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Via Zoom, register in advance to attend.
Join us for a two-day conference on the past and future of the Columbia River.
This conference will consider:
- Epidemics and tribes
- Dams, treaty, salmon and their impacts on the lower Columbia River and estuary
- Floodplain real estate for Portland/Vancouver, including basin-wide impacts and the need for basin-wide flood risk review
- Youth, climate change and the river: Stealing the future?
Attendees will draw on the ethical foundations provided by indigenous cultural leaders and western religious leaders, as well as lessons from the Cowlitz Indian Tribe, to advance justice and stewardship for the Columbia River in a time of climate change.
December 9
- Welcome: Chairman Philip Harju, Cowlitz Indian Tribe and Chancellor Mel Netzhammer, WSU Vancouver
- Invocation: Spiritual Leader Tanna Engdahl, Cowlitz Indian Tribe
- Panels: “Rivers of Our Moment” and “Rivers through Our Memory”
December 10
- Panels: “Rivers of Our Future” and “Rivers as Our Responsibility”
Co-hosted by the Cowlitz Indian Tribe and WSU Vancouver’s Collective for Social and Environmental Justice, and Native American Affairs. For a complete list of speakers and more information, visit the conference webpage.
Cost:
Free and open to the public