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• How to Stay Safe When the Big One Comes
  Article about how individuals can prepare for the major earthquake projected to occur on the Cascadia subduction zone. Recommendations include bolting homes to foundations, creating earthquake kits, and making exit plans.
• ‎How to Survive the End of the World
  Podcast series by Autumn Brown and adrienne maree brown, who are writers, activists, and facilitators. The podcast focuses on community practices and learning in the midst of endings and apocalypse.
• Howe Sound designated a UNESCO biosphere region
  Article celebrating the recognition of the Howe Sound area as Canada’s 19th biosphere by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, an effort that was five years in the making.
• Imagine if Toronto were reclaimed by nature
  
  Video introducing the Indigenous futurism virtual reality experience by Filmmaker Lisa Jackson and 3D Artist Mathew Borrett. Biidaaban: First Light reflects on systems of governance as it imagines a future Toronto through the languages Wendat, Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawk) and Anishinaabe (Ojibway).
• Indigenous Activists Say the Legacy Of Colonialism Has Limited Their Access To COP-26
  
  National Public Radio presents a podcast episode about Indigenous youth activists at the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland. Indigenous activists from around the world talk about the impacts of colonialism on the lack of access to the conference.
• Indigenous Climate Change Studies: Indigenizing Futures, Decolonizing the Anthropocene
  English Language Notes research article about Indigenous and allied scholars, knowledge keepers, scientists, learners, change-makers, and leaders building a field and plans to address human-caused climate change.
• Indigenous Epistemologies and Pedagogies
  
  A guidebook by Royal Roads University and University of Victoria supporting the Indigenization of post-secondary education, particularly in British Columbia. It emphasizes the importance of decolonization, reconciliation, and cultural safety in creating equitable learning environments.
• Indigenous Health Indicators
  A website by the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community that describes a number of Indigenous Health Indicators, such as community connection, traditional education, cultural use, and more.
• 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.
• Indigenous Time Travel
  Video of discussion with Susan Blight and Peter Morin about spatial knowledge, thinking beyond decolonization, expansiveness, and kinship.
• Interview with Peter Morin
  
  Peter Morin, a Tahltan Nation artist and curator, discusses the anthropological museum space, experience working with the Museum of Anthropology at UBC, the polemics of art institutions, the gallery space, racism and microaggression, Indigenous power in the museum space, and Tahltan knowledge.
• 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.
• Introduction to Mount Baker and the Nooksack River Watershed
  Section in Climate Driven Retreat of Mount Baker Glaciers and Changing Water Resources about the North Fork, Middle Fork, and South Fork Nooksack River, and glacier runoff and retreat on Mount Baker.
• Introduction to the Salish Sea - Week 10
  A slide show used to teach a class in the Introduction to the Salish Sea course at Western Washington University. Contains teaching materials about residential schools, Robert Banks Terminal 2, and consent of Indigenous peoples. Also contains an overview of a 3-week module about climate change, justice, and the future of the Salish Sea.
• Introduction to the Salish Sea - Week 8
  A slide show used to teach a class in the Introduction to the Salish Sea course at Western Washington University. Discusses orcas and pollution, and includes embedded videos, small group activities, and a variety of maps. Also contains an overview of a 3-week module about climate change, justice, and the future of the Salish Sea.
• Islands in the Salish Sea: A Community Atlas
  
  Book mapping the most beloved places in the Salish Sea, created by a diverse group of collaborators across the Salish Sea. Maps range from fishing spots and ancient First Nations sites to bird migration and heritage orchids.
• June 2021 heat dome created mass mussel mortality in the Salish Sea
  
