In our second archived article, we are excited to share a piece by Erik Haugland titled Bioregionalism: Regaining our Sense of Place that was printed in 1987.

What is the Cascadia Project? – From 1994 and the birth of the Cascadia Task Force and Cascadia Economic Council – much of the forerunner of the Cascadia Innovation Corridor, Cascadia Mayors Council and others.

Canada and the United States in 2092 – Great image of Cascadia by artist Douglas Coupland, New York Times Op Ed from October 21 1992.

While compiling notes for the creation of a Department of Bioregion Indigenous Solidarity Guide – we noticed that one of the primary tools – the Standing Rock Solidarity Resource Packet – is now offline, and that the mirror sites for most of it is now also offline. In an effort to preserve the lessons and wisdom learned from the Standing Rock Protests, we wanted to share our PDF’s for historical sake, but also in case they might be useful for future historians, students, activists and organizers.

Interested in genuine reconciliation and want to make “territorial acknowledgements” matter? Learn about Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh protocol practices and how settlers can integrate reconciliation into their own or their organisation’s regular work.

This essay is from Casey, Devin & Mel from Cascadia Matters, released in 2012, and the creators of the Occupied Cascadia documentary. Cascadia Matters was a film and educational collective in Bend, Oregon dedicated to a radical and real decolonization of the Cascadia bioregion by those living here, and a true solidarity with First Nations and indigenous cultures and ways of living.