In honor of #EndangeredSpeciesDay, we are sharing All Our Relations: Tribute to the Orca, a moving 7-minute film that highlights the powerful voices of regional Indigenous leaders speaking on the ancient kinship with orcas and salmon, and the importance of reciprocity in our relationship with our caretaker: Mother Nature. The film provides a special focus on the Southern Resident orcas whose survival, like the survival of Indigenous lifeways here in the Pacific Northwest, depends on scha’enexw (the Salmon People). 🐟Link in bio to watch the film and to take action: wildsalmon.org/TributeFilm 🌊Urge your member of Congress to uphold our nation’s obligations to Tribes, invest in communities, and work collaboratively for a healthier, more resilient Salish Sea and the Columbia-Snake River Basin to protect salmon and orcas from extinction. 🥳Tribute to the Orca film credits: Directed by Mark Titus @markdtitus Edited by Patrick Troll Orca Footage by Florian Graner David Parfit - ‘The Water Song’ Edit Chenoa Egawa & Alex Turtle - ‘The Water Song’ Christopher Hormel Water Foundation Schmidt Foundation #AllOurRelations #TributeToTheOrca #SaveOrca #SaveSalmon #ProtectTheSacred #HonorTheTreaties (fb)

“Many are aware of the importance of salmon and what it means to our people, not only with the Four lower Columbia River Treaty Tribes, but with our coastal relatives, the different tributaries that rely heavily on the salmon, not only historically, but even to this day. We really want to recognize the success stories that the Tribes and the states have worked together on, for instance, the Columbia Basin Restoration initiative.”—Jeremy Takala, Chair, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission Sierra Club and Save Our wild Salmon co-hosted the second installment of RECIPROCITY in April. We were honored to have representatives of the Six Sovereigns present on the development, purpose, and goals of the groundbreaking, collaborative, and comprehensive plan—the Columbia Basin Restoration Initiative (CBRI). Watch the webinar recording to learn more about the CBRI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riDrosfj4pQ 🥳Join us on our next webinar, RECIPROCITY: Envisioning a Healthy and Restored Columbia Basin, on May 22nd at 5:30pm PT! Learn more about the webinar and register today at wildsalmon.org/reciprocity (fb)