Indigenous Resistance: A Yurok family’s fight to protect their legacy and the Klamath River

NOT TO BE MISSED! @amybowerscordalis in conversation with @sterlinharjo. Free and open to all.

Amy Bowers Cordalis is a mother, fisherwoman, attorney, and a member and former General Counsel of the Yurok Tribe—the largest tribe in California. Formerly a staff attorney at the Native American Rights Fund, she is the currently the Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Ridges to Riffles Conservation Indigenous Group, a nonprofit representing Native American tribes in natural and cultural resource matters where she works on advancing tribal sovereignty, water rights, fisheries, and the undamming of the Klamath River. She is also the recipient of the UN’s highest environmental honor, Champion of the World Laureate and has been named to the second annual TIME100 Climate list (2024), featuring the 100 most influential leaders driving business to real climate action