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What: All Our Relations Snake River Campaign stop in Portland, OR!
When: September 25th, 6 to 8 pm
Where: Billy Frank Jr Conference Center at the Ecotrust Building | 721 NW Ninth Ave (Second floor), Portland, OR 97209
This two-week Indigenous-led campaign is bringing regional and national attention to the urgent need to recover Snake River salmon and uphold the federal government’s legally-binding commitments to Northwest Tribal Nations.
For millennia, salmon and the Snake and Columbia Rivers they call home sustained Indigenous peoples and cultures throughout the Northwest.
Today, salmon returns are dismal and many Northwest Tribal Nations are calling on the federal government to uphold their commitments and restore abundant salmon.
Show your support and join the All Our Relations Snake River Campaign in Portland, OR on Sept. 25!
Agenda:
- 5:30 pm - Doors Open
- 6:00 pm - Welcome
- 6:05 pm - Keynote Speakers
- Jewell James - Lummi Nation House of Tears Master Carver
- Ione Jones - Executive Director and President, Khimstonik/Giving Voice
- Robert Chanate - Training Director, Native Organizers Alliance
- Joseph Bogaard - Executive Director, Save Our wild Salmon Coalition
- Juan Carlos La Puente Tapia - Quechua Descendant, Oregon Synod
- 7:10 pm - Call to Action - Matt Dollinger, Snake River Field Organizer, Sierra Club
- 7:30 pm - Smudging Ceremony with hand-crafted metal art piece in Ecotrust parking lot
The ceremony will take place outside and the forecast is calling for rain. Please bring your rain gear.
Reach out to Abby Dalke, abby@wildsalmon.org, with any questions!
Learn more about the All Our Relations Snake River Campaign here.