Salish Sea Curriculum Repository

Items

• 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.

• Southern Resident Orca Task Force: Final report and recommendations

  Report from Cascadia Consulting Group discusses the purpose and progress of the task force to develop recommendations addressing the decline of the Southern Resident orca population and the threats of extinction due to less Chinook salmon, disturbance from traffic, toxic contaminants, and climate change and population growth.

• Cedar Box Teaching Toolkit

  Educational resource and curriculum about important Native foods and cultural traditions in Salish Country with recipes, activities, and stories. There are sections on ecosystems, harvest ethics, cedar, water, camas, cattail, clams, deer and elk, duck, hazelnut, huckleberry, nettle, salal, salmon, seaweed, and strawberry.

• Assessment of the trans mountain pipeline and tanker expansion proposal

  The Tskeuk-Waututh Nation’s assessment of the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline (TMEX) proposal in accordance with the Nation’s Stewardship Policy. The document reviews proposed plans and policies within their Consultation Area, including Burrard Inlet in Vancouver, British Columbia. “It describes the seriousness of the potential effects of the TMEX proposal on Tsleil-Waututh title, rights, and interests.”

• Toward a Vision for Salmon Habitat in the Lower Fraser River

  Raincoast Conservation Foundation presents a report describing the historical context of the Lower Fraser River, the state of salmon and their habitat, current and emerging threats to this habitat, the value of salmon, and the shifting political landscape in which these habitats must be protected and restored.

• 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).

• Revitalizing Indigenous Law with the Lower Fraser Fisheries Alliance

  The LFFA-RELAW (Lower Fraser Fisheries Alliance and Revitalizing Indigenous Law for Land, Air and Water) project provides a summary report of the legal traditions of the peoples of the Lower Fraser. It focuses on the First Nations’ legacy, governance, rights, and responsibilities for fish and watersheds.

• Roberts Bank Terminal EPA Letter

  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) letter from Andrew Baca to the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada about the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 Project (RBT2). It discusses Salish Sea protection, the Puget Sound National Estuary Program, potential cross-boundary issues, Chinook salmon, orcas, and the sovereign tribal governments.

• Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency Roberts Bank Terminal 2 Project Public Hearing Phase Overview of Oral Hearing Submission by Semiahmoo First Nation

  Semiahmoo First Nation presents an overview of their oral hearing submission for the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 Project in British Columbia, Canada. It discusses Aboriginal rights and title, Traditional Territory, demand for more studies about project effects, and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People.

• Federal review panel report for the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 project

  The Review Panel for the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 Project (in Delta, British Columbia, Canada) presents the results of the federal review panel assessment of the potential environmental effects of the Project. It provides key findings on residual and cumulative effects for habitat and species, conclusions, and recommendations.

• RE: Government approval for Western Forest Products land transfer and infringement of the Kwakiutl First Nation Douglas treaties and traditional territory

  Letter from the Kwakiutl First Nation Band Council to the Canadian Forest Minister, detailing the infringement of their 1851 Douglas Treaty and Aboriginal rights. It explains how the B.C. Government approved Western Forest Product’s application to remove the traditional territory without speaking to the Kwakitul, and how they intend to take action.

• 2020 Sustainability Report - Western Forest Products

  Sustainability report from Western Forest Products. It compiles information on company values, workforce demographics, sustainability models in response to climate change, and their efforts to create collaborative Indigenous relationships in Vancouver and the B.C. Coast.

• Burrard Inlet Action Plan

  The Tsleil-Waututh Nation’s action plan for improving the health of the Burrard Inlet ecosystem by 2025 is summarized on this webpage. The plan involves monitoring and supporting water quality and marine wildlife with measurable goals.

• 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.

• Gulf Islands Ecosystem Communtiy Atlas

  An atlas about the Gulf Islands in B.C. containing maps, charts, and information about their physical environment, ecosystems, and cultural issues, published by the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society. It seeks to promote the ecological health of the four national parks on the Gulf Islands by serving as a resource for local policy development and land use.

• Four roles relating to change

  Training for Change handout that identifies effective and ineffective actions associated with four change-making roles: “helper,” “advocate,” “rebel,” and “organizer.”

• Flood Modeling and Mapping in BC's Lower Mainland: A Project Primer

  Models of potential flooding and related hazards surrounding the Fraser River. These maps aim to improve risk assessment and emergency preparedness as part of developing a region-wide flood strategy for British Columbia’s lower mainland.

• 13 Moons First Foods Resource Curriculum

  This program is built on the definition of health, including environmental health, as founded on the cooperative relationships between humans, non-humans, and their environment.
  

• Developing Stamina for Decolonizing Higher Education: A Workbook for Non-Indigenous People

  

• State of the Salish Sea

  Report from marine scientist Kathryn Sobocinski, Western Washington University, and the Salish Sea Institute. It compiles information on the Salish Sea estuarine ecosystem including climate change, urbanization and human impacts, opportunities for better understanding, and a call to action on the future of the Salish Sea.