The stone marker acknowledging the Lhaq’temish (Lummi)
peoples is complete and has been installed on one side of the stairwell off
Ellsworth St. There will be a dedication
on Sunday, January 15, 2017 after the service and will be followed by a potluck
lunch. The service, with Lummi leadership and musicians, will be on the topic
of the lives of the Lhaq’temish people (the many tribes from this region whose
names end in “ish”—which also includes Lummi) from time immemorial, through
European contact, treaties, the Boldt decision, and looking into the
future. The service is a collaboration
with the Lummi Youth Canoe Family, the Jefferson Sisters, Lummi Councilmember
Travis Brockie, and Candice Wilson. The
service will include excerpts from Father Pat Twohy’s Beginnings: A Meditation
on Coast Salish Lifeways, and the “Survivors of the Flood,” story and song.
Lummi Councilmember Brockie will touch on the Point Elliott Treaty, and the
Boldt Decision.
