Conference Welcome

CHOW 2021 will open with a circle of connection, offering traditional blessings and tributes to their lands, communities, and the waters that sustain them.

Speakers:

  • Francis Gray, Tribal Chair, Piscataway Conoy Tribal Council
  • Queen Quet, Chieftess and Head-of-State, Gullah/Geechee Nation 
  • Atuatasi Lelei Peau, Superintendent, National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa
  • Sol Pili Kahoʻohalahala, Kupa ʻāina o Lānaʻi
  • Ilarion ‘Kuuyux’ Merculieff, Founder and President, Global Center for Indigenous Leadership and Lifeways