Indigenous leaders from Se’Si’Le and Lummi Nation’s House of Tears Carvers are launching a two-week campaign across the Pacific Northwest in response to the Trump administration’s plan to repeal the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, a policy that has protected vast lands of national forest for more than two decades. The campaign, called “Xaalh and the Way of the Masks,” will kick off with a rally in Olympia on Sept. 8, followed by eight other events across a 1,700-mile journey through tribal lands, houses of worship, colleges and public gathering places. …tribal leaders emphasized that protective measures, such as the Roadless Rule have safeguarded approximately 2 million acres of wild forests in both Oregon and Washington, drinking water for more than 60 million Americans, and habitat for more than 1,6000 threatened and endangered plants and animals.  …the campaign is intended to unite native nations, faith leaders and environmental organizations in defense of forests…