It’s time for a Movie Church!

We will watch the PBS Documentary Covenant of the Salmon People and join in a discussion after the film. We’ll have light snacks and tea/water. Please bring food to eat or to share to make your time comfortable.

Covenant of the Salmon People features a portrait of the Nez Perce Tribe as they continue to carry out their ancient promise to protect the Chinook salmon. The film explores the intertwined fate of the Nimiipuu (Nez Perce), salmon, and the landscape from which both evolved. The Nez Perce people are the oldest documented civilization in North America, with archaeological sites along Idaho's Salmon River dating back 16,500 years. 

Today the tribe is facing the extirpation of their most prized salmon species despite decades of recovery efforts, and the widespread construction of dams across their Traditional lands has challenged recovery. The only option for the tribe to uphold their ancient deal with salmon and save the species from extinction is the breaching of four dams on the lower Snake River–will the Federal Government take charge of the situation or sit idly while this iconic species vanishes from their home waters?

If you can’t join us you can watch the film from your own home via PBS: https://www.pbs.org/video/covenant-vcucck/

Location: 2116 Walnut Street, Bellingham, WA 98225

Let Pastor Emma know if you will be joining us emma@echoesbellingham.org