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.
- Fitzroy River Declaration (2016).
Forest
Marine Ecosystem
River
Mother Earth
Forest
- Kawsak Sacha Declaration (2016)
Indigenous Ontologies of Nature
Rights of Nature
Cactus
Fish
Nature
Rice
- Minnesota - White Earth Nation (2018).
Rights of nature
- Arizona - Navajo Nation Code (2002).
- Michigan - Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians - Michigan (2024).
- Oklahoma - Ponca Nation Resolution recognizing Rights of Nature (2017).
- Wisconsin - Ho-Chunk Nation Constitutional Amendment (2020).
River
- California - Yurok Tribe Resolution (2019).
- California - Yurok Tribe Ordinance (2024).
- Idaho - Nez Perce Tribe Resolution Recognizing the Rights of the Snake River (2020).
- Oklahoma - Ponca Nation Resolution recognizing Rights of Rivers (2022).
- Virginia - Rappahannock Tribal Constitution (2024).
- Wisconsin - Menominee Tribe Resolution (2020).