*Event from the Indigenous-led efforts to breach the lower four Snake River dams and restore salmon habitat.*
“Join us for a special evening on May 10 at 6 p.m. In support of the Indigenous-led movement to remove the Snake River dams and restore to health the Snake River salmon runs and the Southern Resident Killer Whales (Skali’Chelh in the Lummi language) that depend on them, the 2022 totem pole journey aims to inspire, inform, and engage Pacific Northwest communities through intergenerational voices, ceremony, art and science, spirituality, ancestral knowledge, and cross-cultural collaboration.
WHAT: Snake River to Salish Sea Spirit of the Waters Totem Pole Journey – Portland
WHEN: May 10 at 6 p.m.
WHERE: Ecotrust – The Redd on Salmon Street: 831 SE Salmon St, Portland, OR 97214 (between SE 8th and 9th and SE Salmon and Taylor)
RSVP
WHEN: May 10 at 6 p.m.
WHERE: Ecotrust – The Redd on Salmon Street: 831 SE Salmon St, Portland, OR 97214 (between SE 8th and 9th and SE Salmon and Taylor)
RSVP
Through creative communication, the journey promotes the urgent need for unity and solidarity to remove the Snake River dams to save our iconic Pacific Northwest salmon and Southern Resident orcas. Focused on honoring the ancient covenant with nature, the spirit of the Snake River, and the indigenous–led Snake River campaign through ancestral knowledge and ceremonial activities, the 2022 journey builds upon, strengthens and reaffirms the growing indigenous-led environmental movement across the Pacific Northwest. We hope you can join us!
JOURNEY PARTNERS
Columbia Riverkeeper
Lummi Nation House of Tears Carvers
Children of the Setting Sun Productions
Nimiipuu Protecting the Environment
Sierra Club
Save Our Wild Salmon Coalition
Salmon Nation
Earth Ministry
Saint Leo Parish
The Natural History Museum
University of Oregon (Department of Philosophy and the Center for Environmental Futures)
Freebuilt Films
Columbia Riverkeeper
Lummi Nation House of Tears Carvers
Children of the Setting Sun Productions
Nimiipuu Protecting the Environment
Sierra Club
Save Our Wild Salmon Coalition
Salmon Nation
Earth Ministry
Saint Leo Parish
The Natural History Museum
University of Oregon (Department of Philosophy and the Center for Environmental Futures)
Freebuilt Films
Se’Si’Le (saw-see-lah) is an intertribal 501c3 nonprofit founded by Lummi tribal member Jay Julius. The goal of Se’Si’Le is to reintroduce Indigenous spiritual law into the mainstream conversation about climate change and the environment. Se’Si’Le is the fiscal sponsor and lead entity of the Snake River to Salish Sea Spirit of the Waters Totem Pole Journey.”
