Indigenous Activists Are Trying to Save Our Planet. We Have to Listen

Indigenous Activists Are Trying to Save Our Planet. We Have to Listen The People of the Sun event this September will bring together climate activists, philanthropists, and anyone seeking to experience the wisdom of Native people By Jane Fonda , Cody Two Bears June 17, 2026 Cody Two Bears and Jane Fonda Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images; Francois Durand/Getty Images My father, the actor Henry Fonda, starred in many cowboy and Indian films. When I was a young girl, I dreamed of being an Indian galloping bareback across the prairie and gliding silently through forests, leaving no trace. My film favorites were any Westerns that had Indians in them, and yet I knew nothing about the history of North America's Indigenous peoples.