Tom gold tooth biography samples

Native American activist

Tom B.K. Goldtooth (born 1953)^[1] is a Native American environmental, climate, and economic justice activist, speaker, film producer, and Indigenous rights leader.^[2] He is active at local, national, and international levels as an advocate for building healthy and sustainable Indigenous communities based upon the foundation of Indigenous traditional knowledge.^[3] Goldtooth has served as executive director of the Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN) since 1996^[4] after serving as a member of the IEN National Council since 1992.^[5]

Goldtooth (Dibe'lizhini' Clan) is an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation.^[6][2] He is also huŋka Bdewakaƞtoƞwaƞ Dakota from Minnesota.^[7] He is well known by his Dakota name of Mato Awaƞyaƞkapi,^[8] given to him by Pete Catches Sr.

(Petaġa Yuha Mani),^{[citation needed]} a Lakota holy man of the Spotted Eagl