Tribute to the Orca: Save Salmon & Orcas, Honor the Treaties

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Urge your Senators and Representative to uphold treaty rights and protect the Salish Sea and Columbia-Snake River Basin salmon and orcas from extinction.

Nearly 170 years ago the United States government signed treaties with Northwest Native Tribes, guaranteeing these sovereign Nations the right to fish for salmon at their usual and accustomed fishing grounds. By pushing salmon to the brink of extinction, we have not lived up to the promises of those treaties.

Urge your policymakers to recommit to upholding treaty rights and support tribal leadership in developing comprehensive solutions in the Salish Sea and the Columbia-Snake River Basin to protect salmon and orcas from extinction.

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Subject: Save Salmon & Orca, Honor the Tribal Treaties

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I am writing to ask you to honor in word and deed the sacred obligation we have to past and future generations, and our ancient covenant with all our relations in the air, on the land, and in the waters. The survival of Sk'aliCh'elh (the Southern Resident orcas), like the survival of Indigenous lifeways, depends on Scha’enexw (the Salmon People).  <br><br>Nearly 170 years ago the United States government signed treaties on my behalf with Northwest Native Tribes, guaranteeing these sovereign Nations the right to fish for salmon at their usual and accustomed fishing grounds. By pushing salmon runs to the brink of extinction, we have not lived up to the promises of those treaties. <br><br>I urge you and your Congressional colleagues to recommit to upholding treaty rights and to take prompt action to restore what is being lost. Please support tribal leadership in developing comprehensive solutions in the Salish Sea and the Columbia-Snake River Basin to protect salmon and orcas from extinction.

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