Native Youth Rising

West Coast Water Justice

In this episode, we interview Danielle Frank, a Hoopa Valley Tribal Member, activist, and youth coordinator with Save California Salmon. Danielle shares her story of growing up in Hoopa Valley along the banks of the Trinity River near its confluence with the Klamath River. We hear how speaking up for her beliefs, community, and way of life helped her find her voice and become an empowered youth leader and public speaker. At nineteen years of age, some of her accomplishments include leading Native Youth programs, creating informed Native American curriculum for schools, assisting with California State legislation, being a featured Vogue climate activist, and a speaker at the United Nations Climate Change Summit COP 27.
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The views and opinions expressed in this program do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of Save California Salmon or any entities mentioned.
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Get involved

• School Curriculum: Advocacy and Water Protection in Native California
• Save California Salmon
• DONATE- It is Native American Heritage Month and these funds go directly towards education events and travel funds for Northern California Native youth and Water Protectors, and Klamath Dam removal celebrations for our communities who have worked for 20 years to remove Klamath Dams.
• Protect ICWA
• Stop the Delta Tunnel Petition
• Advocates for Indigenous California Language Survival
• Vogue Article

Episode credits

• Producer: Natalie Kilmer
• Production Support: Carrie Tully, Kasil Willie, Kendall Crakow, Regina Chichizola
• Podcast Music by Tony Bald, Adam Inguiez, and Danny Snyder
• Musical break Clip: Maymi Preston-Donahue
• Photograph of Danielle Frank by Carlos Jaramillo; Styled by Marcus Correa. Reprinted from Vogue

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