In the headlines

Treaty Rights

10.14.19 – Yakama, Lummi tribal leaders call for removal of three lower Columbia River dams – The Seattle Times

10.14.19 – Lummi Nation stands with Yakama Nation in call for removal of dams – Indian Country Today

Salish Sea Campaign

10.2.19 – Indigenous led event draws crowds on land and water – Indian Country Today

8.30.19 – Could Rights of Nature Laws Help Save Endangered Orcas? – Yes magazine

8.6.19 – Salmon hatcheries buy us time while we work to restore the Salish Sea – Op Ed by Lawrence Solomon, Secretary of Lummi Nation, for the Seattle Times

8.6.19 – Where are the salmon and the orcas? – Seattle Times

6.31.19 – Seven ways tribes are repairing the Salish Sea and Washington waterways – Indian Country Today

6.17.19 – Lummi Tribe’s efforts to save orcas include ending Navy tests – Navy Times

5.17.18 – State Honors Lummi Nation for its emergency response to escaped Atlantic salmon – The Seattle Times

Sk’aliCh’elh (Southern Resident Killer Whales)

9.17.19 – Coast Salish communities race to save southern resident orcas – Canada’s National Observer

9.1.19 – Saying they’re family, Lummi Nation gives these endangered orcas a new, ancestral name – The Bellingham Herald

8.28.19 –Southern Resident Killer Whales given Lummi name in traditional ceremony – Indian Country Today

8.27.19 – Lummi Nation mourns lost southern resident orcas, renames those remaining – KNKX/NPR

8.22.19 – Meeting with the Lummi Nation for Southern Orcas – One Voice (France)

7.18.19 – Killer collapse: the southern resident orcas of BC are struggling, here’s why there’s a cross-border fight to save them – CBC News

7.12.19 – The Lummi Nation has a simple idea to save orcas – Bitterroot Magazine

6.17.19 – Lummi Tribe launches effort to save southern resident orcas – Bellingham Herald

6.06.19 – Lummi Nation launches campaign to save dwindling orca population – Q13 Fox News

5.22.19 – Lummi Nation wants to feed struggling orcas – Q-13

5.02.19 – Feeding our orca ancestors – Anchor FM

4.25.19 – A pod of orcas is starving to death. A tribe has a radical plan to feed them – The Guardian

4.25.19 – Lummi Tribe releases salmon to endangered orca in sacred ceremony – Q-13

4.13.19 – Lummi Nation calls for ‘state of emergency’ to aid dwindling orca population – CBC

4.12.19 – “Our relatives under the water.” Lummi release salmon to ailing orca” – KUOW

3.03.19 – Lummi’s sacred obligation is to feed orcas, our relations under the waves – OpEd, The Seattle Times

8.13.18 – ‘Slogging’ killer whale J-50 gets live fish delivery in latest attempt to save her – CBC

8.08.18 – Feeding a wild orca: inside the practice run to save the ailing killer whale J50 – The Seattle Times

8.08.18 – That pain you feel about orcas? The Lummi know it well – KUOW

Trans Mountain Pipeline

6.26.19 – Thin Green Line – Cascadia Weekly

6.19.19 – Washington Tribes and Inslee alarmed by Canadian pipeline approval – KUOW

6.18.19 – Canada re-approves contentious Pacific coast oil pipeline – Q13 Fox News

2.22.19 –Trans Mountain pipeline expansion gets green light from Canadian Energy Board (Lisa Wilson of Lummi Nation quoted) – Seattle Times

2.22.19 – Trans Mountain pipeline all but approved despite Indigenous opposition (Raynell Morris of Lummi Nation quoted) – KUOW

12.05.18 – The warning of the blackfish – Cascadia Weekly

11.28.18 – Washington Tribes Say Pipeline Will Harm Orcas, Way of Life –Associated Press

11.28.18 – Washington state First Nations speak out against Trans Mountain pipeline expansion – Global News

11.28.18 –‘Our way of life in its last hour,’ Tsawout First Nation tells pipeline hearings – Times Colonist, mentions US tribes testimony at end of article

11.29.18 – Mother orca who carried her dead calf at center of hearings over Trans Mountain pipeline – Seattle Times

11.30.18 – Washington tribes oppose Canadian pipeline and more oil tankers in Salish Sea – KUOW

Roberts Bank Terminal 2

5.24.19 – Washington First Nations oppose Canadian shipping terminal plan – CBC

5.25.19 – First Nations oppose shipping terminal expansion – CTV (video)

5.25.19 – ‘Stop the bleeding of the Salish Sea’: Washington First Nations oppose Delta terminal expansion – CTV

2.01.19 – Indigenous peoples unite in fight to heal the Salish Sea –– Mongabay

1.31.19 – Indigenous nations on both sides of border unite to oppose expansion of Delta port— CBC News

1.30.19 – U.S. and Canadian Indigenous groups want sea health study, marine traffic halt — PG Citizen, North Shore News

1.30.19 – First Nations Against Roberts Bank Terminal 2 — Global News (Canada)

1.30.19 –Lummi Nation in Washington State fight expansion of port in Delta , call for halt to increased traffic — CBC The Early Edition with Stephen Quinn

