Indigenous Climate Project Oral Histories

BILLY FRANK Jr. IN THE ARCTIC / Excerpt from "THIS IS INDIAN COUNTRY With Billy Frank Jr.: The Iñupiat, Hanging On at the Top of the World" (2010)

JOHN SIROIS / Traditional Territories Advisor, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation. Location: Chief Joseph Dam, Columbia River, near Bridgeport, WA.

FULL INTERVIEW

KAT BRIGHAM / Former Board of Trustees Chair,. Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (pt1). Location: Columbia River, Cascade Locks, WA.

FULL INTERVIEW

KAT BRIGHAM / Former Board of Trustees Chair,. Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (pt2). Location: Columbia River, Cascade Locks, WA.

FULL INTERVIEW

W. RON ALLEN / Chairman & CEO, Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe, Nation Builder. Location: Sequim Bay, Jamestown.

FULL INTERVIEW

MARLIN HOLDEN / Oysterman and Elder, Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe, great-great-grandson of Chief Chetzemoka, signer of the Point-No-Point peace treaty of 1855. Location: Mouth of Jimmycomelately Creek, Sequim Bay, Jamestown.

FULL INTERVIEW

 FRANCES CHARLES / Chairwoman, Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe. Location: Mouth of the re-wilded Elwha River, Lower Elwha Klallam country, near Port Angeles, WA.

FULL INTERVIEW

MARIA PASQUA / Educator, Makah Nation. Location: Hobuck Beach, Makah Nation.

FULL INTERVIEW

 MICAH McCARTY / Artist, Conservationist and Former Chairman, Makah Nation (pt1). Location: Hobuck Beach, Makah Nation.

FULL INTERVIEW

 ED JOHNSTONE / Chairman, Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission, Quinault Elder, Lifelong Fisherman and Fish Warrior. Location: The Indian Beach, near Taholah, WA.

FULL INTERVIEW

VALERIE SEGREST / Food Sovereignty Specialist and Author, Muckleshoot Tribe (pt1), Location: Muckleshoot Reservation, Auburn, WA.

FULL INTERVIEW

VALERIE SEGREST / Food Sovereignty Specialist and Author, Muckleshoot Tribe (pt2). Location: Muckleshoot Reservation, Auburn, WA.

ED HAMILTON / Fish Production Specialist, Muckleshoot Tribe. Location: Keta Creek Hatchery, Auburn, WA

PHIL HAMILTON / Fisheries Policy Representative, Muckleshoot Tribe. Location: Keta Creek Hatchery, Auburn, WA.

WILLIE FRANK III / Son of Billy Frank Jr.; Former Chairman, Nisqually Tribe. Locations: Nisqually River, Frank's Landing and the Billy Frank Jr. National Wildlife Refuge.

FULL INTERVIEW

ED JOHNSTONE / Chairman, Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission, Quinault Elder, Lifelong Fisherman and Fish Warrior. Location: The Indian Beach, near Taholah, WA.

FULL INTERVIEW

 GUY CAPOEMAN, President, Quinault Nation. Location: Mouth of the Quinault River, Taholah, WA.

FULL INTERVIEW

FAWN SHARP / Former President of the National Congress of American Indians; Vice President, Quinault Nation. Location: Haynisisoos Point (Pt. Granville), Quinault Nation.

FULL INTERVIEW

DANIEL MALVINI / Student Climate Activist, Quinault Nation. Location:Haynisisoos Point (Pt. Granville), near Taholah, Quinault Nation, WA.

NANCY SHIPPENTOWER, Nisqually and Puyallup Elder / Location: Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge and Frank's Landing, Nisqually River.

FRANCIS ROSEANDER, Quinault Elder and Fisherman / Location: Mouth of Quinault River, Village of Taholah, Quinault Nation.

JOSEPH PAVEL, Natural Resources Director, Skokomish Tribe / Location: Skokomish Tribe’s restoration project at the site of the former Nalley Farm, at the mouth of the Skokomish River, the largest river delta on Hood Canal.  

MELODI WYNNE, PhD / Food Sovereignty Specialist, Spokane Tribe of Indians (pt2). Location: Near Village of Winnipet, WA.

FULL INTERVIEW

CANDACE PENN, Climate Change Ecologist for Squaxin Island Tribe and lifelong fisherwoman / Location: Squaxin Island. 

 LEONARD FORSMAN / Chairman, Suquamish Tribe; President of Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATI); University of Washington Board of Regents. Location: Old Man's House Beach, Suquamish.

FULL INTERVIEW

 RAY FORSMAN / Elder and Lifelong Fisherman, Suquamish Tribe. Location: Old Man's House Beach. Suquamish.

FULL INTERVIEW

ROB PURSER, SuquamishEelder and Fisherman / Location: Old Man's House Beach, Suquamish.