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Amy Bowers Cordalis discusses her book, The Water Remembers, a multigenerational memoir of Indigenous resistance, environmental justice, and a family’s fight to preserve its legacy. Cordalis will give a short talk on her involvement with the undamming of the Klamath River—a vital source of food, income and cultural identity for members of the Yurok nation. Moderated Q&A to follow, time allowing.

Amy Bowers Cordalis  is a mother, fisherwoman, attorney, and member and former General Counsel of the Yurok Nation—the largest Indigenous Nation in California. She is currently the cofounder and executive director of the Ridges to Riffles Indigenous Conservation Group, a nonprofit advancing Indigenous sovereignty through the protection of cultural and natural resources, including the undamming of the Klamath River. She is the recipient of the UN’s highest environmental honor, Champions of the World Laureate, and has been named to the second annual TIME100 Climate List (2024), featuring the one hundred most influential leaders driving business to real climate action.