Native American-Swinomish/Asian, Indigenous Sci, Geologist, Swinomish Enviro Protection. Husband & Dad. Tweets my own. IG:tasmitchell \ https://teapaw.org/t.co/NSbWMzF6cx
Swinomish territory, WA, USA
Joined March 2010
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exactly 24 years ago I started at my Tribe!
Musta felt like a kid cuz I was still in my 20’s.
Done lots of work protecting our environment, preserving our natural resources, built the foundations of today’s Swinomish DEP, and still got many more years to go.
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Great day at Swinomish’s Kukutali Preserve talking about Swin climate change work and our traditional places with my elders Shelly & Janie, along with/ Tribal leader, Alana (not in pic).
Plus sporting Team Shattuck shirt on late punk rocker Kim Shattuck’s (The Muffs) birthday!
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Fresh orchid mix bark a couple weeks ago made this orchid perk right up and get to flowering again!
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glorious sunny weekend in the Skagit Valley. it was the perfect time to dust off the non-fendered bike!
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Thanks for seeing it through! I’m glad we don’t have to see the pens near our Reservation anymore
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Busy couple of days flying off to Harvard for a convening of indigenous ‘conservation’ scholars, practitioners, and philanthropic orgs about how to bridge the gap in philanthropies’ work and giving to tribes.
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Swinomish Christmas Tree lighting at the Cedar Hat Pavilions, swadabš Park! Thanks to Swinomish Dept of Environmental Protection’s Forestry crew for sourcing a tree on the Rez and installing it, and the Cultural Dept for requesting the tree, decorating, and lighting it!
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Ready to set the table for thanksgiving but i think i missed a fluffy spot (Pesto).
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
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Here is the latest video on our camas revitalization project about last year's work leading up to the summer community harvest event. Enjoy! 💜
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Orange shirt day: remembering my ancestors that were sent to the Tulalip boarding school. Great to see all our work in bringing back indigenous knowledges and culture for inter-generational healing
What an amazing day bringing back fire 🔥 to the Swinomish Reservation as part of our Camas Project!
DEP took turns on burn & water crews.
Big Thanks to DEP’s @charmpitt for coordinating burn partners @ecostudiesinstitute, Skagit Fire District 13, @washdnr.
Video story to come!
Yeah, Min Cup time!
Vote your favorite minerals, learn about them along the way!
It’s September somewhere! (ie, in Greenwich, the arbitrary start of time). That means it’s MINERAL CUP!!!!
32 minerals enter, but only one can be #MinCup23 Champion.
Round 1 Match 1 starts now:
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Always special to visit with Father Pat and grateful to have shared his Beginnings book with Swinomish for an impromptu book signing!
Beginnings came out not long before i came back home to work at Swinomish and is an early inspiration for our continued DEP book series.
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It was great to discuss with our Senator the great work we are all doing to protect our natural resources!
and gather at one of my favorite places, Lone Tree Point on the Swinomish Reservation!
Lone Tree Point is incredibly important to the Swinomish Tribe & our coastline.
Thank you to @NWStraits & Tribal leaders for giving me an up-close view of their work to restore & conserve the local ecosystems & beaches—& how federal funds are supporting those efforts.
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So much sorrow but so much resilience to tell these stories.
Did my own ancestors experience the same thing here in WA boarding schools?
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