The Whale Museum

• News Updates

• News Archives

• Return to Museum's Home Page

The Whale Museum News

Updated: March 6, 2010


First Nations hunger tied to lost sockeye

Carlito Pablo

A piano tuner for more than 20 years, Priscilla Judd can instantly say when something is off-key.

When she heard that many Natives were going hungry because of the collapse of the sockeye salmon fishery last year, her instincts told her that this didn’t sound right.

In February, while the air was full of talk about celebrating First Nations culture and way of life during the Olympics, the 57-year-old resident of Lumby in the Okanagan started a blog to raise awareness of how aboriginal people are suffering because the sockeye didn’t return.

To read the rest of this article, click here.

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Orcas in Resting Formation

Welcome to The Whale Museum

The Whale Museum is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization registered with the Secretary of State in Olympia, Washington. b