Know Where You Row Campaign Connects People, Land, and Water

Dave Harvey, founder of Tacoma Rowing, and partner in the Know You Can Row campaign, rows his 1x on the Foss Waterway in the shadow of Mount Tahoma, and on the homelands of the Puyallup Tribe and the Coastal Salish tribes.

This episode was made possible in part by Barb, Breakwater Realty, Concept2, EB5 Investors, RowSource, and our Patrons.

That place a lot of us call a second home – the boathouse – is on land with a long history. And the waterways we dip our oars in once provided sustenance. Know Where You Row is a campaign across the United States and Canada to explore the spaces and places where we row, which have been – and continue to be – the lands of the native peoples who, for centuries, have stewarded them.

Know Where You Row encourages rowing clubs to connect with the history of the waterways and land that they use, and the indigenous tribes of the area. The team behind the campaign – Dave Harvey, Julia Gonzalez-Wolf and Steady State’s own Tara Morgan – tell us more.

QUICK LOOK

00:00 - Intro
03:15 -  The Huddle
03:52 - Rate your rowing week: 1-10
04:35 - The Hot Seat Q&A
06:50 - How rowing came into Dave and Julia’s lives, and what keeps them hooked on rowing
11:42 - An intro to Tacoma Rowing’s work in the community
13:12 - How Tara and Dave connected
14:20 - Tara’s nugget of an idea that led to Know Where You Row began at Lake Stevens
19:10 - About the PacNW, the prevalence of indigenous tribes, and land acknowledgements
22:35 - About the Know Where You Row campaign
28:45 - How clubs and boathouses can move beyond the performative

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EPISODE Mentions

CLUBS
Clam Island Rowing
Commencement Bay Rowing Club
Kitsap Rowing Association
Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association
Tacoma Rowing

INDIGENOUS TRIBES
Duwamish / dxʷdəwʔabš
Nisqually / dxʷsqaʷli
Puyallup / spuyaləpabš
Suquamish / xʷsəq̓ʷəb

ORGANIZATIONS
Museum of History and Industry

RESOURCES
Know Where You Row campaign

Natinative-lands.ca

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SCHOLASTIC PROGRAMS
Farmington High School (CT)
St. John’s High School (MA)

UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS
Pacific Lutheran University
University of Washington
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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This episode was written, produced, hosted, and edited by Tara Morgan and Rachel Freedman. Tara provides additional audio engineering and is our sponsor coordinator. Rachel manages the website, social media, and e-newsletter. Our theme music is by Jonas Hipper.

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