Chief Sisk to Present at Protecting Sacred Sites events May 31, June 1 in Oakland

May 7, 2012 / by admin / Make A Comment / Filed under Uncategorized

Protecting Sacred Places:

Thursday, May 31 & Friday, June 1. Two separate events in Oakland.

The Winnemem Dancers rush the fire at the end of H'up Chonas, or war dance.

A unique opportunity to learn about current struggles of Native peoples to protect sacred land in Northern California and ways that you can lend support.

FEATURED PRESENTERS:

Caleen Sisk (Winnemem Wintu)

Speaking about current Winnemem struggles

Jim Brown III (Elem Pomo)

Speaking about Rattlesnake Island

Corrina Gould (Chochenyo/Karkin Ohlone)

Speaking about Brushy Peak

Wounded Knee DeOcampo (Tuolumne Miwok)

Speaking about Sogorea Te/ Glen Cove

Only at Friday June 1st event:

Morning Star Gali (Achumawi Pit River)

Speaking about Medicine Lake

TWO DATES/LOCATIONS IN OAKLAND:

Thursday, May 31st

5:30pm @ INTERTRIBAL FRIENDSHIP HOUSE

523 International Boulevard, Oakland, CA

Friday, June 1st

7:00pm @ THE HOLD-OUT

2313 San Pablo Ave, Oakland, CA

Admission $5-$20 * No one turned away for lack of funds

A program of several short videos will precede the panel discussions, including:

“A River in their Veins”, on the Winnemem Wintu’s Coming of Age ceremony in 2010, a tradition that could be gone forever if the sacred sites necessary for the ceremony are permanently submerged by a raise of the Shasta Dam.

Facebook event page.

For further event information contact: protectsacredland [at] yahoo.com

“This estuary is a magical place” – The Glen Cove Salmon Ceremony Film

June 18, 2011 / by admin / Make A Comment / Filed under Uncategorized

Filmmaker Will Doolittle has produced a short documentary about the Salmon Ceremony we held June 6 at the Glen Cove spiritual encampment. Natives and non-natives alike have occupied the shellmound burial ground site for nearly two months to protect it from being razed by the local recreation district.

Glen Cove is located on the banks of the Carquinez Strait, which links the Sacramento Delta to the San Francisco Bay. The ecologically rich estuary is a vital part of the salmon’s life cycle, and, tragically, thousands of endangered Chinook salmon and millions of splittail have been killed recently by the Delta Pumps, which divert vast amounts of water to industrial agriculture.

For our Tribe’s plan to return our salmon to the McCloud River (Winnemem Waywakit) to be successful, the salmon must be able to survive the Delta.

As Traditional Hereditary Chief and Spiritual Leader Caleen Sisk-Franco said:

“We’re on a journey to bring back our salmon, to sing to the salmon, to bring them home again, to clean the waters up and down the state, so they can continue to be here.”

Also, check out the site for Will’s 60-minute documentary, Dancing Salmon Home, about our journey to New Zealand, the first step in returning our salmon back to the McCloud. The documentary is currently in production.