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| A Prayer for Salmon Continues…Part 3 |
| April 13, 2023 |
We go to Shasta Dam and learn about the history behind its construction in the 1930s and 1940s. Then we talk with A Prayer for Salmon producer Judy Silber |
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| Chapter Three: “The Shasta Dam and Reservoir Enlargement Project” |
April 13, 2023 |
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The story continues as Judy Silber explores how the Winnemem Wintu view water and land as sacred entities that must be in balance and believe they were put on Earth to protect and steward their homeland.
Meanwhile, she dives into the history of the dam construction by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation which is focused on providing water to California's nearly 40 million residents. Shasta Dam and its possible expansion stand at the intersection of these competing values.
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| “I am carrying that story” How A Prayer for Salmon came to be. |
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We speak with Judy Silber, producer of A Prayer for Salmon. She talks about building trust with the Winnemem Wintu tribe as a journalist, the personal nature of the stories they shared with her, and how her education failed to include the full history of California’s Native people and how she works to overcome the blindspots by working with an advisory group.
Judy Silber, Executive Editor for The Spiritual Edge and Host of the Sacred Steps series. Judy got her start in journalism as a community reporter at the Orange County bureau of the Los Angeles Times. She has also worked as a producer at KALW, Bay Area Public Media.
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