Relationship

In part two, Free Borsey and Morgan Brown discuss plant sovereignty and the importance of stewardship. Morgan shares Indigenous Knowledge about the importance of maintaining a relationship with natural world.

In this episode Free Borsey sits down with Morgan Brown to talk traditional plant medicine, first foods, and seed keeping. Morgan shares about her experience teaching the youth and where she draws inspiration.

Tiana Williams-Claussen, Wildlife Department Director and Yurok Tribal member, describes the significant relationship between Salmon and the Yurok people, emphasizing the importance for revitalizing the Salmon population.

Yurok Councilman and Tribal member, Philip Williams, shares about how the Salmon People maintain a reciprocal relationship with Salmon.

Molli Myers shares about her family's history with fishing, sharing the catch, and the relationship between the health of Salmon and the river and the health of her Tribes.

Kadie Bizyayeva describes the connection between Salmon loss and chemical dependency. This clip comes from a larger project about Tribal wellness.

Salmon play a crucial role in maintaining biodiversity in the region. In this clip, geomorphologist and University of Washington professor, David Montgomery, talks about the profound connection between the Northwest landscape and salmon.

EARTH IS ALIVE: HULI TA TUM UHW was filmed before a public audience at Lummi Nation, where Coast Salish political and spiritual leaders carried ancestral teachings into the conversation on climate change.