Lummi Blessing Ceremony August 29: Our Shared Responsibility. The Land The Waters. The People.

Reprinted almost verbatim from this week's bulletin

Last October (RantWoman's Meeting: University Friends Meeting in Seattle)  adopted a minute supporting the Lummi Nation's treaty rights to the full enjoyment of their traditional fishing grounds at Cherry Point, Whatcom County, which is now threatened by plans to expand a coal export terminal there.

To further raise awareness of the dangerous impacts of coal and oil trains on all of our communities, the Lummi has embarked on a journey -- Our Shared Responsibility: the Land, the Waters and the People -- to empower and inform communities all along the rail line.

Lummi Nation elder and Master Carver Jewell James and the House of Tears Carvers have created a totem pole to stand in protection and blessing for Xwe’chi’eXen, Cherry Point. In support of this effort there will be a Blessing Ceremony on Friday, August 29, from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm at St Mark's Cathedral, 1245 10th Ave, Seattle. Everyone is invited to attend. The facebook link: https://www.facebook.com/events/753570788032799/