North Sound Voices Film Festival
In the summer of 2025, we showcased six short documentary films (along with two films by Children of the Setting Sun Productions) at the first North Sound Voice...
Tribal Learning
Featured Collections
January 2025 Partner Convening: What We are Becoming
Bridging and belonging, especially in times of conflict and division, are important frameworks for us to understand, practice, and embody in our shared work. A...
August 2023 Partner Convening: Building Bridges For Collective Action
This collection features recordings, presentation slides and resources that were shared at the 2023 August partner convening.
Reunión de socios de agosto de 2023: Tender puentes para la acción colectiva
Esta colección contiene grabaciones, diapositivas y recursos compartidos en la reunión de socios de 2023 celebrada en agosto.
Tribal Wellness Series
North Sound ACH is proud to be in partnership with Children of the Setting Sun Productions for the 2022 film series, Tribal Approaches to Wellness. We share com...
Featured Resources
Indigeneity and Disability: The Teaching of Our Ancestors and Being in Relation Towards Harmonious Outcomes
Diné (Navajo) ancestral teachings of disability are a relational concept that embodies a sophisticated value system of care. The concept of k’é refers to ...
Partner Spotlights: Coast Salish Youth Coalition, LETI, Center for Independence
Part two of our partner organization spotlights, featuring Coast Salish Youth Coalition, Latino Educational Training Institute (LETI), Center for Independence &...
Welcome with Theresa Sheldon
Welcome and grounding, with Theresa Sheldon, Secretary on the Board of Directors for the Tulalip Tribes, and North Sound ACH CEO Liz Baxter.
13 Moons – Video Series
View all the 13 Moons videos which accompany the curriculum on the Digital Heritage Library of the Setting Sun Institute. The videos were produced by Children o...
Elwha Friends on Canoe Journey
The YAI team got to sit down with a couple of our friends from The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe to talk about their experiences, hear their stories, and learn what...
Journeys and Tats
A week after getting done with Tribal Canoe Journey Paddle to Muckleshoot, the YAI team sits down to reflect on our time, our favorite Canoe Journey stories, an...
Leslie Eastwood | Health and Wellness
Leslie Eastwood talks about expectations on journeys, decision making, and the significant role that canoe culture has on healing.
Women of Journeys/Finding Our Medicine
Women Of Journeys highlights women speaking out about the tragic history of murdered and missing Indigenous women (MMIW) in Indian country.
The Significance of Canoe Journey
In this episode of the Young and Indigenous Podcast, Vanessa Castle explains the personal and collective significance of canoe journeys.
Canoe Journey (30th Anniversary Cut)
In 2019, Children of the Setting Sun Productions documented the 30th anniversary of the Coast Salish Canoe Journey.
Storypole (short)
Short version of the film Storypole. The Story Pole is a ceremonial totem pole originally carved by Samuel Cagey Jr., a beloved Lummi Elder, and is now being co...
Native Transformations In The Pacific Northwest: Documentary Discussion Guide
This guide accompanies the Native Transformations Project film and is intended to honor the stories of Coast Salish people’s testament of healing and well...
My Gift From the Past
An episode of the Young & Indigenous Podcast, from Children of the Setting Sun Productions. Isabella gets deep with Jason LaClair, learning about his life c...
Setting Sun Institute: Digital Heritage Library [Slides]
These slides accompanied our Learning Session on June 11, 2025, with the staff of Setting Sun Institute.
Setting Sun Institute: Digital Heritage Library [Recording]
In this session, we heard from Setting Sun Institute about their multi-faceted work to foster an Indigenous-led think tank with four interwoven branches: educat...
Native Transformation Project
We heard from Barbara Juarez, Charene Alexander, and Bella James about the Native Transformation Project.
Native Transformations in the Pacific Northwest (film)
Native Transformations in the Pacific Northwest: Stories of Strength in a Public Health Crisis explores the legacy of the historical strengths and resilience of...
Setting Sun Institute
We heard from many of our partners about their work, at the January 2025 Partner Convening, and its only a small percentage of the amazing work being done in ou...
Welcoming (Day 1)
We were welcomed by the Tulalip Tribes’ Lushootseed Language Department and Quil Ceda Tulalip Elementary song and dance groups “Rez Dogs” and “Salish Si...
Native Transformations in the Pacific Northwest report
The 2015 report, Native Transformations Project: Discovering Sources of Strength and Resilience from Drug Abuse in the Pacific Northwest. This project brings to...
Native Transformations in the Pacific Northwest: Stories of Strength in a Public Health Crisis
Documentary film, Native Transformations in the Pacific Northwest: Stories of Strength in a Public Health Crisis, featuring tribal members in the North Sound.
Native Transformations in the Pacific Northwest slide deck
Review the slide deck about the Native Transformations project, at the January 2025 Partner Convening.
