Join us as we share ceremony, song, and updates. President Leonard Forsman of Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI); Chairman Lawrence Solomon of Lummi Nation; Councillor Charlene Aleck of Tsleil-Waututh Nation; Whale Sanctuary Project; Earth Law Center; and others TBA will also share words.
We are gathering from around the world to show that we are Netse Mot –of one heart and one mind– for our relation Sk'aliCh'elh-tenaut, the captive orca also known as Tokitae or Lolita.
August 8th is the 51st anniversary of her capture from Penn Cove. She has been performing at Miami Seaquarium ever since. It is time for her to come home, and we have a plan in place for how to do this in a culturally appropriate, spiritually guided, scientifically sound, safe and responsible way.
We are inviting Miami Seaquarium’s parent companies Parques Réunidos and EQT to work with us in bringing our relation back home.
We will be live-streaming from the Sacred Sea Facebook page, which is watchable on the www.SacredSea.org homepage. The event will also be streamed to Sacred Sea’s YouTube channel.
We thank our Netse Mot partners at Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship, Earth Law Center, Earth Ministry, Mosquito Fleet, Orca Network, RE Sources for Sustainable Communities, Seattle 350, Sierra Club, Stand.earth and Whale Sanctuary Project.
Family is sacred. It is our Lhaq’temish Xa xalh Xechnging (sacred obligation) to take care of our qwe’lhol’mechen (orca) family as we do our own.
Hy'shqe!
Squil-le-he-le (Raynell Morris) and Tah-Mahs (Ellie Kinley)
