#run4salmon

The salmon swim from the Bay Area to the Shasta Mt., making the river itself whole. I've trekked alongside caretakers of this river for the month of September. I've learned that this River has been pulled into fracking and diversion-- something I recognize has happened to our own Colorado River. I've also witnessed how the CA River has been pulled into industrial agriculture-- mirroring the pesticides that communities are sprinkled in and live in, also mirroring the reality that borders segregate the concept of water, peoples, and our struggles that are one in the same. I've also watched the waters ripple and mirror this confusion, as I myself try to hear beyond the mass scale industry-- a constant of petrochemicals-- that I ran pell mell into as I crossed into rivers. But, I also saw a salmon arc from the Sacramento River, reminding me that a pulse is a matter of movement and holding more hope than fear.

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Cali Native DJ's! DJ AZ Redsmoke, DJ Backward, D.j. Rezdog, DJ Slaughter Pop #run4salmon

I am very honored and proud to have co-produced and edited the latest episode of For The Wild. This is literally my favorite podcast and has changed my life since I discovered it, so suddenly being asked to produce and edit the show has been a dream like experience (greatly enhanced by the two all nighters I just had to pull lol). I am extremely grateful and privileged to assist Ayana Young in her outstanding work and it is truly an honor to help share the story of the remarkable Chief Caleen Sisk and her tribe, the Winnemem Wintu, They have existed in the mountains of North California for millenia, surviving the shoot-on-sight native holocaust era, they maintained their language, culture and traditions into the twentieth century, but tragically lost their beloved Winter-Run Chinook salmon, and their way of life, when the Shaska Dam was built in 1945. This flooded their homes and cut off the spawning route of the Chinook, but by an incredible twist of fate, and an act of amazing indigenous solidarity, the Winnemem were alerted by Maori that their unique breed of salmon were now thriving wild and free in previously salmon-less waters of New Zealand after being released there in the 1900's. This led to the formation of a relationship between the two people and a project to bring the salmon home and restore the Winnemem way of life. For this, they need our support. Please listen to the podcast at http://forthewild.world/listen/chief-caleen-sisk and check out run4salmon.com for more info and please visit gofundme.com/salmonwillrun to donate to this fascinating and historical endeavor.

Sang at a native american gathering tonight that was held to fundraise for the Run4Salmon happening in Redding in a couple of months. Apparently the tribe has this huge love for the fish, and they feel connected/related to them. Chinook Salmon used to run along the Mccloud River, making its way to the Norcal tribe called Winnemum Wintu. But when the Shasta Dam was built in 1945, it cut off the free flow of Salmon. Now the Chinook Salmon derive from the Rakaia River in New Zealand. They are trying to raise money to transfer the fish eggs back to the Mccloud River. Whowuddathunk moving eggs would be such a large ordeal? To be honest, I just went to the gathering because Ari told me we had a gig, and I didn’t know much about it, but I walked into a roomful of family. It was one of the cooler things I’ve seen happen, and been a small part of. They were so responsive to our singing, and gave us hugs afterward telling us how beautiful we are, and we felt their spirits light up with ours. They sang some songs in their native tongue and I felt like I was in a different world. I even heard them sing the coolest version of happy birthday I’ve ever heard. Bottom line is: get around people who are different from you. It’s exciting.

(💧) #waterislife 🐾 #nodamncanhold #run4salmon (/💧)

It's a good day to be alive! I feel honored to be in prayer together at the beginning ceremony to bring the McCloud River Salmon home to the Winnemem Wintu. #Repost @run4salmon ・・・ We are dancing the Salmon home #salmonwillrun #nodamcanhold #run4salmon