Last night I sat in a packed community center to listen to stories and songs from a 1st person from our area. He was a member of the Saanich tribe [en.wikipedia.org] and he spoke of the group of tribes known as Samish which have been using the islands of the area (both the San Juan Islands and Canadian Gulf Islands [en.wikipedia.org] ) for over 10,000 years. He spoke, and sang about the importance of Mother Nature and the alliance of the tribes with a new youth movement. This movement has garnered 1.2 million people so far and is climbing quickly. It is the future of the youth and they are taking charge.