Winona LaDuke is the founding and current director of White Earth Land Recovery Project in White Earth, Minnesota. She is also the program director of Honor the Earth Fund, a national Native American-directed organization that provides funding and advocacy for frontline Native environmental work.

Winona began her work with Native American issues in 1978 as a legal research writer for the National Indian Youth Council. Since then, she has worked extensively with education projects, environmental programs and community restoration.

Outside of her work, Winona has taken on some other roles. She was a Greenpeace board member for six years. She is the publisher of Indigenous Woman Magazine, a bi-annual journal focused on the issues of Native women. Winona was also the 1996 and 2000 Vice Presidential Green Party candidate with Ralph Nader.

Winona has been recognized for numerous achievements during her career. She was given the Global Green Millennium Award in 1998. She has also received the Reebok Human Rights Award, the Thomas Merton Award and the Ann Bancroft Award for Women Leadership.