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Unitarians and the Bond Mission School

December 17, 2023 by webmaster Leave a Comment

Journal of Universalist History Volume XLI (2017-2018) Special Issue:  2016 Convocation of Unitarian Universalist Studies Editor:  Kathleen R. Parker 2018, Unitarian Universalist History and Heritage Center The Montana Industrial school for Indians at Romona Ranch, 1886-1897 by Dana Capasso … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, FAIN, News, FAIN, News, Truth & Reconciliation news

UU Jacob Johns wounded in peaceful protest, here are ways to help

October 2, 2023 by webmaster Leave a Comment

Jacob Johns, a fellow UU from Spokane, was shot on September 28th, while participating in a peaceful protest down in New Mexico.  Last we heard he was in the hospital and holding his own. Jacob was very involved in indigenous, climate and environmental justice issues—internationally, nationally … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News, Climate Justice, News, Environmental Justice, News, FAIN, News, Racial Justice

JUUstWA Signs on letter to Biden on the Endangered Species Act

August 17, 2023 by webmaster Leave a Comment

On August 17, 2023, JUUstice Washington Board member approved signing a letter generated by Earth Justice concerning the draft rule changes regarding the Endangered Species Act.  During his tenure, former President Trump rolled back a number of regulations that put the Endangered Species Act in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News, Environmental Justice, News, FAIN

JUUstWA Signs onto NGO ltr on the Columbia River Treaty

October 14, 2022 by webmaster Leave a Comment

Association of Northwest Steelheaders ● Boulder-White Clouds Council ● Center for Environmental Law and Policy ● Columbia Riverkeeper ● Deschutes River Alliance ● Earth Ministry/Washington Interfaith Power & Light ● Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs ● Faith Action Network ● Great Old Broads … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News, Climate Justice, News, Environmental Justice, News, FAIN, News, FAIN Salish Sea

Why Remove The 4 Lower Snake River Dams?

July 4, 2022 by webmaster Leave a Comment

The Northwest would not be what it is today without hydroelectricity from the region’s dams. Yet one simple fact remains: not all dams are created equal. Below is a list of commonly asked questions about Columbia and Snake River salmon and the four lower Snake River dams with answers from regional … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News, FAIN Salish Sea, Snake River Resources, Uncategorized

Washington Environmental Council Dinner Hour Videos on the Removal of the Snake River Dams

July 1, 2022 by webmaster Leave a Comment

The 6th episode in this series will be on July 27th. Check here for more info and updates on the dinner hour. https://youtu.be/ePS3G1Wr7G4 https://youtu.be/AA3GMX6rCB8 https://youtu.be/zVWXrxdNrJI https://youtu.be/6JyMBxrHfdo https://youtu.be/7l0zePzjMgg   … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News Snake River, Snake River Resources, Uncategorized

Sound the Alarm!

June 3, 2022 by webmaster Leave a Comment

Watch this video of a recent massive mobilization call to alert allies and friends from coast to coast that Wet’suwet’en people need their help to Stop The Drilling under their sacred headwaters, Wedzin Kwa. Attendees will hear from Sleydo’, Chief Na’Moks, and Chief Woos about what’s happening right … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News, Environmental Justice, News, FAIN, News, FAIN Salish Sea

Standing Rock withdraws from ongoing environmental assessment of Dakota Access Pipeline

March 2, 2022 by webmaster Leave a Comment

The Standing Rock Sioux tribe has withdrawn as a cooperating agency from the U.S Federal government’s ongoing environmental assessment of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) operations. Standing Rock attributed their decision to the lack of transparency by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, who are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News, Dakota Access Pipeline, News, FAIN

Flood public comments to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline!

March 2, 2022 by webmaster Leave a Comment

The fight to stop the Dakota Access pipeline isn’t over, and you can help right now! This month, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will take public comment on DAPL’s fatally flawed Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). Sign up to be first in line to tell the Corps to conduct a proper environmental … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News, Dakota Access Pipeline, News, FAIN

Tell US Senators to VOTE NO on HR 1374

August 17, 2021 by Deb Cruz Leave a Comment

The Lakota People’s Law Project has put out a call to action to advocate against HR1374, the “Enhancing State Energy Security Planning and Emergency Preparedness Act of 2021” – a bill that has already passed in the House and is heading to the Senate. This bill would worsen the already dangerous and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News, Climate Justice, News, Environmental Justice, News, FAIN, News, Legislative Advocacy, News, Legislative FAIN

