Salish Sea Curriculum Repository

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• Physical Geography Reference Map for the Salish Sea Bioregion

  

• 2024 03 26 SSI Newsletter

  

• 2023 Salish Sea Institute Newsletter

  

• Ginny Broadhurst

• Kyla Sweet

• Victor Begay

• Joshua Reid

  Born and raised in Washington State, Dr. Joshua L Reid (registered member of the Snohomish Indian Nation) is an associate professor of American Indian Studies and the John Calhoun Smith Memorial Endowed Associate Professor of History at the University of Washington. He holds degrees from Yale University and the University of California, Davis, and is a three-time Ford Foundation Fellow. His publications include the award-winning "The Sea Is My Country: The Maritime World of the Makahs" (Yale 2015) and "Violence and Indigenous Communities: Confronting the Past and Engaging the Present" (Northwestern, 2021), which he co-edited with Jeff Ostler and Susan Sleeper-Smith. He currently directs the UW’s Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest, edits two book series, and serves on the Board of Editors of the American Historical Review. Reid currently researches Indigenous explorers in the Pacific, from the late eighteenth century to the end of the nineteenth century.

• Anna Booker

• Jennifer Zovar

  My name is Jennifer Zovar, and I am an archaeological anthropologist born and raised in the Salish Sea region. I regularly teach many of the Anthropology courses at Whatcom Community College – Survey, Cultural Anthropology, Biological Anthropology, Archaeology, World Prehistory, and Native Peoples of North America, and I am faculty advisor for ASWCC’s Anthropology Club. Although my early research focused on Andean South America, today I am working to better understand the peoples and cultures who have shaped the Salish Sea region since time immemorial and to protect the area’s cultural heritage. As a member of the Association for Washington Archaeology, outreach events include archaeology fairs at WCC and other community archaeology events.

• Coll Thrush

• nicholas stanger

  nick works as an associate professor of environmental education at the College of the Environment at Western Washington University. His research uses an educationalist lens and participatory techniques to understand environmental sociology, ecological identity, transformative places, and Indigenous responses to climate change. He pursues projects that utilize his unique background as an ecologist, conservationist, educator, and knowledge mobilizer, and look for ways to support participants and provide nuance and complexity to pressing issues. He aims to understand, mobilize, and help create space for Indigenous communities to tell their stories of resurgence, cultural adaptation, and sovereignty all while helping find pathways, protocol, and critical understandings amongst settler-colonial communities.

• Timothy Ballew, Sr.

  Timothy Ballew, Lul hal man is my family name. Families, Balch/Celestine family (Swan Clan), Solomon/ Ballew Family (Eagle Clan). We are Lhaq'temish, Lummi people, or people of the Salish Sea. I served on the Lummi Indian Business Council for 11 years, a Law Enforcement background. Currently I am with the Northwest Indian College, as a faculty member in the Science department.

• Jessica Hallenbeck

  Jessica Hallenbeck (PhD, RPP) is a critical intersectional feminist geographer and filmmaker (Lantern Films) whose work brings together decolonial methodologies, the archive, and research-creation to represence connections to / with water.

• Iain Mckechnie

  Associate Professor of Anthropology

• Deondre Smiles

  Dr. Niiyokamigaabaw Deondre Smiles (they/he) is an assistant professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Victoria. Their research interests are multifaceted but include critical Indigenous geographies, human-environment interactions, Indigenous cultural resource management, and science/technology studies. They are a citizen of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, and currently lives in Coast Salish territories (Victoria, BC), where they are a grateful guest.

• Kathryn Sobocinski

  Dr. Kathryn Sobocinski is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences and the Marine and Coastal Science program at Western Washington University. She is an applied marine ecologist focusing on fishes, fish habitats, and impacts of human disturbance and climate change in coastal ecosystems, primarily in the Salish Sea.

• We Have Stories: Five generations of Indigenous women in water

  This paper traces the changing relationship between family, water, and fish through the lives of five generations of Indigenous women.
  

• Water We Call Home online exhibition

  Re-presencing Indigenous women’s connections to fish, water, and family around the Salish Sea
  

• Environmentalism: Muir, Pinchot, COP 27

  Read excerpts from John Muir, Gifford Pinchot and articles on the latest COP meetings. Discuss views, issues, feelings about them.
  

