Pictures from Wednesday’s Symposium

Vi Riebe, Hoh tribal member, talks to Lillian Rivas’ mother off camera while the 10-year-old weaves a cedar bracelet as demonstrated by Riebe and her daughter, Judy Cathers.


Regional panels for the First Stewards Symposium began today as well as the children’s activities shared by the indigenous people who attended. An album of these pictures is here.  You can watch webcasts of the First Stewards symposium at www.firststewards.org.

Symposium Pictures

Jack Ogumoro, of The Northern Mariana Islands, hands out sea salt made from sea water and spices to attendees of the First Stewards Climate Change Symposium reception Tuesday night.

You can see some pictures from the first day of the First Stewards Symposium here.

Indigenous People Gather to Tackle Climate Change

Ricky Marciano, an indigenous youth from the island of Saipan, weaves coconut leaves into part of his regalia in preparation for their traditional dancing as part of the First Stewards Symposium.

David Hosono, 17, and Ricky Marciano, 16, from the Island of Saipan, in the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, prepare regalia pieces using coconut leaves as part of their preparation for the First Stewards Symposium on Climate Change that begins tomorrow at 1 p.m. at National Museum of the American Indian.