Temthéqi
Temthéqi - Time of the Sockeye
Chris Silver, Semá:th First Nation shares:
"When the sockeye was coming through, we didn't do a ceremony because they weren't the first salmon, but it was a frenzy because that is the salmon, we wind dry. People would fish, fish, and fish. 5 days a week. During the peak of summer, you moved out of the longhouses and moved away from your village, and you lived on the beach. There would be giant BBQ's every night and they would sing and dance.”
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This video is about salmon, Indigenous peoples, and the many connections between land and water that serve to promote healthy ecological and cultural identities in salmon country.
This video is the people of the Cheam First Nation on the Fraser River who have never given up their rights to the salmon.