The Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe Salmon Cultural Program: An Educational Booklet Presentation Elise Loggers / eloggers@uw.edu Marilyn Prosser / marilyn.prosser0@gmail.com Ash Lehto / ashes79@uw.edu

Presentation Outline Background Our project: Client Steelhead trout Restoration projects of the S’Klallam S’Klallam salmon culture Our project: Client The Product: An educational booklet Purpose Production Use Example pages from the booklet Importance of the product

Background- Steelhead Trout and Decline Member of the Salmonidae Family Includes Salmon, trout, and char Translates to “looks like salmon” Iteroparous Meaning they can spawn multiple times Rainbow trout are same species but are not anadromous Listed as endangered Dikes, destruction of natural habitat, over harvesting Recovery efforts by Jamestown S’Klallam

Background of Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe “The strong people” On the Dungeness drainage basin Crest: Salmon and Eagle Leading efforts in conservation and restoration of steelhead and other salmonids

Jamestown S’Klallam Culture & Salmon http://www.jamestowntribe.org/history/hist_women.htm Lived in this area for nearly 10,000 years The “Strong People” (Stauss 2002) “The Salmon is life; he is continuance…” Main source of protein (Stauss 2002) Celebration of first salmon to return http://www.tribalmuseum.jamestowntribe.org/

Client: Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe http://www.jamestowntribe.org/ David Brownell Tribe Cultural Resource Specialist Jamestown Descendent Culture and Science

Jamestown S’Klallam Stream Restoration Increase in infrastructure Jimmycomelately Creek (Shreffler 2012) Only seven salmon in 1999 Over 1000 now Dungeness Watershed Restoration is an investment in their children Dungeness River Jimmycomelately Creek

Jimmycomelately Creek http://www.jamestowntribe.org/programs/nrs/jcl-prelim_final.pdf

Our Project: An Educational Booklet Purpose: Make an educational booklet for children ages 10-13 Educate, inspire, and bring awareness to children Objectives: Consumptive roles of salmon (conservation) Non-consumptive roles (culture) Relate importance of culture to environmental responsibility

Making an Educational Booklet Semantics Target audience (Gustavsson et al. 2014) Colors: red, light blue, black, white Games to engage Art and pictures Text and text-boxes Organization Booklet Outline Introduce salmon Endangered & why Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe Culture & salmon Restoration projects Dungeness Jimmycomelately What you can do

Applying and Using the Booklet Hand out book to S’Klallam Tribe children Pass book out at other youth centers or schools Information will diffuse to adults (Hiramatsu et al. 2014) Will inspire kids and adults to be more careful and aware of the impacts of their actions Use as a tool to inspire and educate

Culture & Tribe Tribal-based art to tie page together Text with brief overview of important aspects of tribe Map showing location of S’Klallam tribe so kids have visual reference Picture of the S’Klallam crest for visual effects Salmon identifies “Did You Know” and information sections Activity to make kids remember things from the past and tie in with what they are learning

Restoration The Steelhead indicates points of interest and activities Exercises help to engage with kids Photos from the actual restoration sites connect with the audience

Why This Booklet is Necessary Makes learning fun! Integrating activities in a booklet creates permanent memories Alternative to traditional teaching methods Easily accessible to a wider audience All schools, churches, club, etc. can distribute Some activities require the child to reflect on the subject material and relate to it Children are our future

References Bishop School Photo. http://www.bishop.k12.ok.us/school_board.html Gustavsson, Laila and Pramling, Niklas. (2014). The educational nature of different ways teachers communicate with children about natural phenomena. International Journal of Early Years Education. Vol 22:1. Pp. 59-72. Hiramatsu, A., et al. (2014). Spillover effect on families derived from environmental education for children. Low Carbon Economy, 5(2). Pp. 40-50. ProQuest. 2016. Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe. 2012. http://www.jamestowntribe.org/index.htm Shreffler, D. (ed.). 2012. Jimmycomelately Ecosystem Restoration: Monitoring Report 2004 - 2011. Prepared by Shreffler Environmental for Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe, Sequim, Washington. Stauss, Joseph H. 2002. The Jamestown S'Klallam story: rebuilding a Northwest coast Indian tribe. Sequim, WA: Jamestown S'Klallam. Worley, Joan, Faulstich, David, & Woodcock, David. Totem Poles of the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe. Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe. Sequim. 2007.

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