News & Events
[Practice Brief] A Global Indigenous Collaborative To Restore Balance for the Wellbeing of Humanity and the Environment
(May 17, 2023) The impact of climate change and ecosystem collapse can no longer be ignored. We have reached a critical moment, a tipping point that calls for informed and effective climate action. “Engaging Indigenous communities” as suggested by the United Nations, national governments, researchers, and others is not enough. Indigenous-led systems transformation is needed […]
[Blog] A Meeting of Sacred Waters and Indigenous-led systems change
(May 1, 2023) Indigenous-led systems change involves recognizing and addressing historical and ongoing systemic injustices impacting Indigenous communities. (Phoenix, AZ) Three years ago, Red Star International, Inc. (Red Star) invited a delegation of tribal leaders representing four tribal communities in Arizona to meet the Māori Peoples in Aotearoa/New Zealand. This cross-cultural exchange took place along […]
[Newsletter] January 2023
(January 31, 2023) MĀORI AND ARIZONA TRIBAL LEADERS REUNITE! Participate in the next chapter of this cultural exchange! After 3 long years, Arizona Tribal leaders will reunite with the Māori peoples of the Whanganui River at A Meeting of Sacred Waters. 6 Whanganui Delegates will visit 6 Tribal Nations in Arizona and the Inter Tribal Council of […]
[Press Release] Speakers for A Meeting of Sacred Waters
(February 1, 2023) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Aleena Kawe, Chief Executive Officer (520) 777-9208info@redstarintl.org Red Star International Announces Speakers for ‘A Meeting of Sacred Waters’ 2023 TUCSON, Ariz. – Red Star International, Inc. is pleased to announce its speakers for the upcoming conference “A Meeting of Sacred Waters 2023” to be held at the Heard […]
[Event] A Meeting of Sacred Waters 2023
(December 14, 2022) Save The Date: February 16, 2023 A Global Gathering of Indigenous Voices10am to 4pm • HYBRIDHeard Museum • Phoenix, Arizona Register Today >> Land and Water AcknowledgementWe respecfully acknowledge the meeting will be held on the ancestral homelands of the Akimel O’odham and Piipaash (Maricopa) Peoples and their descendents. We also acknowledge […]
[Press Release] ‘A Meeting of Sacred Waters’ Aspires for Critical Systemic Change
(December 14, 2022) TUCSON, Ariz. – Red Star International, Inc. is pleased to announce its global gathering of Indigenous voices at A Meeting of Sacred Waters | 2023 to be held at the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona on February 16. According to Red Star’s founder and CEO, Aleena M. Kawe, A Meeting of Sacred […]
[Event] Training: More Than the 5 A’s Virtual Training Commercial Tobacco Cessation Beyond the Clinic Visit – August 25, 2022
(August 18, 2023) The Red Star team will be delivering this 3-hour training at the Southern Plains Tribal Health Board Virtual Training Summit. Tobacco has always been apart of tribal ways yet commercial tobacco companies have twisted it into an addictive and deadly product. Today, most people who are addicted to nicotine want to quit, […]
[Event] From the Mountains to the Sea Film Screening – August 18, 2022
(August 18, 2022) 7:30pm @ The Loft Cinema (Tucson, AZ) Join us for a screening of our new short film, From the Mountains to the River, followed by a conversation about the health and healing of our rivers. “Kaua e kōrero mote Awa, me kōrero ki te Awa” “Do not merely speak of the River, […]
[Event] Transforming Tribal Health Governance August 1, 2022
(August 1, 2022) We are grateful to the Institute of Tribal Environmental Professionals for the opportunity to share the Tribal Health Governance Transformation: A Resource to Strengthen Sovereignty through Public Health Authority this August! We will be delivering a 3-hour pre-conference training at the National Tribal & Indigenous Climate Conference in Saint Paul, Minnesota on […]
[Event] Canoe Dedication on July 24, 2022 (Aotearoa)
(June 24, 2022) Red Star and Rehua Innovations are partnering to build a sailing outrigger canoe to revitalize mātangirua–dual powered sailing by wind and paddle. Through the vision of our canoe captain, Frank Te Mihinui Kawe, we received a grant from Creative New Zealand to build the sailing components of the canoe, which will be […]