First Fish, First People: Salmon Tales of the North Pacific Rim mcgill-queens-university-press and holistic way forward in

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Kerri Jo Fortier (Simpcw First Nation)

First Fish, First People: Salmon Tales of the North Pacific Rim mcgill-queens-university-press and holistic way forward inThe arc of land and water forming the North Pacific Rim is a cut lacework of rivers running into the great ocean. The salmon, sacred to people who lived along the pathways of its journey, once engorged these rivers, but no more. Twelve writers from cultures profoundly based on salmon were asked to write about "the fish of the gods" from both a historical and a contemporary perspective. These writers from two continents and four countries are Ainu from