Thursday, March 12 – 4:30 p.m.
“The Sea Remembers Us: Living Indigenous History and Stewardship at STOLȻEȽ (San Juan Island)”
Presenters: Josiah Feld, PKOLS (Preserving Knowledge of Land and Sea), and Erin Audrey Corra, Friends of Lime Kiln Society (FOLKS)
Topic: In this collaborative presentation, Josiah Feld and Erin Corra share how Indigenous history, language, and community stewardship come together on STOLȻEȽ (San Juan Island). Josiah tells the living story of his Coast Salish and Paiute ancestors — families who carried law, ceremony, and reef-net teachings through centuries of erasure. Erin shares how the Friends of Lime Kiln Society (FOLKS) fosters public connection to this same landscape through education, partnerships, and creative outreach. Together, PKOLS and FOLKS demonstrate how cultural and ecological restoration intertwine — reminding us that to care for the land and sea, we must also honor the stories they hold.
About the speakers:
Josiah Feld is the vice president of PKOLS (Preserving Knowledge of Land and Sea), a nonprofit dedicated to restoring Indigenous place names, stories, and relationships across the Salish Sea. He is Straits Salish SENĆOŦEN W̱SÁNEĆ and Pyramid Lake NUMU Paiute from STOLȻEȽ (San Juan Island). His work brings together family lineage, community organizing, and language renewal to bridge generations separated by borders and colonization. Through storytelling, ceremony, and environmental education, Josiah uplifts ancestral teachings that remind us the land and sea are living relatives — carrying memory, law, and love.
Erin Audrey Corra is the founder and executive director of the Friends of Lime Kiln Society (FOLKS), a nonprofit dedicated to inspiring stewardship and connecting people to the cultural and ecological heritage of Lime Kiln Point State Park. With over 30 years of experience as an educator and naturalist, Erin believes awe is the root of stewardship — her mantra: “Inspiring awe into action.”