every corner of the world would be called together to share strengths, strategies, and innovation once again. In 2009, at the Indigenous Peoples’ Global Summit on Climate Change in Anchorage, Alaska, Dënesųłiné activist Eriel Tchekwie Deranger heard this prophecy that would one day inspire Woven.

OUR VISION

What we’re working toward:

We envision a climate-stable future that includes, values, and upholds Indigenous peoples and Indigenous-led climate solutions, beginning with the rightful return of lands and territories.

OUR council

Meet the Global Indigenous Advisory Council (GIAC):

Woven will be guided by a Global Indigenous Advisory Council (GIAC) composed of representatives from the seven socio-cultural regions of the world. The GIAC’s role is to guide the project, test initial ideas and determine the pathways for longer term strategies and needs to take this project to the next level.

  • Graeme Reed

    North America, Anishinabe (Canada)

  • Wahleah Johns

    North America, Dine (USA)

  • Kimaren ole Riamit

    Africa, Maasai (Kenya)

  • Elijah Toiroi

    Africa, Maasai (Kenya)

  • Tiana Jakicevich

    Pacific, Maori (New Zealand)

  • Larrissa Baldwin

    Pacific, Widjabul Wia-bal (Australia)

  • Asami Segundo

    Asia, Kalanguya-Ikalahan (Philippines)

  • Tunga Rai

    Asia, Rai (Nepal)

  • Gunn-Britt Retter

    Arctic, Sámi (Norway)

  • Inka-Saara Artijeff

    Arctic, Sámi (Finland)

  • Leo Cerda

    Latin America, Kichwa (Ecuador)

  • Taily Terena

    Latin America, Xané /Terena,  (Brazil)

OUR VALUES

How we uphold ancestral value systems:

Sovereignty comes 
first

The protection and health of our planet is dependent on Indigenous rights, sovereignty, and liberation—one cannot exist without the other.

By and for Indigenous peoples

The purpose of this project is to weave together collective Indigenous strength,  knowledge, and value systems—not to adhere to the systems that cause harm.

Uphold Interconnected wisdom

We understand that climate justice can only be achieved through the interconnection of traditional knowledge and cultural practices.