Tlingit Women Advocate During Historic Delegation To Protect Tongass Rainforest

From March 11 - 13, 2019, a WECAN International Delegation of Indigenous Women from the Tongass Rainforest of Alaska traveled to Washington, D.C. to advocate for the Tongass, and the continuation of the Roadless Rule, an important measure to protect Alaska's Tongass National Forest, which falls within the traditional territories of the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian Peoples. The Delegation met with members of Congress, the USDA, the Forest Service, media and the public to address current attacks on forest protections. This was an historic Delegation, the first time that Tlingit women traveled to the U.S. Capitol to fight to protect the forest and their communities.