Photo credit: Nimiipuu Protecting the Environment
The Idaho Chapter Sierra Club was honored to help sponsor the Red Road to DC totem pole journey stops in southern Idaho in early July, along with lending National Sierra Club support to the northern Idaho tour stop in mid-July. Learn more about this incredible journey and its efforts to honor, unite, and empower communities working to protect sacred Indigenous places below - including its impact spotlighting the dire situation for salmon and Salmon People in the Northwest.
Websites
Our Shared Responsibility: A Totem Pole Journey Facebook page
Photos & Videos
Our pictures from ceremonies at the Fort Hall Shoshone-Bannock Reservation, Shoshone Falls, and Duck Valley Shoshone-Paiute Reservation on July 1-2
Excellent pictures from Sho-Ban News of ceremony at Fort Hall Shoshone-Bannock Reservation on July 1
Video # 1 & Video #2 of ceremony at Duck Valley Shoshone-Paiute Reservation on July 2
Pictures from Nimiipuu Protecting the Environment of ceremony at Lower Snake River on July 15
Pictures from Youth Salmon Protectors of Lower Snake River ceremony
Video #1, Video #2, Video #3 from Lower Snake River ceremony
Every Voice is a Crack in the Dam video from Lower Snake River ceremony
Free the Snake River: Nimiipuu stop on the Red Road to DC video from Lower Snake River ceremony
Journalism
Totem pole journey aims to empower communities to protect sacred places - Idaho News 6
Shoshone-Bannock Tribe hosts visit and blessing ceremony - Local News 8
Salmon People bring totem pole to Shoshone Falls - Magic Valley News
Red Road to D.C. makes its way through Idaho - KMVT 11
Tribal members from across Pacific Northwest bless totem pole - KTBV 7
Red Road to DC totem pole blessing ceremonies held today - Idaho State Journal
Photo credit: Liz Paul