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INSPIRING PARTNERSHIPS ​THAT TELL OUR STORY ​OF COMMUNITY HEALING IN THE SALISH SEA
SPIRIT OF THE SXWO'LE - ​COAST SALISH MINI UNIVERSITY ARTICLES
  • Lincoln Wells, (Whiteswan Environmental) Lummi Nation hosts truth panel:  Discussion raises painful memories, tough questions, and a hopeful future, Horizon Publication, Volume 45, Issue 3, October 30, 2018.
  • Colton Gully, Planet Magazine, CAPTAINING THE TIDE, Traditional reef net fishing is returning to the waters of the Lummi as a way to revive cultural heritage, December 12, 2017. https://theplanetmagazine.net/captaining-the-tide-e2a0f780b176
  • Richard Walker, Indian Country Today, May 20, 2017, https://indiancountrymedianetwork.com/news/native-news/ancestral-land-made-available-lummi-nations-use/
  • Richard Walker, Indian Country Today, August 24, 2016, https://indiancountrymedianetwork.com/news/native-news/watershed-moment-pole-story-boards-installed-on-ancestral-village-site/
  • Shirley Williams, Inspiring Resilience: A Reflection of Indigenous Public Health and our Chi’lange’lth (Inherent Birth Rights), HAZNET, The Magazine of the Canadian Risks and Hazards Network, November 2016, http://haznet.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/haznet-fall-2016-reduced-3.pdf, pg 28-32.
  • Potlatch Fund, Inspiring Philanthropy in Northwest Indian Country, 2016 http://www.potlatchfund.org/grants/innovation_past.html
  • Northwest Treaty Tribes, Lummi Nation Honor Traditions at Historical Fishing Site, August 24, 2015, https://nwtreatytribes.org/lummi-nation-members-honor-traditions-at-historical-fishing-site/
  • Spirit of the Sxwo’le Video, Northwest Treaty Tribes 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ka74FzHnZk
  • National Park Service, San Juan Island National Historical Park, The First  Ones,  https://www.nps.gov/sajh/learn/historyculture/the-first-ones.htm
  • National Energy Board Kinder Morgan Transmountain Pipeline Oral Testimony
Whiteswan Environmental relies on donations from the community to make this vision a reality.

  • Whiteswan Environmental is a 501(c)3.
  • WE are registered with WA State Charitable Contributions.
  • Donations can also be mailed to PO Box 2603, Ferndale, WA 98248. 
  • A tax deductible letter is available for all contribution.  ​
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"Our culture is amazing.  The reef-net is amazing and the salmon people are worth saving."  
Youth Leader



​Email:  shirley.williams.we@gmail.com


  • Home
    • Values
  • Sacred Trust Responsibilities
    • National Parks Service
    • National Monument
  • Cultural Preservation
    • Coast Salish Youth Stewardship Corps
    • NXT GEN LANGUAGE HEALERS
    • NXT GEN COHORT
    • Whatcom Intergerational High School
    • Indigenous Truth Washington >
      • WHAT IS TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION?
      • OPEN LETTER
      • SIGN THE PROCLAMATION
      • RESOURCES
    • Living Cultures Exhibit
    • Video Gallery & More >
      • Photos
      • Acknowledgement & Awards
      • Articles
  • Contact Us
    • Elder Advisory Council
    • Board Members
    • Co-Founders
  • DONATE HERE