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A trip to the White House, $175,000 U.S. and world recognition are all part of what Marilyn Baptiste has garnered after winning an international environmental award for grassroots activism. The former Xeni Gwet’in (Nemiah Valley) Chief and present band councillor received the 2015 Goldman Environmental Prize for her leadership in protesting the proposed Prosperity and New Prosperity Mine projects. Baptiste attended the award ceremony at the Opera House in San Francisco, California Monday eveing and said the prize money isn’t the main focus. “Since 1989 the prize has been recognizing grassroots persons who are doing the work to protect Mother Earth around the world, one for each continent,” she said during a telephone call to the Tribune from the San Francisco airport while waiting for a flight to Washington, D.C. “It’s about the opportunity to make connections and help people around the world see what’s really happening.” After Monday’s ceremony there was a reception where the recipients met tons of people, although very briefly, she said. “My four-year-old granddaughter Madisyn looked up at me, smiled and said it was amazing,” Baptiste said.
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Former Xeni Gwet’in Chief and current councillor Marilyn Baptiste (left) is receiving international attention this week for winning the Goldman Environmental Prize. Pictured above in September, Baptiste drums before Premier Christy Clark during a ceremonial signing of a Letter of Understanding in Nemiah Valley between the Government of B.C. and the Tsilhqot’in National Government and the Xeni Gwet’in First Nation regarding how they will move forward with the Supreme Court decision on rights and title.
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