Setting Sun Institute Digital Heritage Library
This resource preserves and shares Indigenous media to inspire cultural understanding and drive meaningful action.
Locations of Dental Clinics: (“Safety Net” Clinics: Federally Qualified Health Centers, Tribal Clinics & Free Clinics)
This resource provides a comprehensive list of “safety net” dental clinics, including Federally Qualified Health Centers, Tribal Clinics, and Free Clinics, ...
Welcoming – From Partnership to Collaboration
Welcoming our attendees to the August 2024 Partner Convening, with North Sound ACH CEO Liz Baxter, Tribal and Community Liaison Michaela Vendiola, and a film by...
Potlatch
Website by the Kwakwaka‘wakw First Nation about potlatch in their, and other Coast Salish and Northwest Coast indigenous culture.
Celebrating Artists | Recording | January 2024 Partner Convening
Our theme for the January 2024 Convening was the HeART of Transformation – bringing forth the importance of art in our life, and its often overlooked conn...
They Asked for PPE and Got Body Bags Instead
A Vogue magazine article from 2021 about Abigail Echo-Hawk (Pawnee) and her colleagues at the Seattle Indian Health Board receiving body bags instead of PPE, an...
MPR News | Painter’s exhibit pays tribute to Standing Rock protests
This exhibit highlights paintings inspired by the Standing Rock protest, emphasizing the artistic response to the movement.
Ideas.TED | Gallery: Portraits from the Standing Rock protests
This gallery showcases powerful portraits from the Standing Rock protests, capturing the spirit and resilience of the activists.
May Network Learning Session (Recording): Health & The Outdoors
This is a recording of the May 2024 network learning session, Health & The Outdoors. During our time together wee deepened our understanding of how our well...
Keynote Talk by Matika Wilbur
Visual storyteller Matika Wilbur gave a compelling, joyous, heartfelt, illuminating keynote presentation at the January 2024 Partner Convening. She spoke about ...
Young and Indigenous Podcast Series: PLANTS
The Children of the Setting Sun Productions (CSSP) organization is always looking for ways to engage younger generations in their work. They began with a youth ...
May Network Learning Session (Slides): Health & The Outdoors
These are the slides for our May Network Learning Session. We learned about health & the outdoors and deepened our understanding of how our well-being is cl...
Catalyzing Change: Well-Being Measures and Indigenous Indicators Panel | Recording | January 2024 Partner Convening: The HeART of Transformation
This is a recording of the panel portion of the Catalyzing Change: Well-Being Measures and Indigenous Indicators Session which took place at the January 2024 Pa...
Day 2 | Slides | January 2024 Partner Convening: The HeART of Transformation
This is the slide deck from the second day of the January 2024 Partner Convening: The HeART of Transformation.
Day 1 | Slides | January 2024 Partner Convening: The HeART of Transformation
This is the slide deck from the first day of the January 2024 Partner Convening: The HeART of Transformation.
Natosha Gobin and Tulalip Canoe Family Welcoming Second Day | Recording | January 2024 Partner Convening: The HeART of Transformation
This is a recording of Natosha Gobin and the Tulalip Canoe Family opening the second day of our January 2024 Partner Convening: The HeART of Transformation.
Natosha Gobin and Tulalip Canoe Family Welcoming Opening Day | Recording | January 2024 Partner Convening: The HeART of Transformation
This is a recording of Natosha Gobin and the Tulalip Canoe Family welcoming our attendees on the opening day of our January 2024 Partner Convening: The HeART of...
Open Arms Perinatal Services
Open Arms Perinatal Services is an organization that provides community-based support during pregnancy, birth, and early parenting, including doula care, childb...
Shades of Divinity
Shades of Divinity, is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to “promote reproductive justice and equity in Washington state by uplifting BIPOC families. ...
Global Perinatal Services
Global Perinatal is a an organization working to provide support for perinatal and postpartum birthers, their partners. They provide education and connect famil...
Article: Everything You Need to Know About Vaginal Steaming
This resource delves into the practice of vaginal steaming, exploring its origins, purported benefits, and potential risks.
Matika Wilbur | Website
“Matika Wilbur (Swinomish and Tulalip) is one of the nation’s leading photographers, based in the Pacific Northwest. She earned her BFA from Brooks Inst...
Jason LaClair Storypole | Children Of The Setting Sun
“Have you heard about the story pole that Lummi artist Jason LaClair has been working on downtown? He recently finished working on completing the story po...
