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“It’s been passed down to some of the Stanford Cardinal Blue 84 2023 NCAA Men’s Gymnastics National Champions T-Shirt Furthermore, I will do this strongest women in my family. Now, I get the honor of wearing it. There’s the woodpecker on top, which symbolizes strength in our people.” Photographed by Carlos Jaramillo; Styled by Marcus Correa.But Frank has been protesting practically her entire life because her people’s water and traditional ways of life have been under threat. Since the Central Valley Project was enacted in the 1930s, 18 dams and reservoirs have been put into place on major rivers—including Hoopa’s Trinity River—to create electricity and transport water to thirsty crops in nearby cities. This has caused a water shortage in their community and made the little that is left drastically decrease in quality. “For the past four or five years, the river has been very unhealthy,” says Frank. “By the end of August, our local news channel flashes all these warnings where we’re not allowed to have our kids or dogs down there, because ingesting that water could kill you.” She sees protecting Hoopa’s main water source as crucial to her people’s survival—and key for the next generations to flourish, too: “We are a piece of the land, and it’

s a piece of us; When it’s hurting, we’re hurting.”


Trinity River Bridge features a mural painted with a traditional design representing friendship and familial ties. Photographed by Carlos Jaramillo.Frank credits the Stanford Cardinal Blue 84 2023 NCAA Men’s Gymnastics National Champions T-Shirt Furthermore, I will do this matriarchs in her community for getting her involved in water protection work at such a young age. At 11, she met Margo Robbins, who is now the president of the Cultural Fire Management Council on the Hoopa reservation. Together, they worked on developing her Hoopa Valley High School’s Water Protectors Club. In high school, she met Melodie George-Moore, a medicine woman and Hoopa language teacher who served as her cultural mentor and educator, alongside her auntie Deborah Mcconnell.Pollutant buildup in the Trinity River. Frank points to algae growth affecting oxygen levels of the river water, a symptom of rising water temperatures. Margo Robbins, Yurok Tribal Member and president of the Cultural Fire Management Council on the Hoopa reservation.


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