• ANTH 235 Cross Cultural Medicine: Global Systems Collapse

  This is a parallel track to ANTH 235, Cross Cultural Medicine that focuses on the health impacts of climate disasters, including trauma, grief and anxiety. Students then have the opportunity to visualize a future when the earth recovers its health. What does that look like? How does it happen?
  

• Knowing, Connecting, and Protecting the Salish Sea

  Science director for SeaDoc Society, a marine conservation program, presents at the Western Washington University College of the Environment (previously Huxley) Speaker Series. Gaydos talks about impacts of human-caused changes on Salish Sea species and the importance of public awareness and education about the Salish Sea to address issues.
  

• Chief Bill James & Troy Olsen - Salish Sea Speaker Series

  Chief Tsi'li'xw (Bill James) and Su'hun'up Hussmeen (Troy Olsen) of the Lummi nation present at the Northwest Indian College Salish Sea Speaker Series. They tell stories about the importance of the art of weaving with cedar and wool in the Coast Salish tradition and how the art is impacted by changing Salish Sea conditions.
  

• This Living Salish Sea

  Documentary on Salish Sea underwater biodiversity and the resistance of diverse communities and First Nations to the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline, who call attention to fossil fuel industrial development projects affecting local ecology, the worsening climate crisis, and the lives of future generations.
  

• We Are Puget Sound: Discovering and Recovering the Salish Sea

  Town Hall Seattle and publisher Braided River present a panel discussion about the multimedia book and campaign We Are Puget Sound: Discovering and Recovering the Salish Sea. Hear from contributors from the Squamish Tribe, Washington Environmental Council People for Puget Sound, Orca Recovery Task Force, and more.
  

• Vancouver Smart City: Parks in 25 Years?

  Engineer Melina Scholefield and ecologist Steven Apfelbaum discuss what the ecology and nature of Vancouver B.C. parks and recreation spaces looks like now and what it might look like in the future.
  

• The Highest Tide

  Young adult novel follows a teenage boy from a fictional bay in western Washington state near Olympia who is passionate about the Puget Sound and becomes a local celebrity when he discovers a giant squid on the shore.

• Introducing Salish Sea Wild

  The SeaDoc Society Science Director Joe Gaydos presents a trailer for Salish Sea Wild, a documentary series on the places, people, and marine wildlife of the Salish Sea. Episodes feature scientists and their work with Salish Sea wildlife.
  

• Indigenous Knowledge in a Changing Climate

  Nancy Turner, an ethnobotanist and professor, presents at the Western Washington University College of the Environment (previously Huxley) Speaker Series. She talks about environmental change, incorporating Indigenous Environmental Knowledge systems into decision-making, and biocultural diversity.
  

• Ocean Acidification in the Salish Sea

  Terrie Klinger, a professor and co-director of the Washington Ocean Acidification Center, presents at the Western Washington University College of the Environment (previously Huxley) Speaker Series. She talks about causes of ocean acidification, impact on marine and coastal communities, and recent science and policy actions.
  

• A Conversation with Seattle Times Environmental Journalist, Lynda Mapes

  ​​Lynda Mapes talks about how she got to where she is and orca (killer) whales in the Salish Sea during her talk at the Western Washington University College of the Environment (previously Huxley) Speaker Series.
  

• Coast Salish Food Sovereignty

  Valerie Segrest (Muckleshoot), a native nutrition educator and coordinator of Muckleshoot Food Sovereignty Project, presents about Coast Salish traditional food, food systems, and movements towards food sovereignty for cultures and health across Indian Country at the Western Washington University College of the Environment (previously Huxley) Speaker Series.
  

• Five Generations - Salish Sea Speaker Series

  Lummi Elder and Fisherman Tim Ballew Sr. presents at the Northwest Indian College Salish Sea Speaker Series. He speaks about the meaning of being on the water and the experience of change across generations in connection with the water.
  

• 'No One Asked for an Ethnography.' Reflections on Community-based Anthropology in Coast Salish Country

  Anthropology journal article about community-based work for Edmonds Community College students’ place-based learning, Coast Salish partners’ and native students’ requests for involvement and “passing the mic,” and the role and uses of ethnography for tribal and non-tribal governments.

• Why Developing Indigenous-Specific Health Indicators Matters - Salish Sea Speaker Series

  Swinomish Indian Tribal Community Tribal Historical Preservation Officer Larry Campbell (Swinomish) and Environmental Community Health Analyst Jamie Donatuto present at the Northwest Indian College Salish Sea Speaker Series. They talk about why Indigenous-specific health indicators, respected stewardship, community connections, and diet matter.
  

