Black Belt Eagle Scout
Mon, Apr 14
|San Diego
Indigenous Swinomish/Iñupiaq singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Katherine Paul, known as Black Belt Eagle Scout, debuts solo songs reflecting her journey from Portland back to the Skagit River, sharing a story of hope and the joy of returning home.
Time & Location
Apr 14, 2025, 6:00 PM – 10:30 PM
San Diego, 3151 Matthews Ln, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
About The Event
This land runs through Katherine Paul’s blood. And it called to her. In dreams she saw the river, her ancestors, and her home.When the land calls, you listen. And KP found herself far from her ancestral lands during a time of collective trauma, when the world was wounded and in need of healing. In 2020 she made the journey from Portland back to the Skagit River, back to the cedar trees that stand tall and shrouded in fog, back to the tide flats and the mountains, back to Swinomish.
It is a powerful thing to return to our ancestral lands and often times the journey is not easy. Like the salmon through the currents, like the tide as it crawls to shore this is a story of return. It is the call and response. It is the outstretched arms of the people who came before, welcoming her home.The Land, The…