What Honor the Earth does

Honor the Earth is an Indigenous-led 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization headquartered at PO Box 1531 in Lame Deer, Montana, operating across Turtle Island (North America) and engaging with the United Nations in New York, Kenya, and Ottawa. The organization fights to dismantle settler-colonialism, racial capitalism, white supremacy, and imperialism by providing grassroots organizing training, capacity support, treaty advocacy, and resources to Indigenous communities resisting environmental destruction and fighting for sovereignty and Land Back. Its core "products" are campaigns and programs rather than commercial offerings: the No Data Centers on Native Land campaign (opposing hyperscale data center construction on Indigenous lands), the Science Warriors Fellowship (cultivating Indigenous scientist-organizers with stipends up to $10,000 plus up to $5,000 for research materials over 10-month projects), the Oceti Sakowin Exploratory Project (collecting ~100 water and soil samples to monitor climate impacts correlated with Lakota treaty rights), DecolonizeU (a training hub for organizing and resiliency skills), and the Stop the Bridger Pipeline initiative. Underlying technology is modest: the Data Center Tracker (an interactive monitoring tool) and ArcGIS Story Maps for visualizing water/soil testing sites alongside traditional ecological knowledge — these are domain-specialized data and mapping resources, not proprietary AI or software platforms.

The organization's business model is donation-based nonprofit. Revenue is generated through individual donations, monthly giving programs, and one-time contributions processed via donorbox.org; no commercial pricing exists because programs are delivered free of charge to Indigenous communities. The go-to-market motion is community-led grassroots organizing, with capacity support distributed by referral and through training hubs. The customer base is essentially one segment: Indigenous communities and grassroots organizers across Turtle Island. Strategic positioning is unique — bridging Indigenous knowledge with rigorous scientific inquiry while operating as both a movement-builder and an advocacy actor against fossil fuel pipelines and hyperscale data center expansion on tribal lands. Recent governance changes include a new Executive Director (Krystal Two Bulls, 2024) and a reconstituted Board of Directors, signaling an organizational evolution phase.

Name

Honor the Earth

Legal name

Honor the Earth

Website

https://honorearth.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Honor the Earth is an Indigenous-led 501(c)(3) nonprofit that supports Indigenous communities across Turtle Island through grassroots organizing, environmental justice campaigns (No Data Centers, Stop the Bridger Pipeline), and programs like the Science Warriors Fellowship and DecolonizeU, funded by individual donations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Indigenous Advocacy and Environmental Justice Services

NAICS

Environment, Conservation and Wildlife Organizations (813312)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Land Trusts & Protected Areas (BPAGAGAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Community Forestry & Indigenous Land Stewardship Services (IMAMAJAM), Earth Science & Geoscience Programs (EDAMABAI)

Keywords

• Indigenous advocacy
• Environmental justice
• Grassroots organizing
• Community training
• Land rights

Headquarters

HQ city

Ponsford

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: The organization relies on individual donations, monthly giving programs, and supporter contributions to fund its operations and programs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Honor the Earth is an Indigenous-led nonprofit that delivers advocacy campaigns, training programs, fellowships, and research resources to support Indigenous sovereignty, environmental justice, and the Land Back movement. Its core deliverables include the No Data Centers Campaign and Toolkit, the Data Center Tracker, the Science Warriors Fellowship, the Oceti Sakowin Exploratory Project, the Land Back Story Map, and the DecolonizeU training hub. These offerings are provided free of charge to Indigenous communities and grassroots organizers.

Product overview

Honor the Earth is an Indigenous-led advocacy organization, not a technology product company. The organization's 'products' are campaigns, programs, and resources focused on environmental justice, Indigenous sovereignty, and Land Back. These include the No Data Centers Campaign (opposing hyperscale data centers on Indigenous lands), the Science Warriors Fellowship (funding Indigenous scientists), the Oceti Sakowin Exploratory Project (environmental monitoring), DecolonizeU (organizing training), and various resource toolkits. The organization functions as a movement-building and advocacy entity rather than a software or technology product provider.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Science Warriors Fellowship: A fellowship program cultivating scientist-organizers within Indigenous Nations, with stipends up to $10,000 for 10-month projects and up to $5,000 for research materials.
• DecolonizeU
• No Data Center Coalition
• No Data Centers on Native Land

