U.S (NATIVE ORGANIZERS ALLIANCE ACTION FUND) : Support Tribal Nations' calls for dam removal in SNAKE RIVER !

 

 

 

 

 

Friend, 

 

Snake River salmon are running out of time. Without them, the communities on the river are too.

Against the wishes of Tribal communities, dams were constructed that threaten endangered salmon, the endangered orca whales that rely on salmon, and the treaty rights and culture of many Tribes along the Snake River in the Northwest United States.

So we’re supporting Tribal communities and organizers calling to restore salmon by removing Snake River dams immediately.

Please sign and send an email now to the Biden administration: To protect salmon from extinction and protect inherent and sovereign rights of Native people, you must breach four lower Snake River dams without delay.

SIGN & SEND

Last year, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration determined that removing the dams was necessary to restore the salmon population. For years, federal judges have agreed that the dams violate treaties with Tribes as well as the Endangered Species Act.

Even before the dams were constructed, Tribal members contested them. And since the dams have been built, Tribal communities along the Snake River have worked for years to remove them.

Now, we’re coordinating with those Tribes as a sponsor of the All Our Relations Snake River Campaign, an Indigenous-led campaign to bring regional and national attention to the urgent need to recover Snake River salmon and uphold the federal government’s legally-binding commitments to Northwest Tribal Nations.

Please act in solidarity with Northwest Tribal Nations by emailing the Biden administration to remove Snake River dams without delay.

Hawwih (thank you), 

 

Judith LeBlanc (Caddo)
Executive Director. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

P.S. We’ll be part of a caravan traveling through Oregon, Washington, and Idaho between September 23 and October 1. If you live nearby or can travel, please RSVP to attend one or more of the events to hear from Tribal leaders, stand in solidarity for their call to restore a free-flowing lower Snake River, and bring more grassroots political pressure to this urgent campaign.

 

 

 

 

 

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