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Salmon Lifecycle

Digital Heritage
Community
General Public, Salmon People
Category
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.

The Salmon Lineage: A Cultural Ecology

Digital Heritage
Community
General Public, Lummi Nation, Salmon People
Category
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.

Coastal Clash: Farming Atlantic Salmon in the Salish Sea

Digital Heritage
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.

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

Digital Heritage
Community
General Public, Lummi Nation, Salmon People
Category
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 Lifecycle

Digital Heritage
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.

Droughts, Dams, and the Threat to Salmon

Digital Heritage
Community
Yurok Tribe, General Public, Salmon People
Category
Native Sciences & Technology
Summary
Amy Cordalis shares about the 2002 water divergence plan that resulted in nearly 100,000 adult Chinook Salmon dying. Dam removal continues to be an important topic for Tribal sovereignty and the Environment.

Dam Removal and Salmon Estuaries

Digital Heritage
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.

Salmon and the Northwest Landscape

Digital Heritage
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.

YAI Lummi Salmon People Stories

Digital Heritage
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.