About Tara
I am a…
Activist, Educator/Teacher, Lawyer
Bio
Tara Houska (Couchiching First Nation) is a tribal attorney based in Washington, D.C., the National Campaigns Director of Honor the Earth, and a former advisor on Native American affairs to Bernie Sanders. She advocates at the local and federal levels on a wide range of issues impacting indigenous peoples, including social and environmental justice. She recently spent six months living and working in North Dakota fighting the Dakota Access Pipeline and is currently engaged in the frontlines resistance to Enbridge's Line 3 pipeline. She is a co-founder of Not Your Mascots, a non-profit committed to educating the public about the harms of stereotyping and promoting positive representation of Native peoples in the public sphere.
I'm passionate about
Justice.
An idea worth spreading
Reconnect to the earth, remember we all live, die, and share one home together.
Things you might not know
Singing, movie trivia.