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To preserve salmon habitat, the Tulalip Tribe is relocating beavers to create wetlands with their dams. Native youth in a project with Blackfeet Tribe learn how beavers naturally restore waterways through an Indigenous scientific lens. Beavers and their dams can drastically change landscapes. They are important to many tribes who see them as architects, teachers and a valuable resource.
This is the second in our monthly series exploring animals’ relationship to tribes and their cultural, environmental and scientific importance.
Guests:
Joe Graveen (Lac de Flambeau band of Ojibwe) – wild rice technician for Lac de flambeau tribe
Molly Alves – wildlife biologist for the Tulalip Tribe natural resources department
Termaine Edmo (Blackfeet) – climate change coordinator for the Blackfeet Tribe
Break 1 music: Intertribal (song) Blackfoot Confederacy (artist) Confederacy Style (album)
Break 2 music: Siku (song) Pamyua (album) Caught In The Act (album)
