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Scha’nexw Elhtal’nexw Salmon People: Preserving A Way of Life Collection

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Teaching Guide and Educational segments organized for teachers, in compliance with the Washington Office of Superintendent Public Instruction (OSPI), under the Since Time Immemorial Mandate.

Scha’nexw Elhtal’nexw Salmon People: Preserving A Way of Life Collection

The Collection includes segments from the film and discussion prompts to engage students around the main themes:

  • The Salmon Lineage: A cultural Ecology
  • Shared Perspectives: Where Science Meets Spirit
  • Fight to Fish: Protecting Treaty Rights
  • Coastal Clash: Farming Atlantic Salmon in the Salish Sea
  • Sch’lengan––The Lummi Way of Life
  • The Salmon Life cycle

Scha’nexw Elhtal’nexw Salmon People: Preserving A Way of Life is a Children of the Setting Sun production in partnership with Vision Maker Media and GBH. Now airing on PBS through WORLD Local U.S.A.

Items in Collection: 

The Salmon Lineage: A Cultural Ecology

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Community
Public User
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Native Sciences & Technology, Ways of Life
Summary
This short film explores the cultural and ecological importance of sockeye salmon and reef net fishing to the Lummi Nation, highlighting the deep ties between fishing traditions, family lineage, and Indigenous identity.

Shared Perspectives: Where Science Meets Spirit

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Community
Public User
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Native Sciences & Technology, Ways of Life
Summary
Interwoven reflections from Indigenous leaders reveal the spiritual, ecological, and political relationships between salmon and people, urging collective responsibility to restore balance and ensure the salmon’s survival for future generations.

Fight to Fish: Protecting Treaty Rights

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Community
Public User
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Sovereignty/Governance
Summary
This powerful short film traces the ongoing struggle of Native fishing nations to defend their treaty rights, from the Fish Wars of the 1960s to present-day protests, affirming fishing as a sovereign right and cultural lifeline.

Coastal Clash: Farming Atlantic Salmon in the Salish Sea

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Community
Public User
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Native Sciences & Technology, Sovereignty/Governance
Summary
Ellie Kinley shares a personal and urgent account of how open-net fish farms in British Columbia threaten the survival of wild salmon and Indigenous lifeways in the Salish Sea.

Lummi Way of Life

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Community
Public User
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Ways of Life
Summary
Larry Kinley and Oren Lyons reflect on the importance of cultural grounding, interconnection, and foresight, reminding us that understanding where we come from is essential to shaping a responsible future.

Salmon Lifecycle

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Community
Public User
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Native Sciences & Technology
Summary
Wayne Christian offers a powerful reflection on the life cycle of salmon, emphasizing their resilience, the mounting human-made obstacles they face, and their vital role in sustaining the entire ecosystem.

Scha'nexw Elhtal'Nexw Salmon People: Preserving a way of Life Teaching Guide

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Community
Public User, Lummi Nation
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Native Sciences & Technology, Sovereignty/Governance, Ways of Life
Summary
The Scha'nexw Elhtal'nexw Salmon People teaching guide is an instructional resource that provides middle and high school teachers with the necessary information to understand and teach the film.

Salmon People: Preserving a way of Life KPFA Radio Interview

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Community
Public User, Lummi Nation
Category
Ways of Life
Summary
KPFA Community Powered Radio in Berkeley California sits down with filmmaker Beth Pielert and Children of the Setting Sun founder Darrell Hillaire to discuss the feature length film Scha'nexw Elhtal'nexw Salmon People: Preserving a Way of Life