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Community
General Public, Lummi Nation, Salmon People
Category
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.
Community
Karuk, Yurok Tribe, General Public, Salmon People
Category
Ways of Life
Summary
Molli Myers shares about her family's history with fishing, sharing the catch, and the relationship between the health of Salmon and the river and the health of her Tribes.
Community
General Public, Salmon People
Category
Native Sciences & Technology
Summary
In this clip, audiences learn about the stages of the Salmon Lifecycle and the unique migration patterns of Salmon from salt to fresh water environments.
Community
Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians, General Public, Salmon People
Category
Wellness & Resilience
Summary
Kadie Bizyayeva describes the connection between Salmon loss and chemical dependency. This clip comes from a larger project about Tribal wellness.
Community
General Public, Nooksack Indian Tribe, Salmon People
Category
Ways of Life
Summary
Lona Johnson shares about her life as a canoe puller.
Community
Yurok Tribe, General Public, Salmon People
Category
Ways of Life
Summary
Yurok Councilman and Tribal member, Philip Williams, shares about how the Salmon People maintain a reciprocal relationship with Salmon.
Community
General Public, Salmon People
Category
Art & Expression, Ways of Life
Summary
Leslie Eastwood talks about working together to bring back these racing canoes to Samish, to feeding the people, and hearing their songs.
Community
Yurok Tribe, General Public, Salmon People
Category
Ways of Life
Summary
Tiana Williams-Claussen, Wildlife Department Director and Yurok Tribal member, describes the significant relationship between Salmon and the Yurok people, emphasizing the importance for revitalizing the Salmon population.
Community
General Public, Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, Salmon People
Category
Native Sciences & Technology
Summary
In this clip Mike McHenry, fish habitat manager and biologist with the Elwha Klallam Tribe, shares about his experience seeing ecosystems restore and estuaries form post dam removal. Estuaries are essential for the Salmon lifecycle.
Community
General Public, Samish, Salmon People
Category
Ways of Life
Summary
Leslie Eastwood talks about waking the canoes after a long time at rest.
Community
General Public, Salmon People
Category
Native Sciences & Technology
Summary
Salmon play a crucial role in maintaining biodiversity in the region. In this clip, geomorphologist and University of Washington professor, David Montgomery, talks about the profound connection between the Northwest landscape and salmon.
Community
General Public, Lummi Nation, Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, Salmon People
Category
Native Sciences & Technology, Ways of Life
Summary
This episode will be the first of the Salmon People series where we share the voices of strong Indigenous youth who reflect on their cultural ties to salmon and vocalize why we must take action to save this crucial relative for the ecosystem and culture.