History

Last changed on Wed, 01/17/2024 - 18:45
Community
General Public, Lummi Nation
Category
Cultural Roles, Ways of Life
Summary
Lummi language teacher, Tina Joe, speaks to Bella about the importance of language, culture, and passing it down to the next generation. We learn more about language as it ties to ceremony, and how it connects us to our ancestors
Community
General Public, Lummi Nation
Category
Wellness & Resilience
Summary
In this episode Suann Riddick shares research on residential schools, and Fred Lane explores their lasting impact on Indigenous children, families, and cultures.
Community
General Public
Category
Wellness & Resilience
Summary
In this episode, actor Sam Bob shares his journey of healing from residential school trauma, the importance of love-based behavior to break cycles of intergenerational trauma, and his insights on acting, including the power of storytelling.
Community
General Public, Lummi Nation
Category
Ways of Life
Summary
Lummi Nation member Mark Julius shares his inspiring life story in this episode of Young and Indigenous, reflecting on growing up in poverty with 14 siblings, fending for themselves as kids, and finding joy swimming in the Nooksack River each day.
Community
General Public, Lummi Nation, Salmon People
Category
Ways of Life
Summary
KPFA Community Powered Radio in Berkeley California sits down with filmmaker Beth Pielert and Children of the Setting Sun founder Darrell Hillaire to discuss the feature length film Scha'nexw Elhtal'nexw Salmon People: Preserving a Way of Life
Community
General Public, Salmon People
Category
Native Sciences & Technology
Summary
In this clip, audiences learn about the stages of the Salmon Lifecycle and the unique migration patterns of Salmon from salt to fresh water environments.
Community
General Public, Karuk
Category
Ancestral Homelands
Summary
Molli Myers describes how the Gold Rush of 1848 devastated not only her land, but her culture as well. This brief overview discusses her feelings towards what happened, as well as its impact on the mountains and rivers.
Community
General Public
Category
Sovereignty/Governance
Summary
In 2022, Oren Lyons visited Lummi Nation to discuss the history of Onondaga Nation's sovereignty and the Haudenosaunee Confederacy.
Community
General Public
Category
Sovereignty/Governance, Ways of Life
Summary
Jay Julius talks life for Indigenous peoples before and after the Point Elliot Treaty signing of 1855.
Community
General Public, Lummi Nation
Category
Ancestral Homelands, Sovereignty/Governance
Summary
This historical stage-play takes you back in time of the signing of the Point Elliot Treaty of 1855, where members of the Lummi Nation Indian Tribe traveled (by canoe) to Mukilteo to meet with Washington Territory Governor, Issac Stevens.