13 Moons Food Sovereignty
13 Moons Food Sovereignty is a field-to-classroom project that follows the cosmic lunar cycle to identify traditional food harvest and traditional practices, restoring health and promoting community wellness by moving from Western concepts of agriculture to regional traditional practices.
Our current 13 Moons Food Sovereignty project:
WE Interns are learning the history of our connection as salt water salmon people to our ancestral village site and fishing grounds throughout the Salish Sea. They learned how to make this video to share the story of Lummi Nation returning to our ancestral site at Qwotqwen/Whatcom Creek for the first time in over 100 years. (Sponsored by Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board Food Sovereignty Program and Whatcom Community Foundation Project Neighborly).
WE Interns are learning the history of our connection as salt water salmon people to our ancestral village site and fishing grounds throughout the Salish Sea. They learned how to make this video to share the story of Lummi Nation returning to our ancestral site at Qwotqwen/Whatcom Creek for the first time in over 100 years. (Sponsored by Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board Food Sovereignty Program and Whatcom Community Foundation Project Neighborly).
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Our saltwater salmon people had natural kinship system that were strengthened through marriage. We had village sites throughout the Salish Sea where we would cultivate, harvest and share our wealth with each other through Potlach ceremonies.
Lummi leader, Chow-its-hoot signed the 1855 Point Elliott Treaty, ensuring the Lummi the right to fish at usual and accustomed places. In 1852, he signed the Douglas Treaty on behalf of the Saanich people, to fish as formerly. He also brought the first settlers to Qwotqwem/Whatcom Creek in 1852 and they subsequently built a sawmill and degraded the environment.
Lummi leader, Chow-its-hoot signed the 1855 Point Elliott Treaty, ensuring the Lummi the right to fish at usual and accustomed places. In 1852, he signed the Douglas Treaty on behalf of the Saanich people, to fish as formerly. He also brought the first settlers to Qwotqwem/Whatcom Creek in 1852 and they subsequently built a sawmill and degraded the environment.
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Whiteswan Environmental relies on donations from the community to make this vision a reality.
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