Lummi

Treaty tribe opposes lowering the bar for water pollution

by Northwest Treaty TribesFebruary 8, 2016

A couple of bills are floating through the Washington Legislature to lower the bar for large cattle ranchers’ impacts on treaty-protected food. The Lummi Nation has opposed the pair of bills (HB 2840 and SB 6568). You can watch the testimony by the tribe’s lobbyist here. No one has the right to pollute water resources […]

The Dirty Pursuit of a Coal Terminal

by Sandy RobsonJanuary 14, 2016

The Lynden Tribune newspaper made the decision to publish a December 23, 2015 opinion piece submitted by Chair John Huntley and President Brad Owens of the Northwest Jobs Alliance (NWJA). The NWJA advocates for the proposed Gateway Pacific Terminal (GPT) project. Their op-ed leveled unsubstantiated, defamatory allegations at unnamed “leadership” of the Lummi Nation, a self-governing Indian […]

Crowing Jesus

by Jay TaberJuly 27, 2015

In a July 21, 2015 article in the Los Angeles Times, Crow Tribe chairman, Darrin Old Coyote, called Lummi Nation leaders “ignorant” pawns of Seattle environmental groups opposed to fossil fuel export. An important supplier of coal to power plants in the Midwest, the Crow are now in bed with mining companies seeking to ship […]

A Sovereign Nation Stands Tall

by Sandy RobsonMarch 17, 2015

The Lummi, a Coast Salish people, are the original inhabitants of Washington state’s northernmost coast and southern British Columbia. The Lummi Nation is a self-governing nation and is the third largest tribe in Washington state. Lummi refer to themselves as the Lhaq’temish, or People of the Sea. Their survival and culture have depended on the […]

Kinder Morgan Pipeline Threatens Ecology and Economy of Salish Tribes

by Earth JusticeFebruary 14, 2014

Tribes on both sides of the border intervene in proceeding to address tanker traffic and oil spill risks Seattle, WA; Vancouver, BC — Opposition to Kinder Morgan’s TransMountain proposed pipeline project ramped up today as Coast Salish peoples on both sides of the U.S.-Canadian border vowed to oppose the project as intervenors before Canada’s National […]

Gateway Pacific Terminal Consultant Threatens Journalists

by Jay TaberFebruary 8, 2014

In a tragic comedy worthy of Shakespeare, Craig Cole, political consultant to Pacific International Terminals, has threatened two journalists and publications for exposing an apparent anti-Indian strategy by his employer, and for linking the anti-Indian hate campaign by right-wing media and the Tea Party to the political climate Pacific International Terminals actively created through its […]

Wall Street v. Coast Salish: Cherry Point conflict enters electoral arena

by Jay TaberOctober 11, 2013

Note: This essay was originally published as two articles in People Land Truth 2013–White Power on the Salish Sea, and Anti-Indian Hate Campaign. Although comprised of news articles and op-eds that ran this spring in IC Magazine, it has current relevance in that it ties them together in a way that makes the topic more […]

‘We Draw The Line’: Coal-impacted Lummi Nation And Northern Cheyenne Unite In Solidarity

by Hannibal RhoadesOctober 9, 2013

Offering solidarity to Indigenous Nations, last month five Carvers from the Lummi Nation House of Tears set out on a journey up the Pacific North West Coast hoping to send a message of Kwel’Hoy, or ‘We Draw The Line’ to the resource extraction industry. With them, lain carefully on the flat bed of a truck, […]

In the way of progress: Indians and their sacred grounds

by Jay TaberAugust 10, 2013

Collusion between the U.S. Government and Wall Street to deprive Native Americans of their treaty-guaranteed property goes back to the beginning of the country. Over two and a half centuries, that collusion has comprised both brutal coercion and devious subterfuge, ethnic cleansing coinciding with kidnapping and religious persecution. While alienating indigenous property in the past […]

Northwest Indians Oppose Transport and Export of Fossil Fuels: Tribes Target Goldman Sachs Shareholders

by Jay TaberJune 1, 2013

On May 16, the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI) unanimously adopted a resolution entitled Oppose the Proposals for the Transportation and Export of Fossil Fuels in the Pacific Northwest. In this resolution, the 57 ATNI Tribes of Oregon, Idaho, Washington, southeast Alaska, Northern California, Nevada and Western Montana voiced, “unified opposition to investors such […]

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