Chinook salmon reintroduced above Shasta Dam to a river where they once swam
Chief Caleen Sisk says she and her people, the Winnemem Wintu, are following a prayer. To bring salmon back to their homelands on a river above Shasta Dam. Overall, there was a prayer that came down from Mt. Shasta, Bulium Puuyuuk about the Landata Nur, which means the old time salmon,” says Chief Sisk. “The old time salmon want to come back to their rivers. They want to be upstream. They want to do the things they’re supposed to be doing.” To support the prayer and draw attention to their cause, the Winnemem Wintu started an annual ceremony called the Run4Salmon.