1.31.19 –Indigenous nations on both sides of border unite to oppose expansion of Delta port — CommunityNewsBlog.com

1.30.19 – First Nations call for no new marine traffic in Salish Sea — CTV News Vancouver

1.30.19 – U.S. and Canadian Indigenous groups call for moratorium on marine traffic — City News 1130

1.30.19 – Des Autochtones réclament une réduction du nombre de navires dans la mer des Salish — CBC Ici Colombie-Brittanique et Yukon

1.30.19 – US and Canadian Indigenous Grouops Want Sea Health Study, Marine Traffic Halt – Times Colonist

1.30.19 – U.S. and Canadian Indigenous groups want sea health study, marine traffic halt — O.Canada.com

1.30.19 – First Nations call for moratorium on projects that increase Salish Sea shipping pending impact assessment — The Globe and Mail

Sk’aliCh’elh-tenaut (Tokitae/Lolita)

7.27.19 – Native American tribal members sue aquarium for keeping veteran killer whale Lolita captive – The Independent UK

7.27.19 – Members of Lummi Nation will sue to repatriate captive orca from Miami Seaquarium – KNKX (NPR)

7.27.19 – Lummi tribal members could sue under repatriation act to free captive orca in Miami – Seattle Times

7.27.19 –Two members of Lummi Nation may sue to free captive orca from Miami – KOMO News

5.31.19 – Native American tribe delegates travel from Washington to protest at Virginia Keys – Local 10 (ABC) Miami

5.29.18 – Lummi prayers, songs at Seaquarium just start of effort to free captive whale – Seattle Times

5.29.18 – Lummi Nation finishes march in Miami for Lolita the whale, trainer criticizes efforts – Seattle PI

5.29.19 – Tribu nativa vuelve al acuario de Miami para pedir liberación de orca Lolita – Mundo Hispánico

5.29.18 – Lummi Nation criticized for activism at Miami Seaquarium – KMGI News Talk

5.29.18 – Activists arrive at Miami Seaquarium with totem pole carved by Lummi Nation – KPUG The Sports Leader

5.28.18 – CBC Vancouver affiliate (at 8min 30sec, same story) – http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1243093059951

5.28.18 – B.C. marine mammal expert says moving killer whale from Miami a death sentence – CBC

5.28.18 – Rapatrier un épaulard de Miami vers la cote ouest pourrait le tuer, dit un expert – ICI Radio Canada

5.27.18 – Lummi Nation tribe marches with activists for release of Lolita, captive orca – Local 10 News Miami

5.27.18 – CBC National – At 8min 5secs – http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1243055683871/

5.27.18 – In protests, Native American tribe members, activists call for Lolita’s release – WSVN 7 News Miami

5.25.18 – Indigenous delegates travel across U.S. to demand orca’s release from aquarium – CBC

5.25.18 – Totem was intended to be ‘a part of the tribal culture,’ but vandals left their mark – The Bellingham Herald

5.25.18 – The best things to do in Miami this weekend – Miami News Times

5.24.18 – Miami Seaquarium unwavering in stance regarding Lolita the killer whale – Local 10 News Miami

5.24.18 – Orca Tokitae’s Totem Pole Journey – Earth Island Journal

5.14.18 – Critically endangered orcas have governor’s, tribe’s attention – The Seattle Times

5.13.18 – Freeing Lolita from the Miami Seaquarium is a ‘sacred obligation’ for this tribe – Miami Herald

5.13.18 – Lummi Nation calls for release of Tokitae from Miami Seaquarium – The Islands’ Sounder

5.11.18 – Tokitae’s return is part of larger vision to protect and restore the Salish Sea – op-ed by Lummi Nation Chairman Jay Julius for The Bellingham Herald

5.11.18 – A totem pole is the Lummi’s cry to free an orca from captivity – Crosscut

5.11.18 – Lummi Nation sets out on 7,000-mile trip hoping to free orca – Green Wire

5.11.18 – Tokitae’s return is part of their larger vision to protect and restore the Salish Sea – Bellingham Herald

5.10.18 – Lummi Nation begins journey to Miami in effort to bring Puget Sound orca home – KOMO News

5.10.18 – Lummi Nation wants aquarium to return Puget Sound orca – The Columbian

5.10.18 – Lummi tribe begins cross-country campaign to free killer whale ‘Tokitae’ – Q13 FOX

5.10.18 – Seeking to free a Puget Sound orca, Lummi Nation launches trek to Miami – Seattle Times

5.09.18 – Lummi Nation continues decades-long fight to have orca returned to native waters – KGMI

5.09.18 – Miami Seaquarium says Lummi Nation’s calls to release killer whale ‘reckless and cruel’ – Q13 FOX

5.09.18 – This Orca Was Stolen From Puget Sound. The Lummi Nation Want Her Back – KCTS9

5.09.18 – Lolita the orca was taken from Puget Sound. The Lummi want her back – KUOW

5.08.18 – ‘She was stolen:’ Lummi Nation heads to Florida in effort to bring ‘Lolita’ back home – KOMO News

5.04.18 – A journey of love and justice – Animal Voices