Carina Miller, a member of the Tribal Council for the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, will speak in Hood River on October 4th at 7 p.m. about her recent trip to the Standing Rock reservation in North Dakota.
The community event will take place at Riverside Community Church, 4th and State Streets in downtown Hood River. Co-sponsors include Gorge Ecumenical Ministries, Columbia Gorge Climate Action Network, and Columbia Riverkeeper.
Miller and more than 25 other Warm Springs tribal members were part of a historic gathering of more than 200 tribes who traveled to North Dakota to protest construction of an oil pipeline (the Dakota Access Pipeline) that threatens sacred land and waters. "This is historic," said Miller, “It is the first time that there has been a gathering of Native Americans like this."
In addition to on-going protests at Standing Rock, Miller and other community leaders will discuss local and regional efforts to protect sacred lands and waters, including the transportation of oil by rail through the Columbia River Gorge.
For further information, contact: Rev. Vicky Stifter (541) 386-1412.
