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Casey Camp-Horinek

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Gender:Female
Race:Native American
Era:2010s
State:Oklahoma
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Indigenous Sovereignty Environmental Activism
Casey Camp-Horinek

Biography

Casey Camp-Horinek is a Ponca Nation of Oklahoma elder, hereditary Drumkeeper, former tribal councilwoman, environmental ambassador, and actress, and a sister of AIM leader Carter Camp. A longtime Indigenous- and environmental-rights organizer with the Indigenous Environmental Network, she helped lead the Ponca "Rights of Nature" campaign. She was arrested for civil disobedience at the Standing Rock / Dakota Access Pipeline protests (2016–17) and again at the 2021 "People vs. Fossil Fuels" action at the White House.

Case

Arrested: Oct 11, 2021
Convicted: Arrested for civil disobedience