All Our Relations, Tribute to the Orca

A l l O u r R e

6:30-9:30pm

Receptionwithlight appetizersand non-alcoholicdrinks followedbythe program7:15-9:15pm

You’re invited to the All Our Relations: Tribute to the Orca - an evening centered around raising up Indigenous voices and re-imagining our relationship with Nature. Indigenous leaders will explore several interwoven issues to increase awareness of their ancient kinship with the orca, the salmon, and their heritage of honoring our caretaker: Mother Nature. The evening will have a special focus on the Southern Resident orcas whose survival, like the survival of Indigenous lifeways, depends on scha’enexw (the Salmon People). Science can only take us so far in the journey of restoring what is being lost. Gather with us as we honor Indigenous ancestral knowledge, ceremonies, the sacred obligation to past and future generations, and our ancient covenant with all our and in the waters.

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Artwork by Jason LeClair

TributetotheOrca

ProgramSchedule

6:30Doorsopenforareceptionwithlightappetizersandnon-alcoholicdrinks

7:15Welcome

7:25TransboundaryPerspectives:ActionandActivismfortheOrca

The View from Sakhalin Island (Russian Far East)

Dmitry Lisitsyn, Goldman Environmental Prize Recipient & Former Director of Sakhalin Environment Watch

Orca, Salmon and Indigenous Lifeways on the Columbia River

Chairman Shannon Wheeler, Nez Perce Tribe

qəlɬanəməcən (“Orca”) and the Fraser River First Nations

Reuben George, Sundance Chief | Member of the Tsleil-Waututh First Nation (British Columbia)

8:15CaringforOurRelativesonBehalfoftheCreation

LeonardForsman,Chairman,SuquamishTribe|PresidentoftheAffiliated TribesofNorthwestIndians

8:35HonoringSongfortheOrca

ChenoaEgawa,MemberoftheLummiNation

8:45ReflectionsontheLife,LessonandLegaciesofSkali’Chelh-tenaut(akaTokitae)

JayJulius,MemberoftheLummiNation|PresidentofSe’Si’Le

9:00SoYouWanttobeInvolved

AlyssaMacy,CitizenoftheConfederatedTribesofWarmSprings CEOofWashingtonConservationAction

9:10ClosingRemarks

9:15PostProgramMingling

9:30EventConcludes