{"id":90,"date":"2017-03-23T21:59:25","date_gmt":"2017-03-24T04:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/indigenousclimate\/?page_id=90"},"modified":"2019-10-11T21:40:03","modified_gmt":"2019-10-12T04:40:03","slug":"2017-indigenous-climate-justice-symposium","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/indigenousclimate\/2017-indigenous-climate-justice-symposium\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 Indigenous Climate Justice Symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2nd annual Indigenous Climate Justice Symposium was held on Thursday, May 4 and Friday, May 5 in the Longhouse Educational and Cultural Center<\/a> at The Evergreen State College<\/a>. This year the Symposium theme was “A Time for Gathering.”<\/p>\n

Evergreen faculty in the “Catastrophe: Community Resilience in the Face of Disaster<\/a>” program co-hosted the Symposium with the Nisqually Tribe, as part of the Climate Change and Pacific Rim Indigenous Nations Project<\/a>. Among the speakers were Faith Spotted Eagle<\/a> <\/strong>and Rueben George<\/strong><\/a>, key leaders of Indigenous-led alliances to stop oil pipelines. See the event photos<\/a> and bios of keynote speakers and panelists.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"18320612_10211799887128002_7823279743938986970_o\"The theme of this year’s Symposium was twofold–fossil fuel resistance, and resilience in the face of climate change, with a focus on Indigenous communities in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The 1st annual Indigenous Climate Justice Symposium drew hundreds to the Longhouse in November 2015 (see the program and videos)<\/a>. Please find below the schedule of the 2017 Symposium. See the facebook event page<\/a>, and the Symposium Poster<\/a>:\"SymposiumPosterImage\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Thursday, May 4,
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10:00-10:30 Welcoming to Sg\u02b7ig\u02b7ial\u0294tx\u02b7, the House of Welcome<\/p>\n

Delbert Miller (Skokomish)<\/p>\n

Tina Kuckkahn-Miller (Longhouse director; Lac du Flambeau Ojibwe)<\/p>\n

George Bridges (Evergreen President)<\/p>\n

Lenn\u00e9e Reid (Spoken word artist, spiritualist, poet, environmentalist, & survivor; Choctaw)<\/p>\n