Available for excerpt, book review, and/or author interview Select photos available for excerpt Media contact: Melissa Burrell Braided River 360-528-7408 mburrell@braidedriver.org
A catalogue of stories that draw on ancestral knowledge to further empower and inspire Indigenous-led environmental campaigns with non-Indigenous allies and partners
In the Spirit of Right and Respectful Relations Conversations about Indigenous Ways of Knowing and Being in Nature As told by Kurt Russo, Foreword by Jay Julius W’tot lhem, Illustrations by Fiorella De La O
NEW AUGUST 2025 FROM BRAIDED RIVER Given the relentless and urgent environmental crisis, it is increasingly important to envision a way forward for all our relations and future generations. To ensure establishing equal, respectful, and productive conversations and solutions between Tribes and other partners, an Indigenous-led approach has emerged. This book, In The Spirit of Right and Respectful Relations, was written to promote dialogue with Indigenous peoples, increase understandings, build relationships and momentum, and inspire action to support, protect, and restore our region’s imperiled lands, waters, and lifeways. The book was inspirited by an Indigenous gathering, where those present spoke from the heart and the mind to the idea of what it means to be in right and respectful relations. Published by Se’Si’Le, with Braided River. Se’Si’Le is an Indigenous-led, Bellingham-based, non-profit who works to protect Indigenous areas, resources, and sacred sites. In the Spirit of Right and Respectful Relations is split into seven sections under the overarching theme of right and respectful relations with: the Reader, the Creation, History & the Law, Nature, Empathy & Identity, Honor, Technology Desired. Outcomes include identifying cultural affinities between participating Indigenous peoples; establishing Indigenous-led, place-based caretaking knowledge, providing a strategic foundation for future collaboration, and sharing Indigenous ancestral knowledge and their narratives. Learn more at Braidedriver.org/right-respectful-relations-sesile.
112 pages ~ 8.5 x 6 inches (landscape) ~ Hardcover ~ $17.95 ~ ISBN: 979-8-9990466-0-4 ~ INDIGENOUS STORYTELLING/ILLUSTRATION Available everywhere books are sold.