ERIEL TCHEKWIE DERANGER
Area of Expertise: Environment
"Our rights got recognized because we took to the streets; because we protest; because we lobbied hard in the governments. In order to have our rights recognized--to have our voices heard--we had to fight."
Eriel Tchekwie Deranger is a member of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN) and Indigenous rights advocate. She is a founder of Indigenous Climate Action.