An ethics consultation for a critically-ill international river

1st in a series of annual conferences on ethics, and the past and future of the Columbia River

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May 13, 2014    Gonzaga University  –  Cataldo Hall, Globe Room

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                                      • Conference Poster

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Academic Host:     Gonzaga University  –  Political Science Department, Native American Studies, and
Environmental Studies

Sponsors:  Faith and Environment Network, Upper Columbia United Tribes, ELCA Lutheran Synod, Columbia Institute for Water Policy, Upper Columbia River Group of Sierra Club, Center for Environmental Law & Policy, Save Our Wild Salmon

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08:00   Registration

08:30   Welcome, Prayer, Overview

• Welcome: Matt Wynne, Spokane Tribal Council Member
• Prayer:  Bishop William Skylstad
• Introduction and Overview:  The Rev. Tom Soeldner, John Osborn MD

09:00 Panel 1.   Rivers of our Moment – Ethics & Water

• Bishop William Skylstad   The Columbia River Pastoral Letter.
• John Sirois   A world view:  relationship of indigenous people and the river over millennia. 
• Brian Henning, PhD  Convergence of ethical perspectives.
• Moderator:  Michael Treleaven PhD

10:00 Panel 2.   Rivers through our Memory

• Allan Scholz PhD  – On the importance of salmon to indigenous people
• Eileen Delehanty Pearkes – A River Captured – cultural and ecosystem impacts in Canada
• Virgil Seymour & Stevey Seymour – Fate of the Sinixt people
• Jennifer Ferguson – Impact on indigenous people
• Moderator:  Laurie Arnold PhD

– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –12:30  Lunch Provided

01:30 pm  Panel 3.  Rivers of our Vision:  The Treaty

• Rachael Paschal Osborn – Columbia River Treaty, Climate Change, and the Public Trust Doctrine
• D.R. Michel – Treaty perspectives of Upper Columbia United Tribes
• Randall Friedlander – Upper Columbia River:  Adult Passage Scenarios
• Moderator:  Tom Soeldner

2:30   Panel 4.   Rivers as our Responsibility:  Stewardship, Justice in action

• Bishop William Skylstad
• Pauline Terbasket – perspective of the Okanagan Nation Alliance
• Pat Ford
• Bishop Martin Wells
• Moderator:  Rachael Paschal Osborn

4:00  Adjourn