More than 500 mature chinook salmon raised in captivity could produce about 1 million eggs at the Lummi Nation’s Skookum Creek Hatchery this year. Of those, more than 600,000 juveniles are expected to be released into the river next spring. The fish are part of a captive broodstock program to preserve threatened South Fork Nooksack […]
For the first time in generations, the Lummi Nation held a reef net fishery at Cherry Point. “It feels good to say that as of yesterday, we, the Lummi Nation have been reef netting,” said Lummi Chairman Tim Ballew at a tribal event Aug. 28. “To know that tomorrow we will reef net and the […]
In the Pacific Northwest, many treaty Indian tribes hold First Salmon Ceremonies and Blessings of the Fleet to honor the salmon that sustain them, and protect the fishermen who procure it. This video shows some of the traditions practiced by the Swinomish, Lummi, Upper Skagit, Tulalip and Stillaguamish tribes. First Salmon Ceremonies and Blessings of […]
Jay Julius, member of the Lummi Indian Business Council, addressed the impacts a proposed coal terminal would have on the environment and treaty-reserved fishing rights.
The Lummi Nation Natural Resources Department is conducting a pilot tangle net fishery for hatchery chinook salmon that allows natural origin fish to be released without harm. Nooksack River early chinook are part of a major population group that must be recovering before the Puget Sound chinook listed as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act […]
Lummi Nation elder Frances Gladys (Lane) James, Che top ie, passed away April 28 in Bellingham. Fran James was born May 20, 1924 on Portage Island. She is survived by her son, Lummi Nation Hereditary Chief Bill James, Tsi li xw; sisters Ernestine Gensaw, Rena Ballew and Beverly (Jack) Cagey; brother Glen Lane, and numerous […]
Every year, the Lummi Nation releases a million coho yearlings from its Lummi Bay Hatchery in two batches of 500,000 fish. The fish are spawned at the Lummi Bay Hatchery and reared at the state’s Kendall Creek hatchery until they are yearlings. Then the fish are transported back to Lummi Bay where they are released. […]
The premiere of the documentary, Back to the River, was held at the Seattle Aquarium Feb. 2. The movie details the story of the treaty rights struggle from the pre-Boldt era to tribal and state co-management. The movie includes the voices and personal accounts of tribal fishers, leaders and others active in the treaty fishing […]
Lummi Nation Chairman Cliff Cultee and hereditary Chief Bill James are scheduled to speak tomorrow at Cherry Point, the site of a controversial proposed coal exporting facility. According to an Ecowatch post: “It is our promise and our duty to our ancestors, our elders, and to future generations to protect and preserve Cherry Point,” said […]
