Alexandra Peck

Alexandra Peck is the Audain Chair in Historical Indigenous Art and an Assistant Professor at UBC. She studies Northwest Coast Native art, ecology, and land use, focusing on Coast Salish women’s resource cultivation and trade. Her work spans topics like wooly dogs, lichens, and mortuary traditions and is supported by major research foundations.

Chenoa Egawa

Chenoa Egawa is a ceremonial leader, medicine carrier, singer, speaker, published author (The Whale Child and Tani’s Search for the Heart), artist and nature photographer. She is also a Senior Level Qigong Instructor through the Ling Gui (Spiritual Turtle) International Healing Qigong School.

Squi-le-he-le

Squi-le-he-le (Raynell Morris) is a mother, grandmother, Lhaq’temish matriarch, enrolled Lummi tribal member, Events and Gatherings Producer at the Children of the Setting Sun Productions, and board member of the Friends of Toki, former Vice-President of the Sacred Lands Conservancy (Sacred Sea). Her sacred obligation is to work for Sk’aliCh’elh-tenaut’s Legacy; to save her family, to save the salmon, and to save her home waters…the Salish Sea.

Tammy Cooper-Woodrich

Tammy Cooper-Woodrich has lived in the Pacific Northwest all of her life, she grew up in Whatcom County along the Nooksack River, where her ancestors have lived since time immemorial.  She has been an advocate for sustainable living and believes her connection to the land is what gives her a sense of pride and belonging.

Santana Rabang

Santana Rabang is an enrolled member of the Lummi Nation and alumni of Northwest Indian College. She hosts the Young and Indigenous Podcast with Children of the Setting Sun Productions, and is a Young Tribal Leader. 

Justice Black-Williams, T’la’li Palas

Justice Black-Williams, T’la’li Palas is an Indigenous woman enrolled in the Lummi Tribe (Lhaqtemish, People of the Sea), which creates an inherent responsibility for marine environments and ecosystems. She is pursuing a B.S. in Native Environmental Science at Northwest Indian College and has been a student intern at the Salish Sea Research Center since 2022.

Elizabeth Coleman

Elizabeth Coleman is a WWU student and granddaughter of Nooksack Elder Tammy Cooper-Woodrich. She is studying special education and is working with Bellingham Public Schools on a children’s book and their Since Time Immemorial curriculum through the nonprofit Healing Through Hope.