First Fish, First People: Salmon Tales of the North Pacific Rim mcgill-queens-university-press Readers will come away with

Readers will come away with an appreciation of the salmon as well as their interaction with their environment

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Kerri Jo Fortier (Simpcw First Nation)

She also shows how First Peoples have used plant materials to make decorations

Sea Saltinvites readers to spend a leisurely morning in a favourite anchorage savouring Blueberry Bread Puddings with Maple Mascarpone

First Fish, First People: Salmon Tales of the North Pacific Rim mcgill-queens-university-press Readers will come away withThe 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