Products and services

• No Data Centers Campaign A campaign opposing the construction of hyperscale data centers on Indigenous lands, which consume millions of gallons of water daily and threaten Mother Earth. The campaign provides tools for frontline resistance and connects communities fighting against tech companies seeking to build on Indigenous land.
• No Data Centers Toolkit An organizer toolkit providing flyers, fact sheets, template presentations, a data center tracker, questions to ask data developers, articles, resources, wins documentation, and campaign building guides to support communities resisting data center development on Native lands.
• Data Center Tracker A monitoring tool to track proposed and expanding data centers, exposing their environmental impact in real-time to help Indian country track hyperscale data center development on Indigenous lands.
• Science Warriors Fellowship A fellowship program cultivating scientist-organizers within Indigenous Nations, providing stipends up to $10,000 for 10-month projects and up to $5,000 for research materials. The program bridges grassroots organizing and science-based interventions, supporting environmental health, water conservation, and ecological research.
• Oceti Sakowin Exploratory Project A project monitoring climate change impacts and correlating them with Lakota treaty rights and Indigenous Peoples' Rights. Involves collecting water and soil samples, using ArcGIS for story maps, and developing educational materials on environmental and health implications.
• Land Back Story Map An ongoing project to map the Land Back movement on Turtle Island, documenting historical land grabs by the U.S. government and how extraction legacies manifest on Native lands today.
• DecolonizeU A training hub developing organizing and resiliency skills for Indigenous communities, training the next generation of Indigenous leaders on skills like digital security, food harvesting, CPR, and grassroots organizing.

Quantifiable outcome

• Science Warriors Fellowship provides up to $10,000 stipend plus $5,000 for materials to cultivate scientist-organizers
• +1 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Oglala Sioux TribecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 December 2023Under leadership of the Oglala chapter of the International Indigenous Youth Council, the Oglala Sioux tribe passed a parallel resolution to the Oceti Sakowin Treaty Council's Palestine Solidarity resolution, calling for an immediate, permanent ceasefire in Gaza.
• Oceti Sakowin Treaty CouncilcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHonor the Earth staff provided on the ground and narrative support to organizers advocating for a Palestine Solidarity resolution. The Oceti Sakowin Treaty Council, representing approximately 49 Tribes within Oceti Sakowin territory, unanimously passed a sweeping measure in support of the Palestinian people of Gaza in December 2023.
• Indigenous Environmental NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint statement with Indigenous Environmental Network on the National Congress of American Indians regarding No Data Centers campaign, coordinating advocacy efforts on data center expansion on Native lands.
• No Data Center CoalitioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoalition led by Water Protectors from across the movement to provide tools for frontline resistance against data center construction on Native lands.
• Data Center WatchminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration to compile and share a list of major Data Center Wins to document and celebrate community victories against data center development.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Earthjustice: Major environmental law organization that litigates cases involving Indigenous treaty rights, fossil fuel projects, and land conservation. Overlaps with Honor the Earth's environmental and treaty rights missions but operates through legal rather than community-organizing channels.
• 350.org: Global climate movement organization running fossil fuel resistance and divestment campaigns that overlap with Honor the Earth's anti-pipeline and climate work. Much larger and broader, but addresses adjacent climate justice audiences and donor pools.
• Native American Rights Fund: Long-established national Native rights legal organization pursuing tribal sovereignty through litigation and policy advocacy. Comparable Indigenous-led advocacy mission at significantly greater scale and longer track record.

Direct peers

• Cultural Survival: Indigenous rights nonprofit supporting Indigenous communities' self-determination, land rights, and cultural preservation. Engages UN mechanisms in a manner directly parallel to Honor the Earth's UN advocacy work, with similar Indigenous-led governance.
• Indigenous Environmental Network: Indigenous-led environmental justice organization that co-authored the No Data Centers campaign joint statement with Honor the Earth. Operates similar grassroots advocacy, treaty rights defense, and fossil fuel resistance across Native nations—directly comparable mission, base, and tactics.
• First Nations Development Institute: Native-led nonprofit strengthening Indigenous economies, languages, and communities through grantmaking and capacity building. Operates a similar grantmaking-plus-programming model targeting Native-led community outcomes.
• Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples: Indigenous-led foundation making grants to community-based projects for sovereignty, environmental protection, and cultural revitalization. Operates comparable grantmaking-and-organizing hybrid model supporting grassroots Indigenous campaigns.
• NDN Collective: Indigenous-led organization focused on building Indigenous power through organizing, narrative change, and grantmaking. Operates comparable community organizing, fellowship, and campaign infrastructure with a similar Indigenous sovereignty framework across Turtle Island.

Emerging players

• Water Protector Legal Collective / Water Protector Tribe: Provides legal support and movement infrastructure for Indigenous-led water protection campaigns including the NoDAPL era. Closely aligned with Honor the Earth's frontline resistance work and shares many coalition partners.
• Center for Biological Diversity: Science-based advocacy organization that frequently partners with Indigenous communities on habitat, water, and climate campaigns. Comparable use of science-driven advocacy and tracker-style data tools, though broader in taxonomic and geographic focus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/stopdatacolonialism
• Xx.com/honortheearth
• Facebookfacebook.com/WinonaLaDukeHonorTheEarth
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/winona-laduke-s-honor-the-earth

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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