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Salmon's Lifecycle

Digital Heritage
Community
General Public, Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe
Category
Native Sciences & Technology
Summary
This Film explores the journey of salmon from spawning in freshwater nests to migrating to the ocean, maturing over several years, and returning to their birthplace to reproduce.

Projecting Fish Migration

Digital Heritage
Community
General Public, Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe
Category
Native Sciences & Technology
Summary
Vanessa Castle explains how researchers conduct surveys of Chinook salmon, counting fish and nests to estimate juvenile migration, track population trends, and guide sustainable fishery management, especially after environmental changes like dam removal.

When the River Opens

Digital Heritage
Community
General Public, Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe
Category
Sovereignty/Governance, Ways of Life
Summary
This video shares the deep emotional significance of reopening the river and the connection to the land, with a focus on the hope and healing it represents for the community.

Meaning of a River

Digital Heritage
Community
General Public, Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe
Category
Ancestral Homelands
Summary
Vanessa Castle describes a river as the lifeblood of the land and its people.