At 7 pm, Tuesday, December 3, join us in the Heritage Theater at the Yakama Nation Cultural Center in Toppenish for a free public talk, photo slideshow, documentary screening, and discussion about Yakama Nation salmon fishing traditions and the civil rights struggle for fishing rights.
Environmental groups, the state of Washington and tribes are holding the US Navy accountable for dumping toxic copper into Puget Sound. Scraping of the hull of a decommissioned aircraft carrier dumped tons of paint into Sinclair Inlet, which could impact salmon and other sea life.
Seattle poet Paul Nelson's ode to the runs of king salmon returning to the Elwha River after the dam is gone.
"He’s back! Belly full of planktonic diatoms, copepods, kelp, seaweed, jellyfish, starfish, bugs, amphipods & crustaceans so delicious served up at Sakura as sake..."
