ESIT Racial Equity Corner
"I believe in the sun and the stars, the water, the tides, the floods, the owls, the hawks flying, the river running, the wind talking. They’re measurements. They tell us how healthy things are. How healthy we are. Because we and they are the same." Quote by Billy Frank Jr. [Photo credit]: Senator Patty Murray's Twitter, Nov. 2019.
"Billy Frank Jr., a member of the Nisqually Indian Tribe and chair of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission, speaks at the 40th anniversary celebration of Boldt Decision" (9:22):
"Chief Oren Lyons, Faithkeeper of the Wolf Clan, speaks about the ignored warnings and how we are living in the times of a 200-year-old prophecy. It will get worse before it gets better - get ready."
Watch Chief Oren Lyons' important message, created into a beautiful word-art video by Kristin and Jean Nolan, founders of the Inspired Channel (watch time 6:14):
"It's premised on the idea that the first Christian people to locate lands inhabited by natives were heathens, to quote the Johnson versus McIntosh ruling from 1832, supposedly has the right to assume the ultimate dominion to be in themselves. When you take the word dominion and you remove the letter N from the ending of it, what you get is dominio, which is the Latin word for 'to dominate'... the Supreme Court has been referencing that ever since 1823."
Watch as Steven T. Newcomb (Shawnee, Lenape), co-founder and co-director of the Indigenous Law Institute, breaks down the Doctrine of Discovery (watch time 19:31):
Below are resources and opportunities to engage:
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Native American Heritage Month Resources: In celebration of American Indian Heritage Month, November 2021, DCYF ESIT Tribal Support Specialist Brian Frisina compiled a collection of educational materials to help us learn more about Native American history, culture, storytelling, media, and much more, available on DCYF's website.
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Billy Frank Jr. Pacific Salmon Summit: "The Summit’s aim was to Inspire, Enlighten and Ignite the salmon recovery community through presentations about treaty rights, the status of salmon and its habitat, and critical policy issues." For more information and a comprehensive archive of past Summits, visit the Salmon Defense home page.
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Chief Arvol Looking Horse and wife talk about the pandemic and what the Lakota elders say: listen as Chief Arvol Looking Horse shares their story, insights and perspective.
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