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The First Foods Festival is an annual event, hosted by Whitman College Native American Outreach, to celebrate the cultural heritage and history of the tribes of the Walla Walla Valley. 

 

2024 First Foods Festival Schedule

All First Foods Festival activities are open to the public unless noted otherwise.

  • 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Dogbane Presentation and Cordage Workshop led by Brosnan Spencer (CTUIR), Co-Director of Naknuwiłama Tiiča̓mna - Caretakers of the Land.
    Naknuwiłama Tiiča̓mna - Caretakers of the Land is an Indigenous-led organization serving to steward and strengthen the symbiotic life ways and habitats of the Blue Mountain bio-region through seasonal immersion camps and ecosystem restoration.

  • 12–1 p.m. Lunch Break (on your own)
  • 1–2:20 p.m. “Fish War” Film Screening
    When Washington state made it illegal for tribes to fish for salmon in their usual and accustomed places, it was a declaration of war. “Fish War” follows the tribes' fight to exercise their treaty-reserved fishing rights. A landmark court case in 1974 would affirm the tribes’ treaty rights and establish them as co-managers of the resource, but the fate of salmon in the Pacific Northwest still hangs in the balance. Watch the trailer.
  • 2:20–3 p.m. Fish, Water and Treaty Rights Panel
    Panelists will discuss “Fish War” and the ways their careers and advocacy activities intersect the film's topics, followed by an audience Q&A. Panelists include:

  • 3–4 p.m. CTUIR First Foods Policy Program Presentation: “Nixyáawii, Awkú Čáwpam Áḱaatta!
    “Nixyáawii, Awkú Čáwpam Áḱaatta!” or “Nixyáawii, Don’t Throw it Away!” is a pilot project using an anerobic digester to improve waste management and food waste diversion from CTUIR facilities while engaging the tribal community on food waste management issues.

  • 4– 5 p.m. First Foods Hors d’oeuvres Sampling by Bon Appetit

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