Salmon People
Recent DH Items
Digital Heritage
Community
General Public, Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, Salmon PeopleCategory
Native Sciences & TechnologySummary
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.Digital Heritage
Community
General Public, Salmon PeopleCategory
Native Sciences & TechnologySummary
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.Digital Heritage
Community
General Public, Lummi Nation, Salmon PeopleCategory
Native Sciences & Technology, Sovereignty/GovernanceSummary
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.Digital Heritage
Community
General Public, Salmon PeopleCategory
Sovereignty/GovernanceSummary
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.Digital Heritage
Community
General Public, Lummi Nation, Salmon PeopleCategory
Native Sciences & Technology, Ways of LifeSummary
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.