Local indigenous legislation
Select a country from the list below to access legislation issued by indigenous nations relating to the rights of nature. The documents are categorised by the entity the legislation concerns.
- 2016: Fitzroy River Declaration.
Forest
Marine Ecosystem
River
Mother Earth
Forest
- 2012: Kawsak Sacha Declaration.
Indigenous Ontologies of Nature
Rights of Nature
Cactus
Fish
Nature
Rice
Rights of Nature
- 2002: Arizona - Navajo Nation Code.
- 2024: Michigan - Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians - Michigan.
- 2017: Oklahoma - Ponca Nation Resolution recognizing Rights of Nature.
- 2018: Wisconsin - Ho-Chunk Nation Constitutional Amendment.
River
- 2019: California - Yurok Tribe Resolution.
- 2024: California - Yurok Tribe Ordinance.
- 2020: Idaho - Nez Perce Tribe Resolution Recognizing the Rights of the Snake River.
- 2022: Oklahoma - Ponca Nation Resolution recognizing Rights of Rivers.
- 2024: Virginia - Rappahannock Tribal Constitution.
- 2020: Wisconsin - Menominee Tribe Resolution.