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DESCRIPTION:SALMON AND SOVEREIGNTY:\nIndigenous perspectives on water and cultural 
 survival in California\n\n“We were born from water, we are of the water, 
 and we fight to protect it.” \n—Chief Caleen Sisk\n\nFriday, April 
 18th\nDoors: 6:30  Start: 7:00pm\nResource Center for Nonviolence\n612 
 Ocean Street, Santa Cruz\n$5-20 donation, no one turned away\nProceeds will 
 benefit the Winnemem Wintu tribe\n\nRetaining a concept of sovereignty 
 based on deep ancestral ties with place, indigenous people are on the front 
 lines of critical environmental battles everywhere. Their voices and 
 actions are leading the way forward.\n\nSPEAKERS:\n* Chief Caleen Sisk, 
 Winnemem Wintu Tribe\nStrongly rooted in their traditional practices, the 
 Winnemem Wintu of Northern California are engaged in ecological, cultural, 
 and spiritual restoration, including bringing salmon back to their home 
 river, the McCloud. Chief Sisk will speak about the tribe's struggle for 
 survival and their current work of restoring natural water systems and 
 stopping disastrous proposed megaprojects such as the Delta Twin Tunnels 
 and the Shasta Dam raise that would flood large portions of sacred Winnemem 
 land—for the second time.\nMore info: http://winnememwintu.us/\n\n* Gregg 
 Castro, Ohlone/Salinan\nGregg will speak about his Rumsien Ohlone and 
 T'rowtraahl Salinan community work, over the last two decades, in cultural 
 protection, preservation and perseverance. These two Central Coast tribes 
 have been pushed to the brink of extinction, yet communities are 
 recovering, revitalizing their heritage, and reestablishing their presence 
 that will remain “for as long as the world continues—always, now and 
 forever.”\n\nFILM: \n"Dancing Salmon Home"\nAn award-winning documentary 
 chronicling the Winnemem Wintu tribe’s remarkable journey to Maori 
 territory in New Zealand to reunite with their salmon relatives after 70 
 years of separation.\nFilm website: http://dancingsalmonhome.com/\n\n“My 
 experiences have confirmed for me that, whatever the issue is affecting any 
 indigenous California communities and peoples, it is the same root issue: 
 that we are all still in First Contact conflict with foreign cultures that 
 have no regard for our ancient culture that has been here since the 
 beginning of time.”—Gregg Castro\n\n"We may be few but we are not 
 alone. There are people all over the world who are standing up and fighting 
 for Mother Earth. To stop development, to stop the dams, and the mining. 
 We’re getting ready to win. Its coming to us. Whatever it takes to get 
 ready, we’re doing it.”\n—Caleen Sisk\n\nFacebook event page link 
 (invite 
 friends!):\nhttps://www.facebook.com/events/547492322034727/\n\nEvent 
 hosted by Santa Cruz Indigenous Solidarity\nCo-sponsored by Central Coast 
 Rising and Santa Cruz Forest Keepers\nSanta Cruz is Awaswas Ohlone 
 territory\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/04/09/18753869.php
SUMMARY:SALMON AND SOVEREIGNTY: Indigenous perspectives on water and cultural survival in CA
LOCATION:Resource Center for Nonviolence: 612 Ocean Street, Santa Cruz, CA\n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/04/09/18753869.php
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