CSEJ programs work to address important issues surrounding social and environmental justice throughout the Pacific Northwest. Here are a few links to articles and media about CSEJ’s work.
KBOO – Federal Recognition of Northwest Tribes
Celilo Wyam activist Lana Jack and Chinook Vice Chair Sam Robinson speak about the Celilo Wyam and Chinook struggles for federal recognition at an Indigenous Peoples Day event moderated by Lakota-Cheyenne Mole Roben White. The panelists reflect on the stakes in the struggle, on the links between settler colonialism, resource extraction, the 1957 inundation of Celilo Falls.
Image Credit: Flag of the Chinookan People, Wikimedia Commons.
Image Credit: Flag of the Chinookan People, Wikimedia Commons.
KBOO – Old Mole Variety Hour
An Indigenous Peoples Day episode of the Old Mole Variety Hour hosted by Cheyenne Lakota activist & CSEJ member Roben White and featuring an interview by Julian Ankney (Nimiipuu), CSEJ member and Coordinator of Native Programs at WSU Vancouver.
Featuring interviews with Julian Matthews of Nimiipuu protecting the environment and Chinook Tribal Council Member, Rachel Cushman. Respectively talking about the freeing the Snake River and the struggle for Chinook federal recognition.
Image Credit: Flag of the Chinookan People, Wikimedia Commons.
Featuring interviews with Julian Matthews of Nimiipuu protecting the environment and Chinook Tribal Council Member, Rachel Cushman. Respectively talking about the freeing the Snake River and the struggle for Chinook federal recognition.
Image Credit: Flag of the Chinookan People, Wikimedia Commons.
Cultivating Community
New initiative promotes campus garden project. (by Sawyer Tuttle)
Story from WSUV’s campus newsmagazine, the VanCougar, highlighting work on the campus food garden.
Image Credit: Olivia Eldredge, The VanCougar.
Story from WSUV’s campus newsmagazine, the VanCougar, highlighting work on the campus food garden.
Image Credit: Olivia Eldredge, The VanCougar.
Year Recap for 2022
The accomplishments of WSU Vancouver’s Collective for Social and Environmental Justice. (by Bethanie Collette)
The VanCougar interviews Roben White, a Cheyenne Lakota activist and CSEJ keynote speaker about the work of CSEJ in the 2021-2022 academic year.
Image Credit: Rowan Segura, The VanCougar.
The VanCougar interviews Roben White, a Cheyenne Lakota activist and CSEJ keynote speaker about the work of CSEJ in the 2021-2022 academic year.
Image Credit: Rowan Segura, The VanCougar.
Activist panel addresses police accountability in Clark County
(by Olivia Eldredge)
VanCougar reporting on an activist panel hosted by CSEJ featuring community advocates for police accountability.
Image Credit: Emily Baumann, The VanCougar.
VanCougar reporting on an activist panel hosted by CSEJ featuring community advocates for police accountability.
Image Credit: Emily Baumann, The VanCougar.