Earth Day River Ceremonies and Walk for Peace

Here are some pics of our River Ceremonies for the salmon. SalmonTalks also had a great presence at the 25th Annual Walk for Peace in Lillooet on April 24 - getting ready to join the Get Out Migration in Victoria in two weeks.

Earth Day River Ceremonies - April 22

We all pray in different ways

Let us gather and do that

Write a poem, story to put in the river

We will offer these:

- pinch of salt to balance energy within self,
around self and water

- light a candle or fire for light and life

- food offering to the ancestors -

those that have passed on into the spirit world,

they are there to help us

At 11 AM - Gather at Old Bridge

Marie Barney

will do a St'át'imc Spiritual Prayer Ceremony 

- Offer tobacco

- Offer medicines

- Offer a plate of food

We will open and close this ceremony with a song,

any kind of song that has a heart beat...

At 4 PM - Gather at Sat'atqwa7 Powerhouse 
Restoration Site Parking Lot

We will walk to the confluence of the 

Fraser and Seton Rivers

Christine Jack
will conduct our second River Ceremony

for more info contact:

salmontalks@gmail.com

SalmonTalks At DFO Lillooet

Twenty-four members of Salmon Talks Lillooet arrived at the local DFO office to deliver a message of demand. Three key open-net-cage fish farms near Quadra Island must be emptied before the Fraser sockeye smolts reach the area, early in May.

Salmon Talks wants to know who is capable of ordering the three farms, all Norwegian-owned, to harvest and empty their pens of Atlantic salmon. Along with that, we asked what role the mid-Fraser Conservation and Protection office could take in ensuring safe passage for outmigrating sockeye smolts past these fish farms.

Announcing a Change

Because our local DFO office will be vacant on April 6, we've decided to go at 10 AM, Wed. April 7.