Celebrating Coast Salish Day

The city of Bellingham officially designated the second Monday in November as Coast Salish Day. To commemorate that day, and reflect on the legacy of the interactions between the people who have lived here since time immemorial and those of us who have settled here, we thought we'd share this video made by Lisa Cook. a graduate of Northwest Indian College.

Iê! Reconheço que essa terra é a casa ancestral de um povo bem antigo que é preciso respeitar. A essencia desse povo é na terra, é no mar é nas arvores, nos rios é a historia do lugar. Agora moramos juntos, juntos vamos trabalhar para defender essa terra para defender o mar! Nessa roda de Angola é bonito de se ver vem p’ra roda meu colega a amizade vai crescer, camarada! Iê viva meu Mestre! Iê quem me ensinou! Iê a Capoeira Iê é de Angola

Iê! I recognize that this land is the ancestral home of a very ancient people who are worthy of respect The essence of this people is in the land, is in the sea, is in the trees, in the rivers, it’s the history of this place. Now we live together, together, let us work to defend this land to defend the sea! In this roda of [capoeira] angola it’s good to see you come to the roda, my friend, our friendship will grow! Iê long live my Mestre Iê who is the one who taught me Iê about Capoeira Iê it’s from Angola