Late hereditary Chief Bill Tsi’li’xw James was a respected Lummi leader who advocated for the orcas, environmental causes and brought awareness to the ‘boarding school era’ of our Native-Indigenous children.” He believed the orcas are important part of our family and also Siam (respected) people. He spoke of an intersection between our orca relatives and our Indigenous children who were stolen from their families and the traumas it has caused. His teaching brought awareness of the systemic abuse