Se’Si’Le (saw-see’-law) is the Lummi Indian word for “our grandmother.”

Our Mission is to utilize Indigenous ancestral knowledge for the benefit of our Mother Earth, Indigenous lifeways, and for future generations.

We offer strategies and plans to protect Indigenous sacred sites, areas, resources, and landscapes,  and to promote the understanding of Indigenous ways of knowing the nature of Nature.

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Se'Si'Le

Schtәngәxʷәn: The Caretaking Village of Tsil’Whi’Sen 2025-2026
Schtәngәx әn The Caretaking Village of Tsil Whi Sen

Se’Si’Le is purchasing land on Orcas Island (the ancient village site of Tsil’Whi’Sen), with plans underway to honor this ancient site with programs as part of the vision of Grandmother’s Journey Home.

Programs to be put in place over the next two years will include a 7th gen longhouse, legacy landscaping, trails with historical markers, and a virtual reality dome. We need your help to make this a reality.  Please consider making a donation to Se'Si'Le.  Learn more...

DIRECT ACTION

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September 2025
Xaalh and the Way of the Masks:
Honoring Ourselves, the Lands, Waters, and Forests

This campaign will bring attention to the emergent and urgent threats of the Trump Administration to indigenous lands, waters, forests, and lifeways in the Pacific Northwest. 

The two-week campaign in September of 2025 will hold events in tribal communities, public venues and places of worship in the Pacific Northwest and Northern California.

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Ey Kw’elhsh en-sela’lexw
Take good care of your elders
PUBLIC OUTREACH

Cultural Enrichment

Cultural Enrichment

Se'Si'Le programs to educate and motivate

Publications

Publications

Articles & Books Created by Se'Si'Le