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 in support of the indigenous-led movement to remove the Snake River dams and restore to health the Snake River salmon runs and our relatives, the Southern Resident Killer Whales (Skali’Chelh in the Lummi language) that depend on them.
The faith community has been asked to show up in solidarity with Lummi tribal members, the House of Tears Carvers, the intertribal nonprofit Se’Si’Le, and Native communities across the Pacific Northwest tosupport a Totem Pole Journey uplifting the Indigenous-led movement to honor the spirit of a free-flowing Lower Snake River and restore the health its salmon and the orca that depend on them.
These special events will include ceremonial moments steeped in ancestral knowledge to deepen our understanding of what it means to be cultural and environmental stewards and the moral obligation we have to ensure the protection of all who inhabit our land and waters. As people of faith, we have an ethical responsibility to support this Indigenous-led movement to protect their salmon and orca relations at this critical time, and to hold the US government accountable to our Treaty promises with Native Nations.
For more information and take action, check this out. To follow the the Journey and get updates, follow Our Shared Responsibilities Facebook page and the Save our Wild Salmon blog.
May 3, 2022
Bellingham Blessing
6:00-7:30 PM
Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship, Bellingham
May 5, 2022
Science in Ceremony Colloquium
2:00-4:00 pm
University of Oregon, Erb Memorial Union, Gumwood Room, Eugene, OR
May 6, 2022
Art, Ceremony, and Activism
12–1:30 pm
University of Oregon, Erb Memorial Union Ballroom, Eugene, OR
May 6 and 7, 2022
Whale Protectors Exhibit
7:30–9:30 PM
University of Oregon, Erb Memorial Union Green, Eugene, OR
May 9, 2022
Chinook Indian Nation Blessing
Tentative start 2:30 pm
Towler Hall at Clatsop Community College, 1651 Lexington Ave, Astoria, OR
May 10, 2022
Portland Blessing
6:00-8:00 pm
EcoTrust, 831 SE Salmon St., Portland
May 11, 2022
Celilo Wy’am Village Blessing 8:00 AM
Celilo Falls, Celilo Park
May 14, 2022
Meet the Carvers. 2:00 PM
Umatilla Blessing 7:00 PM
Whale Protectors Exhibit 8:30-9:30 pm
Tamástslikt Cultural Institute, Pendleton, OR
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation
May 16, 2022
Nimiipuuu (Nez Perce) Tribe Blessing
9:00 am – 2:30 pm
Hell’s Gate State Park, Lewiston, ID
May 18, 2022
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Blessing
12:00-1:30 pm
Outside Shoshone Bannock Casino and Hotel, 777 Bannock Trail, Pocatello, ID
May 19, 2022
University of Washington Longhouse Blessing
6:00-8:00 pm
wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ – Intellectual House at University of Washington, 4249 Whitman Court, Seattle
May 20, 2022
Earth Ministry Tacoma Blessing 6:00-8:00 pm
St. Leo Catholic Church, 710 S 13th St., Tacoma
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