Rematriation: Returning to the Sacred Mother
This session will delve deeply into the concept of “rematriation,” revealing how acknowledging the land and the planet as our Mother and acting accordingly has to lead us to a revisioning of our current values and institutions that are so out-of-balance with the sacred, and to work toward a radical restructuring of our society. The presenters will also move beyond concepts to share some lived experiences and personal stories that drive home the power of rematriation. Hosted by Dahr Jamail, Storytelling and Communications Manager at Home Planet Fund. With: Alana Peterson, Executive Director of Spruce Root; Dilafruz Khonikboyeva, Executive Director of Home Planet Fund; and Louise Brady of the Sitka Tribe of Alaska, founder/Director, Herring Protectors.
Magnes Museum
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GOOGLE CALENDAR OUTLOOK APPLE CALENDAR / ICSMarch 28th | 4:45 pm to 6:00 pm
Panelists
Louise Brady
Founder and Director
Herring Protectors
Louise Brady (Kh’asheech Tláa), a citizen of the Sitka Tribe of Alaska, previously served as the tribe’s Director of Social Services and Tribal Court Administrator. She is the founder and Director of the Herring Protectors, a grassroots movement led by Indigenous women that uses the original teachings of the Kiks.ádi women’s ceremony and collective organizing to stand up to legacies of colonization and genocide that have led to the devastation of the yaaw (herring). She also serves on the Advisory Board of Native Movement; has co-produced and directed two award-winning films; and was the recipient of a 2022 – 2023 NDN Changemaker Fellowship.
Dahr Jamail
Storytelling and Communications Manager
Home Planet Fund
Dahr Jamail, Storytelling and Communications Manager at Home Planet Fund, is a former mountaineer, guide, and rescue volunteer on Denali in Alaska who went on to work for a decade as a war correspondent in the Middle East, then for another decade as a journalist covering the global environmental crisis. The author of five books, he most recently edited We Are the Middle of Forever: Indigenous Voices from Turtle Island on the Changing Earth, which is focused on Indigenous perspectives on the polycrisis.
Alana Peterson
Executive Director
Spruce Root
Alana Peterson, whose Tlingit name is Gah Kith Tin (from Diginaa Hit, Luknahadi), grew up and currently lives in Sitka, a small island community in Southeast Alaska, where she is Executive Director at Spruce Root, an Indigenous institution that provides all Southeast Alaskans with access to business development resources including loans, coaching, workshops and more, seeking to catalyze local communities and empower small businesses. Alana who has a Master’s in Business Administration, also worked with the Peace Corps in southern Peru on economic development projects for two years.
Dilafruz Khonikboyeva
