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| The Spiritual Battle Over Water: A Prayer for Salmon Part Five |
| June 22, 2023 |
In the next part of A Prayer for Salmon, we travel back to Northern California to continue the story of an indigenous community fighting plans to raise the level of Shasta Dam.
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| Bearing Witness: The #Run4Salmon |
June 22, 2023 |
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Producer Judy Silber of The Spiritual Edge joins the Winnemem Wintu and supporters as they start a two-week Run4Salmon prayer to call salmon back to the waters above Shasta Dam. The annual tradition follows the salmon’s migration path from the ocean to the mountains. It starts in the Bay Area where the Winnemem Wintu and supporters encounter environmental devastation first set in motion 200 years ago. Indigenous scholar Lila June Jones situates the meditation and spiritual walk as one of a series of indigenous actions that seek to bring attention to the cultural devastation experienced during the 19th and 20th centuries.
As the #Run4Salmon continues to travel upstream, the Winnemem Wintu and supporters witness more obstacles faced by migrating salmon. Once a vast marshland, the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta was an important haven for juvenile salmon, but now is a gauntlet of human engineering. In an effort to raise awareness, Winnemem Wintu’s Chief Caleen Sisk attends a waterways meeting and delivers testimony for salmon and water health at the Sacramento Valley water district.
All of the episodes of A Prayer for Salmon can be found on The Spiritual Edge website.
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