"We, as a people in general, love the fish."
The oldest geoduck clam ever confirmed was 168 years old. Washington has only been a state for 133 years. We want to see more protections for our plant and animal relatives
Featuring:
Archie Cantrell (Puyallup), language teacher
Jeanne Hyde, Orca Adoption Program Documentarian/Storykeeper, The Whale Museum
LaDean Johnson (Skokomish), tuwaduq language instructor
Warren King George (Muckleshoot), historian, Muckleshoot Indian Tribe
Michelle Myles (Snohomish from Tulalip), Lushootseed teacher.
Owen Oliver (Quinault / Isleta Pueblo) https://owenloliver.com/
Randi Purser (Suquamish), tribal elder
Lydia Sigo (Suquamish), geoduck diver
Joseph Sisneros, Professor of Psychology, Adjunct Professor of Biology, University of Washington
Ken Workman (Duwamish), 5th generation Great-Grandson of Chief Seattle
Our non-human kin
Saltwater Soundwalk SHORT
Narrator: The oldest geoduck clam ever confirmed was 168 years old. Washington has only been a state for 133 years.
[sound of underwater microphone entering water]
Owen Oliver (Quinault / Isleta Pueblo): I want to see more protections for our non-human kin…
LaDean Johnson (Skokomish): [Tuwaduq word / fish] Oysters and clams
Randi Purser Smith (Suquamish): And geoduck
Archie Cantrell (Puyallup): [Speaks in Twulshootseed] Geoduck.
Michelle Myles (Tulalip): Crab.
Archie: Crab.
Randi: Horse clams.
Archie: Clams.
Randi: Cucumbers and starfish and spider clams.
Ken Workman (Duwamish): Beaver and elk and deer and seagull and...
Jeanne Hyde (The Whale Museum): Southern Resident killer whales.
Owen: Orcas.
Lydia Sigo (Suquamish): Orca whales.
[sound of orca whales communicating and using clicks]
Jeanne: They are endangered.
[sound of orca whale clicks continues]
[00:00:35] Owen: I want to see more protections for our plant and animal relatives. All our nonhuman kin…
Lydia: Salmon.
Randi: Salmon dwindle right before our eyes. And my dad, he liked to talk about a run out of a creek by Marysville that sported 75-pound spring kings.
Warren: The King salmon…
Randi: They don't exist anymore.
Archie: [Speaks in Twulshootseed] Chinook. Coho. Chum. Steelhead.
Warren: Steelhead, [Speaks in Southern Lushootseed] The sockeye salmon, the silver salmon, the humpy, uh, or pink salmon.
Archie: [Speaks in Twulshootseed] And pinks.
LaDean: [Speaks in Tuwaduq] It means fish. Fish, fish, fish.
Michelle: Fish.
Archie: Fish.
Joseph: Fish. They're these singing fish.
Lydia: Fish.
LaDean: Fish in general.
Joe Sisneros (UW): Very common in Seattle. Most people aren’t even aware of them. You'd be amazed of all the sounds that are being produced right there, close to shore.
[midshipman sounds hum and growl]
LaDean: My favorite word is [Tuwaduq word / fish]. [Laughs] We, as a people in general, love the fish.
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