Slide Deck | Catalyzing Change: Well-Being Measurement and Indigenous Indicators | January 2024 Partner Convening
Slides from the session, Catalyzing Change: Well-Being Measurement and Indigenous Indicators at our January 2024 Partner Convening
September Network Learning Session (Slides): Incarcerated and Justice Involved Equitable Solutions
Slides – Network Learning Session – Incarcerated and Justice Involved Equitable Solutions
Cass County/Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Wellness Court Walker, MN | Process, Outcome, and Cost Evaluation Report
This is a report from the Cass County/Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Wellness Court in Walker, MN about their program, CCDWI – Wellness Court.
Tulalip Tribes Elders Panel
“The Tulalip Tribes, Elders Panel is a diversion program for defendants in the Tulalip Tribal Court. The Elders Panel draws on the wisdom and experience ...
Tulalip Tribal Court | Wellness Court
“Tulalip’s Healing to Wellness Court provides the support and resources necessary for our clients to begin living sober lives and reconnecting with thei...
Swinomish Indian Tribal Community didgʷálič Wellness Center
“The didgʷáličWellness Center, which is owned and operated by the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, provides out-patient treatment services for trib...
Tribal Healing to Wellness Courts: The Key Components
“In 1996,a committee of practitioners and others involved with drug court program operations was established under the leadership of the National Associat...
Designing for Social Systems | Lummi Tribal Health Center
“On Washington State’s northernmost coast resides the Lummi People, a sovereign indigenous nation of approximately 6,600 people. For the past several ye...
Minnesota: Carceral Colonialism: Imprisonment in Indian Country | States of Incarceration.
“Settler colonialism has involved denying Native people sovereignty and access to land and resources. It has also produced high rates of incarceration of ...
Tribal & Equity Learning Sessions | Honoring the Treaty Day 1.21.22 (Webinar)
This seminar is focused on honoring Indigenous communities, acknowledging the importance of treaties as the supreme law of the land, and fostering cultural awar...
Tribal & Equity Learning Sessions | Food Sovereignty and the 13 Moons Curriculum: Tribal Learning Series (Webinar)
This webinar features the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community sharing their 13 Moons curriculum and community garden work, which revitalizes traditional foods, me...
Coast Salish Youth Coalition – Lopez Island Family Resource Center – Partner Presentation Slides
Lopez Island Family Resource Center’s Coast Salish Youth Coalition project, partner presentation slides. Sam Barr, Madrona Institute | Coast Salish Yout...
Before Maslow’s Hierarchy: The Whitewashing of Indigenous Knowledge
Maslow’s renowned model—a story of systemic racism, Western epistemology (or ways of knowing), and the forced invisibility of Indigenous knowledge.
The Endangered Languages Project
Humanity today is facing a massive extinction: languages are disappearing at an unprecedented pace. And when that happens, a unique vision of the world is lost....
Suicide Prevention Toolkit – Resources for Tribes and Partners
This toolkit is intended for behavioral health care providers, schools, youth programs, tribes and others to help prevent suicide among Native people in Washing...
Northwest tribes’ legacy, and power, of telling a good story
News article by KUOW in Seattle about Lummi Nation and Children of the Setting Sun Productions.
Improving the Well-Being of Native Older Adults and Their Caregivers
This story discusses how the challenges faced by older adults and caregivers in tribal communities were exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The grant pro...
Indigenous Knowledge Resource Library
The Indigenous Knowledge Library centers Indigenous knowledge on Community Commons by highlighting over 300 newly-curated resources, tools, and stories that a...
Tribal Approaches to Wellness film series
Watch the full livestream of the premiere of Children of the Setting Sun Productions’ documentary film series, Tribal Approaches to Wellness, featuring th...
Marilyn Scott: Portrait of Leadership – Upper Skagit Indian Tribe
In 2022, Children of the Setting Sun Productions showcased a new documentary film series, Tribal Approaches to Wellness. Each of the eight Tribes in the North S...
Holistic Health & Recovery – Tulalip Tribes
In 2022, Children of the Setting Sun Productions showcased a new documentary film series, Tribal Approaches to Wellness. Each of the eight Tribes in the North S...
Transport for the People – Swinomish Indian Tribal Community
In 2022, Children of the Setting Sun Productions showcased a new documentary film series, Tribal Approaches to Wellness. Each of the eight Tribes in the North S...
Salmon and Our Health – Stillaguamish Tribe
In 2022, Children of the Setting Sun Productions showcased a new documentary film series, Tribal Approaches to Wellness. Each of the eight Tribes in the North S...
The Big Walk – Sauk-Suiattle Indian Nation
In 2022, Children of the Setting Sun Productions showcased a new documentary film series, Tribal Approaches to Wellness. Each of the eight Tribes in the North S...
Waking the Canoes – Samish Indian Nation
In 2022, Children of the Setting Sun Productions showcased a new documentary film series, Tribal Approaches to Wellness. Each of the eight Tribes in the North S...
Rikkole Cree Canoe Club – Nooksack Tribe
In 2022, Children of the Setting Sun Productions showcased a new documentary film series, Tribal Approaches to Wellness. Each of the eight Tribes in the North S...
