Páah Áama Paddle Club_Evening Film Fundraidser
Description
Please join us for a special evening film screening and community conversation in support of Páah Áama Paddle Club, a Native youth culturally based paddlesport program for Karuk Native youth and families, while supporting all Native youth of Humboldt County, specifically of the Klamath and Salmon River Basins. The club was formed to establish paddle programs to support the training of youth for the Paddle Tribal Waters Program, and create long lasting programs after the initial Klamath descent journey had concluded.
**Any native youth and their families get in for free. Contact Amada Lang contact@paahaamapaddle.org for a free discount code.
Ishkêesh (Karuk) Klamath River
Má'su' (Karuk) tributary to the Klamath, Salmon River
The evening will feature First Descent: Kayaking the Klamath River after the largest dam removal in U.S. history. This short film documents the initial source to sea descent of the Klamath River, seen through the eyes of the Native youth and Paddle Tribal Waters team completing the 30 day journey.
We will also showcase some of the day by day media clips released during the descent by River Roots productions, which features footage of participants in action.
We will follow with a discussion with Native youth paddlers who completed the journey, along with Amada Lang (Karuk/Wiyot), a whitewater kayak instructor who participated in the journey alongside this group of youth.
Amada Lang is the founder and Executive Director of Páah Áama Paddle Club, a culturally based paddlesport program for Karuk Native youth, while supporting all Native youth of Humboldt County. She holds a Bachelor in Recreation Administration and a Master in Environment and Community Social Science from Cal Poly Humboldt.
Together, we will reflect on tribal land sovereignty through paddling the Klamath River, river stewardship, youth leadership, and the importance of intergenerational connection to land and water.
This event is part of the California Outdoor Economy Summit and reflects our commitment to honoring tribal leadership, collaboration, and expanding access to outdoor recreation.
Agenda
- 7:00 pm
Welcome introduction and movie viewing
We will start our evening with introducing our speakers, who are all youth paddlers and the founder of the Páah Áama Paddle Club. This will be followed by a viewing of the acclaimed movie First Descent, by Jessie Sears, who's a Karuk, producer, director and cinematographer.
- 7:45 pm
Discussion
Meet the youth paddlers and Amada Lang, the founder of the Páah Áama Paddle Club, as they discuss their experience during the First Descent, as well as how they experience outdoor recreation, connections to the land and the importance of paddling in their lives. Opportunity for questions from the audience will be provided.
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