Three Indigenous nations along the Pacific coast of Turtle Island are working tirelessly to save the salmon because salmon is an integral part of who they are - spiritually, culturally, socially and economically.

Brook Thompson is a member of the Yurok and Kurok tribes in Northern California. She is a restoration engineer working to restore the Klamath River. In November 2022, her people successfully won a legal battle to have four dams removed from the Klamath River to help restore decimated salmon populations.

hiwus (Chief) Warren Paull helped to successfully negotiate the complete removal of commercial fish farms from shíshálh First Nation territory off the coast of the Salish Sea in British Columbia.

Kerrie Charnley was part of a habitat restoration project for salmon in the Upper Pitt River on mainland BC. The river is the home of her ancestors, the Katzie people, whose creation story involves the marriage of a Katzie man and a sockeye woman. The restoration project was a profound experience that deepened her sense of connection with her ancestors.