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                                        Se'Si'Le Workshop for Friends of the San Juans

Welcome

Introductions

Session 1: 

· The Salish Sea: A Place Called Home 

· Critical Incident 1: The Lessons and Legacies of First Encounters 

· Roundtable Discussion

Session 2:

 The Salish Sea Through Ancient Eyes

· Critical Incident 2: Lessons Learned from Indigenous-led Campaigns

· Roundtable Discussion

Session 3:

· Tribal Sovereignty: Salmon, Inherent Rights, and Treaty Rights

·· Roundtable Discussion

Session 4: 

· Protocols for Collaboration in the Era of Indigenous-Led Conservation 

· Critical Incident 3: The Spirit of the Waters 

· Roundtable Discussion

Open Floor: Reflections on the Day

                                              Se'Si'Le Seminar at the University of Oregon:

                                                         Art, Ceremony and Activism 

Activism can bring us to a better world, Art to new ways of imagining it, and Ceremony to an understanding of the sacred space of relationality. The presenters will share their experience in bringing together art, ceremony, and activism in some of the most significant environmental and social justice campaigns over the past decade within and beyond the Pacific Northwest.

12:00 Welcome University of Oregon  

12:10 Opening Remarks 

· Jay Julius, President of  Se’Si’Le

12:25 Reflections on Ceremony and Activism, JoDe Goudy, Vice-President of Se'Si'Le

12:40 Art, Ceremony and Activism: The Snake-River-to-Salish-Sea Spirit of the Waters Totem Pole Journey Master Carver Jewell James, Lummi Nation House of Tears Carvers

1:00 On the Totem Pole Journey: Art, Ceremony and Activism

· Robin Everett, Sierra Club

· Briana Meier, University of Oregon

1:15 Whale People—Protectors of the Salish Sea: Activism and Exhibit Art 

Beka Economopoulos,  Director, Natural History Museum 

1:25 Closing Remarks, Barbara Muraca (University of Oregon)

1:30 End