Virtual screening of Our Sacred Obligation, accompanied by discussion with Indigenous leaders from the film about the ongoing movement to restore salmon to abundance:
🎤 Frances Charles, Chairwoman of Elwha Klallam Tribe
🎤 Amy Cordalis, Principal, Ridges to Riffles Indigenous Conservation Group
🎤 Darrell Hillaire, Executive Director of Children of the Setting Sun
🎤 Jay Julius, Executive Director of Se’Si’Le
This screening was made possible with the generous support of: Save our wild Salmon, Sierra Club, Defenders of Wildlife Natural Resources Defense Council, Idaho Conservation League and Washington Conservation Action.
Our Sacred Obligation recounts the history of the Yurok Tribe’s struggle against the colonization of the Klamath River, which has sustained them since time immemorial. A land reclamation project and a series of dams have brought the Klamath River salmon populations to the brink of extinction. But the Yurok are fighting back. Propped up by their ancestors, and the recent success of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe on the Elwha River, the Yurok are using their sovereignty to fulfill their sacred obligation to bring the dams down and restore the river.
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