Screening - Place Matters: Indigenous land and water stewardship in a changing climate

I helped produce a film (Climate Smart Forestry with the Kalispel Indian Tribe) that is part of this event, organized in a partnership between ProPublica, OPB, Confluence, and Ecotrust.

7pm, Thursday, November 9
The Redd on Salmon Street

Four films showcasing the connections between Native peoples, place, and species unique to the Pacific Northwest.

A special evening of film and conversation that highlights the ways Native peoples throughout the Pacific Northwest maintain their relationship to place as well as the plant and animal life that is critical for cultural continuity.

Over the course of four short films and accompanying conversation, attendees will hear perspectives on the connections between forest and water, the struggle to bring lamprey back to their ancestral waterways, and the challenges faced by tribal fishers to continue their way of life on the Columbia.

The Films
Climate Smart Forestry with the Kalispel Indian Tribe
Produced by Ecotrust

People, Lamprey, and Cultural Ecology
Produced by Freshwaters Illustrated

Salmon People: A Native Fishing Family's Fight to Preserve a Way of Life
Produced in partnership by ProPublica and Oregon Public Broadcasting

Salmon's Agreement
Produced by Confluence

The Panel
Moderator:
Kara Briggs (Sauk-Suiattle, Yakama descendent), Vice President of Tribal Lands & Waters Stewardship at Ecotrust
Panelists:
Randy Settler (Yakama), Tribal Fisher
Gabe Sheoships (Cayuse / Walla Walla), Executive Director at Friends of Tryon Creek

Still from Climate-Smart Forestry with the Kalispel Tribe of Indians

Video release for Ecotrust and the Kalispel Tribe

We had the pleasure of helping Ecotrust produce this video, working with the Kalispel Tribe and the Kalispel Natural Resources Department in Northeastern Washington.

Read the blog post by Jessica Douglas and watch the video here.

Thanks to Ted Davee and Sam Hamilton from the production team, and to the kind folks at Ecotrust: Jessica Douglas, Stephanie Gutierrez, Megan Foucht, Heldáy de la Cruz, Sean Gutierrez.

Hoopa Tribal Forestry video

It’s been a pleasure working with the team at Ecotrust on a new video about Hoopa Tribal Forestry in Northern California.

Read about it and watch the video on Ecotrust’s blog.

Thanks to Ted Davee and Sam Hamilton for their work on the video.

We had previously worked with Ecotrust on another video, about mid-size farms in Washington state.

Still from Hoopa Tribal Forestry