Sche’lang’en Village – Lummi Nation
In 2022, Children of the Setting Sun Productions showcased a new documentary film series, Tribal Approaches to Wellness. Each of the eight Tribes in the North S...
Indigenous Knowledge Library
Indigenous knowledge—also known as traditional knowledge—refers to information, meanings, purposes, and values that Indigenous peoples have gathered, concep...
We R Native
This website is a comprehensive health resource for Native youth, by Native youth, providing content and stories about the topics that matter most to them. We R...
Land Back: April session – Advancing a Just and Inclusive Culture series
Recording of the Land Back learning session on April 20, 2022 hosted by North Sound ACH. This sessions is the first in the 2022 Advancing a Just and Inclusive C...
Volver a la tierra: Sesión de abril – Serie “Avanzar en una cultura justa e inclusiva
Grabación de la sesión de aprendizaje de Land Back del 20 de abril de 2022 organizada por North Sound ACH
Land Back: Beyond Land Acknowledgment to Stewardship, Decolonization, and Reconciliation
Slide deck for April learning session, Land Back: Beyond Land Acknowledgment to Stewardship, Decolonization, and Reconciliation
Land Back: diapositivas de la presentación
Diapositivas de la sesión de aprendizaje de abril, La tierra vuelve: más allá del reconocimiento de la tierra hacia la administración, la descolonización y...
Zapotec in 90006, K’iche’ in 90057: New Map Highlights L.A.’s Indigenous Communities
This article describes how CIELO, a local Indigenous organization, partnered with UCLA to create a map of Latin American Indigenous languages in L.A. County. Th...
Zapoteco en el 90006, K’iche’ en el 90057: un nuevo mapa destaca las comunidades indígenas de Los Ángeles
Este artículo describe cómo CIELO, una organización indígena local, se asoció con la UCLA para crear un mapa de las lenguas indígenas latinoamericanas en ...
LA County Moves Forward with Return of Black Family’s Land
This AP news article shares the Los Angeles County plan for returning a beachfront property to descendants of a Black couple who built a resort for African Amer...
El condado de Los Ángeles avanza en la devolución de las tierras de una familia negra
Este artículo de AP comparte el plan del condado de Los Ángeles para devolver una propiedad frente a la playa a los descendientes de una pareja de negros que ...
The Port Gamble lumber mill closed decades ago. Now the tribe that was forced from the land is returning
This news release explores how after more than a century, a cemetery in Kitsap County is back in S’Klallam hands. Descendants of the ancestors displaced by th...
El aserradero de Port Gamble cerró hace décadas. Ahora la tribu que fue forzada a abandonar la tierra está regresando
Este comunicado de prensa explora cómo, después de más de un siglo, un cementerio del condado de Kitsap vuelve a estar en manos de los S’Klallam. Los d...
Chickahominy Tribe reacquires ancestral lands
This news article describes how four years after the Chickahominy Tribe in Virginia received federal recognition, some of its traditional lands will be given ba...
La tribu Chickahominy readquiere sus tierras ancestrales
Este artículo describe cómo fuestros años después de que la tribu Chickahominy de Virginia recibiera el reconocimiento federal, se le devolverán algunas de...
Do salmon have rights?
This article describes a legal battle between Seattle and the Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe alleging that the city’s hydroelectric dams violate the native salmon...
Snoqualmie Tribe Acquires 12,000 Acres of Ancestral Forestland in King County
This news release details how the Snoqualmie Indian Tribe, a federally recognized Tribe headquartered in King County, has acquired roughly 12,000 acres of its a...
La tribu Snoqualmie adquiere 12.000 acres de tierras forestales ancestrales en el condado de King
Este comunicado de prensa detalla cómo la tribu india de Snoqualmie, una tribu reconocida a nivel federal con sede en el condado de King, ha adquirido aproxima...
The Swinomish Reservation
This website describes and explores the Swinomish Reservation, which is located on Fidalgo Island in Western Washington State. It also explores unlawful attempt...
La reserva de Swinomish
Este sitio web describe y explora la reserva de Swinomish, situada en la isla de Fidalgo, en el oeste del estado de Washington. También explora los intentos il...
Tribal Learning
This collection of resources will help advance your knowledge on the importance of building relationships with tribes of the North Sound Region, and committing ...
Aprendizaje tribal
Establecer relaciones con las tribus de la región de North Sound y comprometerse con un viaje continuo de aprendizaje tribal y equidad.
Virtual Community Engagement Guide: A Toolkit for Hosting Online Community Engagement and Meetings in Rural, Remote, and Indigenous Communities
This toolkit was created to help address common barriers and opportunities of virtual meetings. It is intended to facilitate effective online community events a...
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