Backbone provides creative strategies, artful action support, and convenes training opportunities for change agents across the United States. Our purpose is to accelerate the growth of a social movement powerful enough to manifest a world where life, community, nature and our obligations to future generations are NOT for sale, but honored as sacred.
Backbone Campaign is honored to show the documentary, Covenant of the Salmon People, produced with the Nez Perce Tribe by Swiftwater Films.
Free - Donations accepted at the door for continued work to Un-Dam the Snake River!
The Nez Perce is the oldest documented civilization in North America, with archaeological sites along Idaho's Salmon River dating back 16,500 years. The cornerstone of their creation story is an agreement with salmon to protect its continued existence.
Produced in collaboration with the tribe, COVENANT OF THE SALMON PEOPLE is a feature-length documentary portrait of the Nez Perce exploring how their relationship to salmon has shaped the tribe's culture, history and spirituality. As dams and climate impacts threaten to bring salmon to extinction, Covenant of the Salmon People traces the tribe's efforts to honor their ancient agreement.
Watch the Trailer:
“I have to say, when is enough, enough? We have turned as many dials for salmon recovery as we are capable of doing,” said Nez Perce Tribal Chairman, Shannon Wheeler. “Our back is against the wall. We need to turn some of the larger dials, and some of the larger dials include dam breaching. Now, more than ever our voice needs to be amplified for salmon and for the rest of the environment. We will never forget our covenant with the salmon.”
Speakers will follow the film screening, to update folks what they can do to take action to see the four Lower Snake River dams breached.
Co-sponsored by the Meaningful Movies Project, Vashon Theatre, Island GreenTech, and the Vashon Heritage Museum.
With all the work to do to see that the 4 Lower Snake Dams are breached, we decided to make a 2nd inflatable salmon - only this one will be even bigger, and will be a chinook, the king of the PNW salmon species!
Can you volunteer for a day and help bring to life this giant fish?
We'll be cutting fabric, marking patterns, sewing, constructing inner tubes for shape, and more.
When: Various days throughout the month of October
General times are 10-4, but other times work too. Let us know when you can help, and we will work around your schedule!
*These work parties will take place at a studio in Olympia, Wa.
We are grateful to our resident/volunteer genius Rod the Engineer, who is leading this process, based on the pattern that another volunteer engineer genius, Rob, created!
Requirements:
Helpful, but not required:
Thank you for your help with bringing this important prop to life!
