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Parallel Lives - Part 2 by Confluence

Parallel Lives - Part 1 by Confluence

Indigenous Voices of the Columbia River: Vancouver Story Gathering part 2 by Confluence

Indigenous Voices of the Columbia River: Vancouver Story Gathering by Confluence

"I know I'm from this place. I know what other folks call wild, I call home. Because nothing in our homelands is wild to us, it's not unknown."

Roberta Kirk, Chuck Sams, and Patricia Whitefoot discuss the importance of the river and interconnectedness.

Paul Lumley, the Executive Director of NAYA PDX, talks about how treaties are a source of power for tribes, the importance of tribes being in charge of their own science, and the resilence and passion tribes have to maintain their traditions.

“We’ve come back with strength and the power of deprivation and desperation and that’s what a non-treaty tribe encounters.”

Tanna Engdahl, the spiritual leader of the Cowlitz Indian Tribe, talks about Cowlitz federal recognition, the experience of non-treaty tribes, the impact of the disease on the Cowlitz and the spiritual power of sacred sites and ancestors.

In this episode, anthropologist and Grand Ronde historian David Lewis discusses the loss of land, tribe-settler interactions, the historical context of Grand Ronde’s treaty negotiation, and protecting rights that weren’t guaranteed in treaties.

Tule Films founder Woodrow Hunt talks about his work with Confluence, termination and resilience, and how his own family history relates to the work he does.

In this Confluence Podcast, Carol Craig, a Yakama educator and journalist, relates her experiences during the historic 1999 Makah whale hunt, of working with the Yakama Fish Commission, and the peoples’ grief over the loss of Celilo.