Indigeneity, Ecology, and Cross-Cultural Collaboration

Se’Si’Le is dedicated to promoting a deeper understanding of indigenous knowledge and how we can best appreciate the nature of Nature.

“We sit in the lap of Mother Earth learning all there is to learn…
not all at once, but built up over a lifetime, every day.
We need to keep learning.
To never quit learning.”
-- Lummi Elder --

We endeavor through publications, workshops, seminars, symposia, and…

Honoring the Spirit of Place - The Salish Sea Series

Please join the Board of Directors of Se’Si’Le on July 28 from 7:00-9:00 PM at the Clocktower Building in Friday Harbor for the first of our Salish Sea Series.

Honoring the Spirit of Place
When: July 28th, 2025 7pm - 9pm
Where: The Friday Harbor Clocktower

Leng-e-sot: Caring for Ourselves and All Our Relations

Summer 2025

Se’Si’Le will inaugurate a field school in the Summer of 2025 on San Juan Island and Orcas Island for students and faculty from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The field school will introduce the participants to Indigenous ancestral knowledge and ways of knowing nature and its personhood, and how to use this knowledge preserve natural and cultural heritage landscapes and…