Tribal Learning

Featured Collections

North Sound Voices Film Festival

In the summer of 2025, we showcased six short documentary films (along with two films by Setting Sun Circle) at the first North Sound Voices Film Festival, in E...

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

Reviving Coastal Clam Gardens: Swinomish Tribal Community

The Swinomish Indian Tribal Community is reviving culturally and ecologically important clam gardens on their coastline to create habitat for native clams. Alan...

2020 Equity Champion Award

From Food Lifeline, Jose Ortiz and Tri-Parish Food Bank in Skagit County were awarded the Equity Champion Award

Lummi Food Assistance Program

Members of the nation in northwest WA now have more control over how culturally important foods — like locally caught salmon — are distributed.

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 | Setting Sun Circle

“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

Measuring Well being | Recording | Building Bridges for Collective Action: August 2023 Partner Convening

The Sound – Teaser | Setting Sun Circle

Full Day | Recording | Building Bridges for Collective Action: August 2023 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 | Improving Community Health & Well-Being (Event Recording)

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...

Tribal & Equity Learning Sessions | Equity and Tribal Sovereignty Training – Webinar

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...