Snake River to Salish Sea Spirit of the Waters

Totem Pole Journey in Portland, Oregon

  • WHAT: Join us for a special evening in support of the Indigenous-led movement to remove the Snake River dams and restore to health the Snake River salmon runs and the Southern Resident Killer Whales (Skali’Chelh in the Lummi language) that depend on them, the 2022 totem pole journey aims to inspire, inform, and engage Pacific Northwest communities through intergenerational voices, ceremony, art and science, spirituality, ancestral knowledge, and cross-cultural collaboration.
  • WHEN: May 10, 2022, at 6 p.m.
  • WHERE: Ecotrust The Redd on Salmon Street: 831 SE Salmon St, Portland, OR 97214 (between SE 8th and 9th and SE Salmon and Taylor)
About the event

Through creative communication, the journey promotes the urgent need for unity and solidarity to remove the Snake River dams to save our iconic Pacific Northwest salmon and Southern Resident orcas. Focused on honoring the ancient covenant with nature, the spirit of the Snake River, and the indigenous–led Snake River campaign through ancestral knowledge and ceremonial activities, the 2022 journey builds upon, strengthens and reaffirms the growing indigenous-led environmental movement across the Pacific Northwest. We hope you can join us!

Journey Partners:
  • Lummi Nation House of Tears Carvers
  • Children of the Setting Sun Productions
  • Nimiipuu Protecting the Environment
  • Columbia Riverkeeper
  • Sierra Club
  • Save Our Wild Salmon Coalition
  • Salmon Nation
  • Earth Ministry
  • Saint Leo Parish
  • The Natural History Museum
  • University of Oregon (Department of Philosophy and the Center for Environmental Futures)
  • Freebuilt Films
About Se’Si’Le

Se’Si’Le (saw-see-lah) is an intertribal 501c3 nonprofit founded by Lummi tribal member Jay Julius. The goal of Se’Si’Le is to reintroduce Indigenous spiritual law into the mainstream conversation about climate change and the environment. Se’Si’Le is the fiscal sponsor and lead entity of the Snake River to Salish Sea Spirit of the Waters Totem Pole Journey. Read more