Come celebrate Lawetlat'la (a.k.a. Mount St. Helens) Day at the 2nd Annual Volcano Conference
May 16 in the LCC Student Center Cafeteria
11:30 am - 4:00 pm
Welcome and keynote address
Conference speakers and musical performances
Topics we'll explore
- How Mount St. Helens and other explosive volcanoes are monitored
- How Lawetlat'la was renamed as Mt. St. Helens
- The geologic history of Lawetlat’la (a.k.a. Mount St. Helens)
- The long-term indigenous history of the Pacific Northwest
Keynote Speaker at 12:15 pm
- Dr. Alexa Van Eaton, Volcano Scientist, Cascade Volcano Observatory
Schedule
| 11:45 am | Introduction to Lawetlat’la volcano, Dr. Morgan Salisbury, LCC |
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| 12:15 pm | Keynote: Monitoring Explosive Volcanoes, Dr. Alexa Van Eaton, CVO |
| 1:15 pm | Musical performance by the Evergreens |
| 1:30 pm | LCC: Human Prehistory of the Pacific Northwest, Dr. Trey Batey |
| 2:00 pm | How Lawetlat'la was renamed Mount St. Helens |
| 2:20 pm | Musical performance by Lindsay Williams |
| 2:30 pm | The May 18, 1980 eruption, by LCC Geology Club |
| 3:00 pm |
Memories of the 1980 eruption |
| 3:45 pm | Sounds of the Urkontinent Diaspora, a pedal steel guitar performance by Barry Walker Jr. |
Mount St. Helens volcano is known as Lawetlat’la
to the local Cowlitz tribe.
This event is put on by Lower Columbia College Geology Club. Free and open to the public.