New alliances and expanded support are vital for Indigenous-led and community-based efforts to respond to climate change and environmental emergencies. The Lummi Nation of the Pacific Northwest is addressing marine biodiversity conservation, carbon industrial expansion, and energy transition with their strategies to protect the Salish Sea. These strategies include exhibits at major museums that engage scientists, activists, and mass audiences. Representatives from the Lummi and their partner The Natural History Museum will share videos, visuals, and stories of how this work came together, and how it is part of a larger effort to transform museums—which are highly trusted, widely visited, and a $50 billion industry—into champions for environmental progress and science for the public good.
Upcoming Events
Welcome to He Sapa: A Living Legacy of Resistance
Oct 9, 2026 - Oct 9, 2026
Zoom (Online)
Who Owns Appalachia? Property, Extraction, and Land Liberation
Sep 30, 2026 - Sep 30, 2026
Zoom (Online)
Natural History from the Other Side
Apr 15, 2026 - Apr 15, 2028
Online
Past Virtual Programs
We Refuse to Die Billboard Campaign
Nov 1, 2023 - Nov 30, 2023
Multiple locations in the Ohio River Valley
Exhibition: “Hlk’yak’ii: To Start a Fire”
Jun 21, 2021 - Mar 13, 2022
Haida Gwaii Museum
Fake News, Flat Planets and Hot Winters: Museums, Climate Change and Public Discourse
May 20, 2019 - May 20, 2019
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans

