Andrea Rollefson, Author at The Natural History Museum

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The Salmon Nations Speak

Salmon are on the brink of extinction. But communities are fighting back, summoning the power of ancestral knowledge and practices to defeat proposed mega-mines and decrepit dams that stand as both monuments to colonialism and barriers to spawning salmon.

Clean Energy Justice: Stories from the Front Lines of Defense

We joined with Indigenous, Gulf South, and Appalachian communities to produce the Clean Energy Justice Convergence: a series of expeditions and events shining a spotlight on the costs, health impacts, and environmental devastation associated with fossil fuel-based energy systems.

Stop Salmon and Orca Extinction

Declining fish populations have created a trail of broken promises on the road to extinction. Removing the dams to restore the Snake River is more than a legal obligation or a biological necessity, it is a moral imperative of historic proportions.

Re-Indigenize place-names on public lands

In the context of national and global reckoning with the legacy and ongoing impacts of colonialism, imperialism and racial injustice, we have a once in a generation opportunity to inscribe our social values on official maps for the future generations.

Totem Pole Journey Exhibition at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian

An exhibition by The Natural History Museum and the House of Tears Carvers of the Lummi Nation on view at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, Washington D.C.