{"id":651,"date":"2025-06-10T17:29:21","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T17:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/cosee\/?page_id=651"},"modified":"2025-07-07T21:43:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T21:43:25","slug":"salmon-people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/cosee\/salmon-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Salmon & People"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

All species, including humans, depend upon a healthy environment, including clean air, water, and abundant food for thriving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indigenous peoples especially depend upon salmon for food, culture, and spiritual practices. Reciprocity is a traditional ecological value that emphasizes our mutual connects and responsibilities between humans and other species in the natural world. The salmon rely upon us to be responsible caretakers of the environment, our shared home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Indigenous and non-indigenous people alike depend upon a healthy environment for clean air, medicines, materials, connection to nature and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indigenous peoples especially depend upon salmon for food, culture, and spiritual practices. The salmon rely upon us to be responsible caretakers of the environment, our shared home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo credit: Screencap from \u201cSmoking Salmon and Preserving Tradition<\/a>\u201d by We are Muckleshoot.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Have you ever eaten salmon?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Salmon are valued as a healthy food and have been an honored staple for Indigenous peoples of this region for as long as humans and salmon have co-existed\u2013 including today. How have you had salmon prepared? We are used to eating fresh or frozen salmon all year long, but Indigenous practices such as wind-drying and smoking preserve the plentiful migration harvests since long before refrigeration, and are still used today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check out the 4-minute video below, \u201cSmoking Salmon and Preserving Tradition\u201d from We are Muckleshoot to learn about this traditional Indigenous salmon preparation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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