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"The Klamath Tribes’ Ambodat Department documented the first naturally hatched
Chinook salmon within the Upper Klamath Lake in more than a century, as
observers witness promising signs of the species’ return following dam removal.
Klamath Tribes Chairman William Ray Jr. said the disappearance of Chinook
salmon, which his tribe historically relied on for food and cultural practices,
has been devastating.
“We’ve been harmed as a tribe for so long,” Ray said. “Our culture, our
subsistence and, in particular, the medicine that those fish gave us.”
He hopes the return of Chinook salmon will lead to a cultural renewal for
tribal members. But he noted there is still a long way to go.
“It can’t be complete unless you have a fishable population of fish,” Ray said.
Fish provided a healthy diet for regional tribes, he explained, and he blames
high rates of diabetes, hypertension and obesity on losing that food source.
“The survival of these fish, along with c’waam and koptu, was promised to the
Klamath Tribes in the
Treaty of 1864,” the Ambodat Department said in a
statement. “We continue to fight for this land and the revival of all
treaty-guaranteed resources promised to us through the Treaty and the
United
States Constitution Article VI, Clause 2.”"
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