  Video about the 2021 heat wave’s effect on intertidal creatures through the Strait of Georgia and the Salish Sea. Researcher from University of British Columbia’s Harley Lab collects data on living and dead mussels in Davis Bay.
• 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).
• 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.
• Kwakiutl Protest
  Article shares a series of photographs and stories from the Kwakiut protests that occurred after a breach of the 1851 Douglas Treaty was made when the B.C. government and Western Forest Product made an illegal land deal. The article discusses the rich history of the Kwakiutl and their demands going forward.
• Kwakwaka'wakw
  Webpage on the Kwakwaka'wakw peoples’ tribes, history, language (Kwak´wala), cultures, fisheries, traditional foods, and territory (on and around what is now called northern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada).
• Kwakwaka'wakw "Clam Gardens": Motive and Agency in Traditional Northwest Coast Mariculture
  Human ecology journal article explores clam garden management techniques as a form of Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge. Based on accounts from Kwakwaka'wakw Clan Chief Kwaxistalla Adam Dick, trained in these techniques by elders, the article discusses activities, motivations, and outcomes of clam gardens.
• Land
  Book section from Native Studies Keywords examining the perspectives and history of the term and concept of “land” in Native American studies projects. Land relates to other terms like sovereignty, belonging, rights, and responsibility.
• Landslides - Emergency Management
  Seattle Office of Emergency Management webpage discussing landslide emergency management. The page goes over the dangers of landslides to the city and what measures the city has taken to mitigate vulnerability to landslides.
• Learning in Places
  "We are a collaborative network of educators, families, and community partners working to cultivate equitable, culturally thriving, socio-ecological systems learning and ethical decision-making using field-based science education in outdoor places, including gardens, for children in pre-kindergarten to 3rd grade and their families."
• Leona M. Sparrow talks about the Sparrow Case
  
  Video from a series featuring Musqueam community members discussing issues of importance to them. It is about the Supreme Court of Canada R v. Sparrow [1990] decision as well as protection and violation of Aboriginal fishing rights.
• Lisa Cook Capstone Presentation - Time Immemorial
  
• Long Live the Kings: Survive the Sound Game
  Survive the Sound is a free, interactive online game where students and the general public are invited to follow their favorite fish character as it migrates through Puget Sound.
• Looking West: Historical Overview of the Industry in BC
  Historical review of the pulp and paper industry in eastern Canada and how the industry became an important economic force.
• Lummi Nation Aquaculture: A Community-Based History Lesson Plan
  
  The 45-page lesson plan, Lummi Nation Aquaculture: A Community-Based History, asks students to answer the historical question, “Why did the Lummi Nation build an aquaculture facility in the 1970s?” It includes a five-page background lecture, a PowerPoint presentation with limited text, a timeline, eight annotated primary sources, and guided reading and research questions that help students grapple with written evidence and formulate an interpretation. In most cases, the source is followed by "Notes from the Schelangen Division." Schelangen is a Lummi language word that refers to the Lummi “way of life"; the Schelangen Division is another name for the Lummi Nation Cultural Commission. The Lummi Nation Cultural Commission members created the "Notes from the Schelangen Division" during the Community-Based Participatory Research Project meetings, which were essential to this lesson plan. These Notes provide Lummi perspectives on the primary source documents and their significance. The research and design process, which began in the Summer of 2021, involved several applications and intensive rewriting to meet the standards and protocols of the Northwest Indian College’s Institutional Review Board.
• 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.
• Making Room: A Transitional Tiny Home Community
  ArcGIS StoryMap of a community-based participatory research project in Victoria, British Columbia by the Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness, Island Health, and University of Victoria. It is dedicated to spreading awareness about site-supportive transitional housing and breaking the cycle of houselessness.
• Map of the Salish Sea & Surrounding Basin
  Map of Salish Sea, with elevation and bathymetry data, extending from the north end of the Strait of Georgia to the south end of the Puget sound and west to the mouth of the Straight of Juan de Fuca. Map text focuses on natural features rather than political jurisdictions.
• Mapping the Archaeological Past of the Salish Sea (MAPSS)
  
  The exercise is aimed to help students explain the basic chronology of culture history in the Salish Sea and identify important local archaeological sites and/or traditional cultural places on both sides of the international border.
• Marine and Nearshore Restoration Projects - Playing An Essential Role In Conserving The Salish Sea
  ArcGIS StoryMap by Northwest Straits Foundation about the projects Derelict Gear Removal (like crab pots, fishing nets, and shoreline armor) and Shore Friendly (and the Landowner Outreach Program), which restore beach and marine habitat.
• Marine Basins
  
  Map of subbasins (or sub-basins) and bathymetry of the Salish Sea with basins delineated based on water depth and circulation. Shallower areas associated with underwater sills separate many of the basins, creating distinct oceanography. Basins shown include: Admiralty Inlet, Central Puget Sound, East Strait of Juan de Fuca, Hood Canal, South Puget Sound, San Juan Archipelago, South Strait of Georgia, Strait of Georgia, West Strait of Juan de Fuca, and Whidbey.
• Marine Mammal Rehab in the PNW: Stories of 4 Patients at a New Sealife Hospital.
  
