Chief Speaking at Two Redding Events this February

The Winnemem Wintu's Spiritual Leader and Tribal Chief Caleen Sisk-Franco will be speaking about indigenous knowledge and conservation at two upcoming events in Redding - TEDx Redding and The Forum for the Forests.

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Winnemem Yetcha Pon – “Middle Water Dream Run”

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Chief Speaking at TEDx Redding and Forest Forum in February

January 13, 2012 / Make A Comment / Uncategorized

The Winnemem Wintu’s Spiritual Leader and Tribal Chief Caleen Sisk-Franco will be speaking about indigenous knowledge and conservation at two upcoming February events in Redding – TEDx and the Forum for the Forests

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Don’t forget! Winnemem Films Screening this Weekend in Redding

November 4, 2011 / Make A Comment / Uncategorized

ust a reminder that this weekend we’ll be screening the 15-minute promotional short for Will Doolittle’s upcoming feature documentary Dancing Salmon Home and Will’s 22-minute film, Ceremony Comes Home, about our 2006 Coming of Age ceremony.

Winnemem Wintu – The Middle Water People

We are a traditional tribe who inhabits our ancestral territory from Mt. Shasta down the McCloud River watershed. When the Shasta Dam was constructed during World War II, it flooded our home and blocked the salmon runs.

The salmon are an integral part of our lifeway and of a healthy McCloud River watershed. We believe that when the last salmon is gone, humans will be gone too. Our fight to return the salmon to the McCloud River is no less than a fight to save the Winnemem Wintu Tribe.

As salmon people and middle water people we advocate for all aspects of clean water and the restoration of salmon to their natural spawning grounds.

Sawal Mem, Sawal Suhana (Sacred Water, Sacred Life)