• Shape Our Water Community Vision

  Booklet on the community involvement shaping the 50-year plan for Seattle’s water resilience called Shape Our Water. In collaboration with Seattle Public Utilities, it provides goals for creating a water-resilient and equitable future in Seattle with infrastructure that supports community needs and addresses underlying issues.

• ‎Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Not “a Nation of Immigrants"

  Episode from the podcast Book Club with Jeffery Sachs features a conversation with author Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz. They discuss myths, settler colonialism, white supremacy, and the history of erasure and exclusion in the United States.

• Waterfront as Contested Space

  Reimagining the history of Bellingham Bay and North Puget Sound and how it is taught, presented by Anna Booker, WCC history instructor, and the "Bellingham Working Waterfront Project" and David Jepsen, co-author of Contested Boundaries: A New Pacific Northwest History.
  

• WCHS: Situating Ourselves in the Salish Sea with Anna Booker

  Whatcom County Historical Society and Whatcom Museum host a presentation on the results from projects about experiential learning and storytelling for critical thinking. Booker discusses the Salish Sea Virtual Lab that supports experiential learning.
  

• Episode 29: Part 3: The Sea Around Us

  Western Washington University television show episode follows Bert Webber, who led the naming of the Salish Sea composed of the Puget Sound, Strait of Georgia, and Strait of Juan de Fuca. Webber explains that the name provides a greater understanding of the ecological and cultural roots of the region.
  

• Coal in the Puget Sound Region

  Essay detailing the history of how railroad expansion and Washington coal mines for fuel and export shaped the economy and society of the Puget Sound. The essay also contains historical photographs from coal mines.

• The Bellingham Bay & British Colombia Railroad Company

  Article from The Railway and Locomotive Historical Society Bulletin on railroad history in Bellingham Bay and British Columbia from 1852 to 1951. The article also contains relevant maps, photographs, and data.

• Mountain Goat - Powerpoint Lecture

  Marco Hatch (Samish) lectures about the mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus), which is native to the Salish Sea. He discusses characteristics, distribution, removal from Olympic National Park, and the role of wool for Coast Salish peoples.
  

• Nettle - Powerpoint Lecture

  Marco Hatch (Samish) lectures about stinging nettle (Urtica diotca). He discusses nettle distribution, characteristics, and harvesting for nutritional and medicinal use.
  

• Pacific Silverweed - Powerpoint Lecture

  Marco Hatch (Samish) lectures about Pacific Silverweed (Argentina egedii). He discusses plant distribution, characteristics, consumption, nutrients, and relation to food-related Traditional Ecological Knowledge.
  

• Kelp - Powerpoint Lecture

  Marine ecologist Marco Hatch (Samish) lectures about kelp forests in the Salish Sea. He focuses on the characteristics, life stages, role, distribution, and restoration of two species: bull kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana) and giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera).
  

• Rootgardens

  Clip about the archaeology of root gardens composed of Pacific Silverweed and Springbank Clover, which serve as traditional food sources for Indigenous peoples in the Salish Sea.

• Maiden of Deception Pass | Guardian of Her Samish People

  Longhouse Media presents a documentary about the Samish Legend of Ko-kwal-alwoot, who risked her life to save the Samish people from starvation. The film explains the story, its pole carving on Rosario Beach in Deception Pass State Park, and the importance of the history to the Samish people.
  

• What is the Salish Sea

  Marco Hatch (Samish) provides a brief overview of the Salish Sea for the Western Washington University course SALI 201: Introduction to the Salish Sea. He introduces the map, terminology, borders, treaties and rights, and tribal territories.
  

• Clams - Powerpoint Lecture

  Marine ecologist Marco Hatch (Samish) lectures about shellfish and soft substrate intertidal zones. He discusses and compares the characteristics of the Varnish Clam, Olympia Oyster, Pacific Oyster, Manila Littleneck Clam, Native Littleneck Clam, Cockle Clam, Butter Clam, Horse Clam, and Geoduck.
  

• Shore Friendly Living - Coastal Beaches and Bluffs

  Video by Northwest Straits Foundation and The Shore Friendly program shows how the geology and physical processes that form Puget Sound beaches impact those who live on them.