  For decades, terrestrial wildlife centers and aquariums were the only places in the Pacific Northwest where a limited number of marine species could be rehabilitated. With the opening of SR3's sealife hospital in 2021 the number and diversity of species capable of receiving care has expanded dramatically. This talk will focus on 4 different types of animals SR3 has cared for, and what their stories can teach us about starting something new, growing, and working collaboratively.
• Modern Aluminum Vessel Construction, Including Hybrid And Zero Emissions
  
  Join Ron as he describes the modern construction techniques used and the features incorporated into new vessels being constructed by local Bellingham boat builder, All American Marine, Vessels and features discussed will include catamarans, hydrofoils, hybrid boats and the world’s first hydrogen fuel cell powered passenger vessel.
• 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.
• Multiple ontologies of water: Politics, conflict and implications for governance
  Journal article from Environment and Planning D: Society and Space on understanding human-water relations within current water governance. The article focuses on the potential of encompassing multiple water ontologies within water governance with examples from British Columbia, Canada.
• Musqueam Place Names Map
  Interactive map of Musqueam Territory place names with historical photographs, audio from Musqueam’s oral history collection, and a children’s place names book. Vancouver, British Columbia is seated on Musqueam Territory.
• Musqueam: giving information about our teachings
  Teaching kit for educators about the Musqueam First Nation. It provides historical and contemporary information about Musqueam culture, the role of language, hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ stories, and place names, the Nation’s efforts to defend their home and future, and Musqueam’s ancestral territory (including what is now called Greater Vancouver, British Columbia).
• Native Land Digital
  Resource and app to help map and learn about Indigenous territories, treaties, and languages, and ways of life. It contains global mapping and educational resources.
• Native Studies Keywords
  Volume analyzing the history of the words sovereignty, land, indigeneity, nation, blood, tradition, colonialism, and indigenous knowledge in Native American studies projects. Sections contain essays with perspectives on definitions, meanings, and significance of the concepts within historical, social, and political contexts.
• Nervous Hybridity: Bodies, Spaces, and the Displacements of Empire
  Book section from Urbanizing frontiers: Indigenous peoples and settlers in 19th-century Pacific Rim cities. This section focuses on Indigenous peoples and settlers in Victoria, British Columbia from 1858 to 1871. Gold rushes and narratives of European progress transformed spaces and bodies.
• Nettle - Powerpoint Lecture
  
  Marco Hatch (Samish) lectures about stinging nettle (Urtica diotca). He discusses nettle distribution, characteristics, and harvesting for nutritional and medicinal use.
• Nettles: Generations of Traditional Knowledge
  
  Film by Longhouse Media and the Traditional Plants and Food Program where Elise Krohn, an herbalist and wild foods educator, discusses information about safe harvesting practices, where nettles grow, nutrients and health benefits.
• Nisqually Watershed Management Plan
  The Nisqually Indian Tribe’s official plan for managing the Nisqually watershed. It was published in 2003, following the Watershed Management Act of 1998, which sought to allow citizens, governments, and tribes to develop solutions to water issues. It aims to balance demands for water with environmental conservation.
• Northwest Photograph Collection
  Seattle Public Library presents a collection of historic photographs of Washington State locations like the Olympic Peninsula, Mount Rainier, Deception Pass, Bellingham, Tacoma and Eastern Washington.
• Not For Any Price
  
  Documentary about how the Lummi Nation led the opposition to a proposal for a coal terminal at Cherry Point near Bellingham, Washington. Cherry Point is an ancestral village site and integral to fishing treaty rights for the Lummi Nation.