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ONE MIND FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE WORK
Native-led 501(c)(3) since 2018
Native-led 501(c)(3) since 2018
WE advocate for thriving cultures and environment for all in the Salish Sea.
Mission: WE support community healing through the natural, cultural and historical restoration to the Salish Sea for 7th generations sustainability as a measure of ecological health protection for all.
Vision: WE are the vision keepers for a Coast Salish Tribal Heritage Field Institute: an Indigenous-led, 13-Moon, Mountain to Sea, Reef to Reef, K-PhD program with 7 longhouses in the San Juan Islands and 7 longhouses in the Gulf Islands.
Vision: WE are the vision keepers for a Coast Salish Tribal Heritage Field Institute: an Indigenous-led, 13-Moon, Mountain to Sea, Reef to Reef, K-PhD program with 7 longhouses in the San Juan Islands and 7 longhouses in the Gulf Islands.
Whiteswan Environmental (WE) Projects:
The Spirit of the Sxwo'le (SOS) Coalition Leadership Organization Team (LOT) are 100% Indigenous people. The SOS Coalition’s Content Working Groups (CWGs) are Indigenous and non-Indigenous partners who ensure cultural safety as they work collaboratively on the following Indigenous-led project areas:
The Spirit of the Sxwo'le (SOS) Coalition Leadership Organization Team (LOT) are 100% Indigenous people. The SOS Coalition’s Content Working Groups (CWGs) are Indigenous and non-Indigenous partners who ensure cultural safety as they work collaboratively on the following Indigenous-led project areas:
Our programs and services work to educate and strengthen relationships between bio-regional native and non-native government and non-government organizations, as well as academic institutions to reconnect Coast Salish youth and community members with their culture and ancestral homelands to ensure our Schelangen (way of life) will thrive.
Click to play Spirit of the Sxwo'le (reef-net)- Coast Salish Mini University photo gallery.
WE believe that by integrating and respecting our Schelangen (way of life) and the Western science/STEAM curricula, there will be inter-generational indigenous education on the ecological health issues of the past, present and future, therefore creating a resurgence of the Keepers of the Tradition and Protectors of the Circle of Life or the next generation of historians and conservationists.
"There is a lifetime of curriculum in learning the old ways."
Troy Olsen, Co-founder of WE
Troy Olsen, Co-founder of WE
Click to play NPS 100th Anniversary (August 24, 2016) photo gallery.
Culmination of the Spirit of the Sxwo'le (Reef-Net) Stewardship Corps - Coast Salish Mini University
Culmination of the Spirit of the Sxwo'le (Reef-Net) Stewardship Corps - Coast Salish Mini University
WE believe this endeavor will forever allow Coast Salish peoples to practice their treaty rights and inherent birth rights, and in doing so, offer a measure of cultural, historical and ecological health protection and sustainability that can be modeled across the United States and Canada as they also work with their community with one mind.
"Our culture is amazing. The reef-net is amazing and the salmon people are worth saving."
Spirit of the Sxwo'le Youth Leader
Spirit of the Sxwo'le Youth Leader
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Whiteswan Environmental relies on donations from the community to make this vision a reality.
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