300 5th Ave SW
Olympia
The recent Blessing Journey was a success, so the Totem Pole has begun its sacred journey, with a 2nd stop In Olympia! You are invited to join to help defend and protect sacred Oak Flat.
4pm Blessings of Totem Pole, between 4th and 5th Avenues
5pm salmon, Conversation with House of Tears Carvers and Apache Stronghold at Traditions Fair Trade Cafe, 300 5th Ave SW
Salish Sea tribal members and Interfaith leaders will share ancestral knowledge and prayer and discuss cross-cultural collaboration with a call to action.
It is going from Lummi lands to Pasadena, CA, where the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals will consider, the week of March 22nd, the case to protect Oak Flat in Arizona against the transfer of a 7 square mile stretch of public land in Tonto National Forest to a multinational corporation aiming to build one of the world’s largest copper mines, destroying sacred lands used by the Apache peoples. This is a place that has special significance— a place where Native Americans pray, collect water and medicinal plants for ceremonies, gather acorns and other foods, and honor those that are buried there.
