Yesterday Gabe Galanda delivered a lecture titled "Reviving Indigenous Kinship Systems” to a packed classroom at his alma mater, Western Washington University. Read his slides here.
Gabe’s presentation drew on the Indigenous scholarship of Ella Deloria, Darrell Kipp, Rob Williams, Dr. Kim TallBear, David Treuer, Nick Estes, and others.
A van-full of Indigenous students from Northwest Indian College, as well as Indigenous students from WWU, including members of the Nooksack 306, attended Gabe’s presentation.
Nooksack Elder George Adams, the last fluent Nooksack speaker of Lhechelesmen, joined Gabe to explain to the students, in Lhechelesmen, traditional notions of Indigenous kinship and belonging by way of place.
Gabe Galanda and George Adams, with Northwest Indian College students
Gabe Galanda and George Adams, pictured with Nooksack 306 students from WWU and Northwest Indian College
Gabriel S. Galanda is the managing lawyer of Galanda Broadman, PLLC, in Seattle. Gabe is a descendant of the Nomlaki and Concow Tribes, belonging to the Round Valley Indian Tribes of Northern California.
