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“Bad River” Screening and Panel Discussion

A movie poster picturing a river with green grass on each bank and the words "Bad River" in dark blue over it. Narrated by Quannah ChasingHorse and Academy-Award nominee Edward Norton, “Bad River”, a critically acclaimed new documentary film, chronicles the efforts of the Bad River Band’s ongoing fight for sovereignty. The fight unfolds in a groundbreaking way through a series of shocking revelations, devastating losses and a powerful legacy of defiance and resilience.

After the screening there will be an in-depth discussion of Indigenous water rights, Indigenous health and Native sovereignty with:

  • Michelle Johnson-Jennings (Choctaw), Professor; Director, Environmentally Based Health & Land-based Healing, IWRI, appears in “Bad River”
  • Clarita Lefthand-Begay, ’08, ’14 (Navajo), Assistant Professor, Information School; Director, Tribal Water Security Project
  • Paul Ward, ’91 ’96 ’11 (Yakama), Federal Government Relations Director, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission
  • Mary Mazzio, “Bad River” Writer and Director
  • Cecilia Gobin, ’11 (Tulalip), panel moderator, Conservation Policy Analyst, Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission

A hosted community reception will be held after the panel.

Admission is free.

November 23, 2024
5:00 PM-9:00 PM

wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ – Intellectual House
4249 Little Canoe Channel NE
Seattle, WA 98195

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