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A Prayer for Salmon

San Francisco, CA
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Young Native girl pouring salmon eggs into a plastic tub.
Courtesy of Tom Levy/The Spiritual Edge
Courtesy of Tom Levy/The Spiritual Edge

This audio documentary series from The Spiritual Edge podcast tells the story of the Winnemem Wintu people and their work to bring home their family—the Chinook salmon—to the sacred waters of the McCloud river.

“It feels like I’m doing my purpose in life. This is my job as a dancer and as a Winnemem Wintu man and human being to speak up for salmon and water and land and Indigenous ways, Indigenous lifeways and the spirituality of it all— speak on behalf of all of that, the best we can, anyway.”

— Michael Preston, Winnemem Wintu

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Courtesy of Tom Levy/The Spiritual Edge
Courtesy of Tom Levy/The Spiritual Edge
Courtesy of Tom Levy/The Spiritual Edge
Courtesy of Tom Levy/The Spiritual Edge