This coming Tuesday, the Lummi Nation is hosting a few important events to highlight their opposition to coal and oil projects as a part of the 68th Annual Stommish Water Festival.
The Sacred Obligations Summit, Walk and Rally to Protect Cherry Point will all take place on June 16 and 17, with the Rally at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, June 17 at the Stommish Grounds (map here: https://goo.gl/maps/CiEGl). Further details are below and at https://www.facebook.com/events/816285828382736/
Sacred Obligations Summit
Monday June 16 – 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Wexliem House, Blackhawk Way, Lummi Nation
This event will feature tribal leaders from all over the region speaking to the issues facing first nations communities and our natural environment. Please join to learn more about the important battles going on right now to protect our future. Food will be served, and a $10 donation is suggested.
Sacred Talk featuring Winona LaDuke
Monday June 16 – 6 p.m.
Wexliem House, Blackhawk Way, Lummi Nation
Native American civil rights and environmental justice activist Winona LaDuke will visiting the Lummi Nation on June 16 to offer a special presentation as part of the Stommish Festivities. The event is free and open to the public.
Sacred Walk
Tuesday, June 17 – 12 p.m.
Slater Road and Haxton Way, Lummi Nation
Lots of detail about this portion of the Stommish Festival is available below. Community activists are invited to join leaders of the Lummi Nation in a march from Slater Road to the Stommish Grounds, which are near the ferry terminal. We’ll meet runners from Cherry Point at noon, who will be carrying one part of a two-piece staff carved by Jewell James.
Rally to Protect Cherry Point
Tuesday, June 17 – 4 p.m.
Stommish Grounds, Lummi Nation
Marchers at the end of the Sacred Walk will meet canoers traveling from Cherry Point at the Stommish Grounds, near the ferry terminal on the Lummi Reservation. In a ceremony on the Stommish Grounds, the canoers and walkers will join the two-piece staff carved by Jewell James and be invited to participate in a rally to protect Cherry Point. Please join them to support this important action.
These events will be both preceded and followed by a number of other festivities associated with Stommish, but these will be important highlights for community participation. Those interested are asked to register: https://fs6.formsite.com/jonesd21/form18/index.html
All events are free.
