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Our
main food was salmon
Pioneer
Press
page
E29, column 3
To the Editor:
I am not a Karuk. I am not a Hupa. I am not a Yurok or even a Shasta. I
am a Wailaki. My people lived along a river, not the Klamath but the Eel
like you. My people's main food was salmon, like you. My people love the
Mother Earth and believe in the Creator, like you.
The
Governor of California has declared a state of emergency on our salmon
population off the
In
times of need my people would pray and fast to show their sincerity.
I am asking the tribes of the Klamath to fast. To fast from all or part
of their yearly salmon allotment and follow suit to the governor's
effort to save the salmon. If you truly care about the salmon, care and
love Mother Earth and all our relations, care about the future of our
children, then you will willingly and happily do this.
If anyone knows how to do without and survive it is our people. Mother
Earth is calling and the Creator is watching. I am asking you to please
take the
Joan Trabucco,
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