It is our sacred obligation to protect our Salish Sea homelands and our community, including the salmon and qwe 'lhol mechen (orcas).

Statement of solidarity with First Nations

Lummi Nation stands with Canadian First Nations

in opposing

December 17, 2019

Lummi Nation reaffirms our solidarity with the Coldwater Indian Band, Squamish Nation, Tsleil-Waututh Nation and Ts'elxweyeqw Tribe in opposition to the proposed expansion of the Trans Mountain Pipeline.

Today, as these First Nations testify in the Federal Court of Appeal that the Canadian government's Indigenous consultation process was insufficient, we pray that will abide by the principle of "free, prior and informed consent" as outlined in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and as adopted by the governments of Canada and of .

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We have a Xa xalh Xechnging (sacred obligation) to our lands, waters, and peoples. We are following natural law, and practicing our spiritual law, when we fight projects like the proposed TransMountain Pipeline expansion.

This project would pose unacceptable risks to our home, our schelangen (culture and traditional life way), our salmon, and our qwe'lhol'mechen (killer whales).

Our ancestral routes, our languages, culture, kinship ties, our waters, our salmon, our qwe'lhol'mechen do not recognize the US/Canadian border. We remind the world that we are Netse Mot–of one heart and one mind– with our sister Indigenous Nations when it comes to protecting Xw'ullemy, our shared Salish Sea homelands.

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Contact: Kurt Russo (Lummi Nation) 360-305-5880, [email protected]

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Sovereignty and Treaty Protection Office of Lummi Nation for more information on the Salish Sea Campaign, go to www.sacredsea.org

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