Human Interaction Of The Pacific Northwest Salmon

Alexander Ross’ Account of the Fur Trade In the Pacific Northwest Alexander Ross spent much of his adult life working in the Pacific Northwest in the fur trade for both the Pacific Fur Trade Company and later the Northwest Company. Ross played a pivotal role in the establishment of Fort Astoria at the mouth of the Columbia River for the Pacific Company. After the War of 1812 Ross witnessed the collapse of the Pacific Company and began to work for the Northwest Company where he continued to work for the next three decades. Ross’ account of the first three years with the Pacific Fur Company titled Adventures of the First Settlers on the Columbia River offers a no-nonsense, first hand account of the trials and misfortunes of the first settlers

The salmon the men caught was viewed as sacred to the tribe. The men would hunt and whales and when they caught one, they would use every part of it. “Harpoons were used to hunt sea lions and hair seals that stunned themselves near the mouth of the columbia”. This quote proves that the tribe mainly ate seafood. The Colville people of the Plateau tribe got their food by taking the salmon that died after spawning.

Northwest Passage (1940) In King Vidor’s Northwest Passage, the Native Americans are portrayed as the villains, attacking the White settlers. This film's depiction of American Indians has in recent years been seen as racist, even by Hollywood’s standards at the time it was made. “The movie's presentation of the raid on St Francis as a heroic act is historically questionable, and it isn't helped by the unceasingly racist depiction of all native Americans as degenerate subhumans” (Tunzelman, 2013) .The

The processing facility has the economic costs of operating the facility, which includes electricity and labor, water, and cleaning chemicals. These costs impact the cost of the salmon when it reaches the consumers. Also there is a great environmental impact from the processing stage. Not only is there carbon being emitted by fuel being used to run the facilities, but also there is pollution from the process of cleaning the fish. The main pollutant is wastewater that is the result of cleaning the fish with water and chemicals.

The Salmon River is the longest river running entirely within a single state, and remains the longest contiguous undammed river left within the continental United States (Carrey & Conley, 1978) and it provides approximately 20% of the water in the Snake River and accounts for 70% of the remaining salmon habitat for the entire Columbia River Basin (Tang et al., 2012). After 425 miles the Salmon River merges with the Snake River just north of Riggins in Idaho County. The Salmon River emerges from the Frank Church Wilderness headed west, turns north briefly and then turns west again to form a confluence with the Snake River, dividing the state of Idaho into two different time zones: Pacific Time north of the Salmon River and Mountain Time south

The characteristics of the modern Northwest Coast tribes that struck me the most was the lifestyle that they live in reservations. There is really no difference between reservations large or small even though some reservations might have more resources then the other there is still vale of darkness over these reservations. The American government had begun to declare specific pieces of land located in the West as Native reservation in the 1850s and 1860s. The main reasons were to open up more land for settlers that were headed to the west and to distinguish and keep peace between these settlers and Indians. Most reservations were large but not big enough didn’t compare to the land that Native were use to.

It was the central location that operated fur trading for the community. “The rapid expansion of the fur trade diminished the population of beaver and other animals” (Foner 57). Therefore this trading station changed the native land. It also supplied goods towards the west of the Rock Mountains, impacting economically and socially to the Pacific Northwest. Furthermore, the location of the site was suitable for the company because of a close river source for fish, and enough lumber and land for other goods to produce, making this a great trading post.

Jacob Mayfield Pd 4 Honors American Lit Harvard Outline The environmental wisdom and spirituality that the Native Americans possessed is legendary. Animals were respected as equal to humans. Although hunted, but only for food, the hunter had to first ask for the permission of the animal’s spirit. Among the Native Americans the land was owned in common as a whole, no single person or entity owned any land.

The novel Reservation Blues, written by Sherman Alexie reveals different struggles encountered by the Native Americans on the Spokane Indian Reservation through the use of history, traditions, and values. Thomas Builds-the-Fire, a pureblood Indian, forms a band with his childhood acquaintances Victor Joseph and Junior Polatkin called Coyote Springs. Alexie uses a variety of scenes and personal encounters between characters and their dialogue to portray the meaning of tribal identity throughout the novel. A cultures goal is to prove their identity and be superior to one another; The American culture has achieved dominance through white hegemony while the Spokane American Indian tribe is in a battle of oppression struggling to preserve their tribal identity. Spokane Native Americans are very passionate about their tribal identities yet are envious of the power that the white hegemony holds against them, leading them to their depression.

The successful return of sea otters on North America’s west coast Though the Gold Rush of 1849 is considered one of California’s significant historical events, the Californian Fur Rush is much overlooked in Pacific America’s history. Dating as far back as 1741, the Californian and Alaskan coasts were targeted by American, English, Spanish, French and Russian fur traders harvesting the warm pelts of the sea otter, fur seal, beaver, river otter, marten, fisher, mink, fox, weasel, and harbor seal. Sea otters (Enhydra lutris) were particularly overhunted and their populations suffered serious fragmentation up the west coast, coming dangerously close to eradication in this area (Estes, 1990). This essay will discuss the history of their decline

Though different Native American Tribes have different mythologies, and rituals, the basic of the sacred is the same – the sacred, is worshipped through rituals, and is always related to their source of food (Lecture Notes, 9/3/15). Therefore, how a group hunts, or gathers their food source is of great importance to the Native Americans, for it is the basis for survival, nourishment, and prosperity. The Plains Indians worship the sacred in an ad hoc way, and erect impermanent structures to mark their places of rituals. This style suits there needs better due to the fact that they are hunters, and follow the heard across the plains. Their meat source (e.g. buffalo) is often considered sacred, for it is what sustains them and gives them life.

The Northwest Native Americans had a lot of daily practices. They hunted to get all of their food. The men in the tribe would go into the forest to find deer or bears. Animals were used for meat, clothes, and the bones could be used for They wore little clothing except when it was cold, it was cold most of the time in the northwest so you usually saw them in layers. Many of the Native Americans had made pottery every day to cook with and keep their things in.

The salmon was a very important food source for the Chinook, and it plays a large role in the Chinook sense of identity. Let’s compare the Chinook to a group of Native Americans on the opposite coast: the Penobscot people in Maine. The Penobscot also derived meaning from the animals they hunted, although the animals were different. The Penobscot hunted beavers, otters, moose, bears, and caribou. The Penobscot were also skilled canoe builders, but they used a different method than the Chinook.

This fishing industry is a very lucrative and vital asset to the Alaskan economy and other connecting economies. The

When it comes down to viewing the environment, many individuals have different perspectives, especially those with different cultural backgrounds. Chief Seattle’s speech shows that individuals not only have cultural differences, but also have nature and environmental differences. Seattle’s speech begins by addressing the offer given to the native tribes about purchasing land; although the natives believed the offer was harmless, Chief Seattle began to ponder on the offer, but then decided to agree. Furthermore, Seattle disapproved of the claim that Washington made saying they were like father and son, by stating that they have different views on religion and the environment. The Native tribes see the land as a sacred land where their ancestors roamed, while the people from Washington see the land with no regard of spiritual meaning.