Tribal Water Security Colloquium:

Rethinking Our Relationship With Water

• This event is open to the public, but please RSVP
• Location: wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ (Intellectual House) University of Washington, 4249 Whitman Court, Seattle, WA, 98195
• Date: Tuesday, March 8, 2016
• Lights snacks and drinks will be provided
• 2016 flyer

Schedule

Time	Topic and Speaker
1:20-1:30	Introductions by the Water is Life class and refreshments
1:30-1:55	Coal trains and coastal waterways. Jewell James (Lummi)
2:00-2:25	Importance of reclaiming Medicine Springs. Tony Sanchez (Nisqually)
2:30-2:55	Student Poster Presentations and Snack Break
3:00-3:25	Ocean acidification. Ed Johnstone (Quinault)
3:30-3:55	Climate change and melting glaciers. Micah McCarty (Makah)
4:00-4:25	Storytelling and Native teachings. Roger Fernandes (Lower Elwha Klallam)
4:30-4:55	Wetlands and fish hatcheries. Terry Williams (Tulalip)
5:00-5:30	Community-based participatory research. Bonnie Duran, PhD (Opelousas/Coushatta)

• This Colloquium is planned and hosted by undergraduate students in the Water is Life: Water, Health and “Ecosystem Services” class taught by Clarita Lefthand-Begay in the American Indian Studies Department at UW. If you are interested in receiving updates about this colloquium and other information about tribal water security, please subscribe to our mailing list.
• Co-Sponsored by:
  • The University of Washington's Department of American Indian Studies
  • The Center for Ecogenetics and Environmental Health’s The UW Center for Ecogenetics and Environmental Health Community Outreach and Ethics Core (CEEH COEC) at UW
  • The Campus Sustainability Fund
• Flyer for the 1st Annual (2015) Tribal Water Security Colloquium.

If you have additional questions, or would like to present, please contact me at [email protected] and see Clarita Lefthand-Begay's website for upcoming events and classes including the Indigenous Sustainability Sciences class available in Spring 2016.