Unitarian Indian Boarding School and WA Interfaith Response to the Burials

July 27, 2021 by webmaster 6 Comments

For those of you who are not aware, literally thousands of bodies of Indian children are being discovered and exhumed from boarding school sites all across the continent.  Yes, Unitarian Universalists also had missionaries running board schools.  Sec. Haaland has ordered review of all US Boarding … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News, FAIN, News, Truth & Reconciliation news

The Upper Skagit Indian Tribe calls on Seattle to remove the Gorge Dam

July 26, 2021 by webmaster Leave a Comment

This article is one of a pair of stories about the Skagit River and the federal process to relicense three major hydroelectric dams along its length. Read the companion story here. As he explored his ancestral homeland, Schuyler visited the upper Skagit River Valley, where he encountered the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News, FAIN, News, FAIN Salish Sea

CHANGING THE NARRATIVE ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS A GUIDE FOR ALLIES

July 7, 2021 by webmaster Leave a Comment

Being Native American may mean being deeply involved in protecting, teaching and advancing the knowledge and traditions of one’s tribe(s). Or it may mean being less connected to tribal communities while maintaining unique Native American identities in other ways within the larger society. There is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, FAIN, News, FAIN

If you don’t know treaties and sovereignty, you don’t know history

July 7, 2021 by webmaster Leave a Comment

There’s a widespread notion that “tribal sovereignty” and “Indian treaties” are legal, historical, practical and correct terms. Actually, sovereignty is sovereignty, and treaties are treaties, nation to nation is between and among sovereigns; the use of “tribal” or “Indian” or any modifier is both … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News, FAIN

Reclaiming Native Truth – Lessons Learned from Standing Rock

July 7, 2021 by webmaster Leave a Comment

The movement at Standing Rock significantly undermined the systemic erasure of Native peoples from the dominant American narrative. At a time when most Americans continued to believe that Native Americans and Nations no longer exist in the United States, Americans were presented with a movement that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, FAIN, News, Dakota Access Pipeline, News, FAIN

2nd Call for Support:  Bring Sk’aliCh’elh-tenaut Home!

May 1, 2021 by webmaster Leave a Comment

Netse Mot:  Support Lummi Nation and Xw’ullemy (the Salish Sea)  2nd Call for Support:  Bring Sk'aliCh'elh-tenaut Home! JUUstice Washington has signed . . . Board of Trustees of the Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship has signed . . . Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship’s Social and Environmental … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News, Environmental Justice, News, FAIN, News, FAIN Salish Sea, News, Tokitae, Take Action

Red Road to DC Totem Pole Journey

April 22, 2021 by webmaster 1 Comment

Below is the the bare bones schedule of stops so far on the Red Road to DC Totem Pole Journey.  For details right now, you have to go the the “Our Shared Responsibility” Facebook page and look up events. The schedule is changing minute by minute so please follow on Facebook!  Please pass this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News, Climate Justice, News, Environmental Justice, News, FAIN, News, FAIN Salish Sea, News, FAIN TPJ

Netse Mot: Bringing Sk’aliCh’elh-tenaut Home!

April 19, 2021 by webmaster Leave a Comment

Netse Mot 2021-Call to bring Sk'aliCh'elh-tenaut Home 2021 will focus on the return of Sk'aliCh'elh-tenaut (Tokitae/Lolita) to the Pacific Northwest from Miami Seaquarim in Florida.  In the 1970s Southern Resident Orca youth were forcibly and violently taken from their pods and shipped out to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News, Environmental Justice, News, FAIN, News, FAIN Rights, News, FAIN Salish Sea, News, Tokitae, Take Action, Uncategorized

Planned Roberts Bank Terminal Threatens Orcas

March 19, 2021 by webmaster Leave a Comment

Washington state has made significant commitments to and investments in the protection and recovery of these killer whales, their critical Salish Sea habitat, and their food web, which hinges on the availability of Chinook salmon. The terminal will threaten the progress made to date on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News, Environmental Justice, News, FAIN, News, FAIN Salish Sea, News, Roberts Bank Terminal

Roberts Bank Container Terminal Threatens Orcas

March 19, 2021 by webmaster Leave a Comment

As currently planned, Roberts Bank Terminal 2 (RBT2) would be built in the sub-tidal waters of the Fraser River delta adjacent to the Westshore coal terminal, on 437 acres of critical habitat for salmon and migratory birds. Once in existence, it would significantly increase the Port’s capacity for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News, Environmental Justice, News, FAIN, News, FAIN Salish Sea, News, Roberts Bank Terminal

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