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Recognizing the Personhood of Sk’aliCh’elh-tenaut, WA

Participant: Raynell Morris, Lummi Nation Location: WA
Program: Rights of Nature Year: 2022

Our late hereditary Chief Tsilixw Bill James told us if we heal the salmon (qwe’lhol’mechen). the killer whales (Sk’aliChelh) and the Salish Sea (Xw’ullemy), we will also heal ourselves, the Lhaq’temish. Work to heal any one of those aspects is work to heal the whole. We are dedicated to working for the protection and revitalization of Xw’ullemy as it gives us life and we are dependent upon it.

Nimiipuu & Rights of Nature, WA

Participant: Julian Matthews, Idaho, Nez Perce Location: WA
Program: Rights of Nature Year: 2022

Working to protect the lands, water, forests primarily within our Treaty of 1855 area and Usual and Accustomed Places for the next generation. We want to protect the Earth and all species (animal and flora that live) and learn better methods to coexist as our role is part of nature rather than the domineering force.

With One Heart, We Swim Together, WA

Participant: Joaquin Marchand, Confederated Tribes of Colville Location: WA
Program: Rights of Nature Year: 2022

We are inspired to do this work as it is our duty and responsibility to practice our traditional teachings (tamanwit and captikwl). In order to do this we need to build allies/coalitions to codify these Traditional Teachings into existing regulatory processes (water use, land use, zoning, forest practices, shoreline management, etc.). In addition working to educate land managers and academic institutions that Indigenous people’s native plants need culturally appropriate research support to identify climate vulnerability.

Building Kinship: Indigenous Climate Justice Project, OR

Participant: Renea Perry, Oregon Portland Urban Native Community Location: OR
Program: Rights of Nature Year: 2022

We seek to embed Indigenous values, knowledge and methodologies into how people (communities, agencies, businesses) interact with the land, water and beings in our urban communities to build a system of care that includes our ecosystem. We hope for implementation of these values into policies and implementation plans for land stewardship.

Reconnection to Marine Mammal Hunting, AK

Participant: Hope Roberts, Southcentral Alaska Tlingit | Athabascan Location: AK
Program: Rights of Nature Year: 2022

Goal to reconnect Indigenous people of Alaska to the marine mammals they respect, honor and actively preserve. Educate the Alaska native population on marine mammal hunting rights, traditions, regulations (state and federal) Actively teach stewardship of resources.

Fort Nelson First Nation MMIWP Healing Campaign, BC

Community served: Fort Nelson First Nation Location: BC
Program: Gender Based Violence Year: 2022

FNFN Healing campaign plan has three components: 1.) GBV healing opportunities in the form of workshops – two for men and two for women (14+ yrs of age). Traditional activities will be included whether it is crafting of healing on the land – such as hunting, setting up snare traps, hand games, dry meat making, etc) paired with healing circles and snacks 2.) Spreading awareness of MMIWP through a red ribbon campaign and 3.) Bi-monthly local skills training geared towards intervention and prevention focusing on healthy coping mechanisms, self-help and help seeking, safety planning, respectful relationships, and self-care workshops.

MMIP Program Duck Valley, ID

Community served: Shoshone-Paiute Tribe Location: ID
Program: Gender Based Violence Year: 2022

Create a MMIWP program on the Duck Water Reservation on ID/NV border which is very remote. Goal is to build a healthy, just, equitable and sustainable Indigenous community through direct communication and outreach via the in-field community organizer method that we use to facilitate our MMIP Program. Goal is to provide education and advocacy for two-spirit people, address housing needs by providing temporary housing and adding safe long-term housing especially for women, girls and two-spirit people, and hosting ribbon skirt, beading and other creative classes for survivors and their families are some of the planned programming.

STOP Violence Program, ID

Community served: Coeur d’Alene Tribal Community Location: WA
Program: Gender Based Violence Year: 2022

Hold annual MMIWP Conference to keep awareness of this pandemic. STOP Violence Program continuing the next phase in collaboration with organizations, tribes, law enforcement and promoting the advocacy, prosecution response and collection of data of MMIWP in ID and neighboring reservations. Creating MOU’s with various law enforcement agencies (Tribe, State and Federal). Holding regional meetings to promote development of policies and procedures. Goal to create a formal collaborative working response plan to Idaho MMIWP.

Puyallup Tribe: Community Domestic Violence Advocacy Program, WA

Community served: Puyallup Tribe Location: WA
Program: Gender Based Violence Year: 2022

Offer emergency support to families searching for their relatives as well as emotional and peer support to families of MMIWP. Host monthly talking/craft circle for MMIWP families and survivors of violence. Aftercare expenses for missing loved ones who are returned home. Program will publish missing person posters and provide preventative information in educational presentations on the intersections of domestic violence, human trafficking, sexual assault, and the connection to MMIWP.

Domestic Violence & MMIW Awareness & Support, BC

Community served: Prophet River First Nations Location: BC
Program: Gender Based Violence Year: 2022

Currently Prophet River First Nation provides support to those who are experiencing Gender Based Violence. We hope to increase awareness and provide education and tools for prevention of GBV & MMIWP. We would like to provide group workshops and counseling sessions by professionals to create awareness and tools to deal with situations, provide grief and trauma counselling and host a MMIW awareness event. By increasing awareness and reducing the stigma around GBV & MMIW we hope to facilitate healing.

Innovations Human Trafficking Collaborative, WA

Community served: Urban Natives South Puget Sound Location: WA
Program: Gender Based Violence Year: 2022

Innovations Human Trafficking Collaborative’s (IHTC) mission is to engage first responders, Tribes, and other stakeholders in eliminating human trafficking through solution-based knowledge and trauma-informed strategies, and to empower survivors to heal and build self-sufficient, affirming lives. IHTC incorporates culturally appropriate and traditional healing practices into our work, which are fundamental to survivors’ achieving behavioral health. IHTC provides a lifeline of support for survivors, training for frontline workers and first responders, outreach and mobilization of counselors, housing, and youth specialists.

The Yarrow Project, WA

Community served: Seattle Urban Indigenous Community Location: WA
Program: Gender Based Violence Year: 2022

The Sweetgrass Advocacy Program’s two primary focuses are 1.) individual and family advocacy for indigenous survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault for families of MMIWP and 2.) create a intra community and interagency protocol for responding to cases of MMIWP in Western Washington.

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