Scha'nexw Elhtal'nexw Salmon People: Preserving a Way of Life | Trailer
Preview: Season 8 Episode 15 | 1m 12sVideo has Closed Captions
A love story of salmon, water and family that explores this deep connection for the Lummi people.
Despite wildfire smoke and a depleting fishery, Lummi families fish for sockeye salmon. The film, which explores the deep spiritual and cultural connection between the Lummi and salmon, lifts values of respect, gratitude and sharing as they are passed onto the next generation. Through the Scha'nexw Elhtal'nexw, the Salmon People, we learn that protecting salmon and this lifeway is a full-time job.
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Scha'nexw Elhtal'nexw Salmon People: Preserving a Way of Life | Trailer
Preview: Season 8 Episode 15 | 1m 12sVideo has Closed Captions
Despite wildfire smoke and a depleting fishery, Lummi families fish for sockeye salmon. The film, which explores the deep spiritual and cultural connection between the Lummi and salmon, lifts values of respect, gratitude and sharing as they are passed onto the next generation. Through the Scha'nexw Elhtal'nexw, the Salmon People, we learn that protecting salmon and this lifeway is a full-time job.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship(Tribal music) - [Leader] Today, we will be giving thanks to the salmon, showing our appreciation to the salmon.
Without the salmon, we wouldn't be here today.
TINA MCDUFFIE: Wild sockeye salmon, a cultural and nutritional mainstay for the Lummi Tribe in Washington state.
(tribal music) - [Tribe Member] We used to fish actually all spring, summer, and fall.
The salmon were plentiful enough that they sustained us.
TINA: But now the wild salmon are dying out.
- [Tribe Member] These fish farms give our wild salmon, lice, viruses, diseases.
- [Tribe Member] We can't ignore the fact that they've helped us survive for thousands of years.
Now they're in trouble.
We need to help them survive.
TINA: The Lummi people are fighting to protect the salmon and their way of life.
- Who are we if we can't catch fish?
Fishing is who I am.
I have to be able to do it.
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