Saltwater Soundwalk

About Saltwater Soundwalk

Saltwater Soundwalk is about our relationships and responsibilities towards the Salish Sea and connecting waters, centering Indigenous Coast Salish voices and language. In this rhythmic, watery audio experience, streams of stories ebb and flow, intermixing English with Coast Salish languages. Listen to learn where the traditional fishing ground “Hit the Water” is located in Seattle, to hear traditional Tulalip names of local places and to learn about the colonial history of Seattle and the construction of the Ship Canal. Indigenous rights, responsibilities and cultural preservation are essential to healing these waters, our relationship to them and to each other. As well, hear from a public artist and a Seattle Public Utilities manager about how we all impact these living waters. This is an experience for all of us to connect to the Salish Sea area, and a step towards creating healthier human relationships with this changing ecosystem. Voices featured are: Ken Workman (Duwamish), Warren King George (Muckleshoot), Michelle Myles (Tulalip), Archie Cantrell (Puyallup), LaDean Johnson (Skokomish), Owen Oliver (Quinault / Isleta Pueblo), Lydia Sigo (Suquamish), Randi Purser (Suquamish), RYAN! Feddersen (FLOW artist, Confederated Tribes of the Colville - Okanogan / Arrow Lakes), and Eric Autry (Seattle Public Utilities), Joseph Sisneros (UW) and Jeanne Hyde (The Whale Museum). Created by audio artists Jenny Asarnow and Rachel Lam (Anigiduwagi enrolled Cherokee Nation), this audio experience is intended to be listened to on site or anywhere you listen to podcasts. To listen on site, start at Gasworks Park. Follow the route along N Northlake Way and the Burke Gilman trail to the entrance of the Ship Canal at the Fremont Bridge; and then return the way you came. Commissioned with SPU 1% for Art Funds. Administered by the Seattle Office of Arts and Culture. City of Seattle, Bruce Harrell, Mayor.

Publisher

Jenny Asarnow & Rachel Lam

Category

history · science · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

12 Aug 2022

Latest episode

26 Aug 2022

Latest episodes

14 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   26 Aug 2022

   Seattle is an engineered city, but it only happened yesterday (FULL TOUR)

   Gasworks Park in Seattle is a great park for a lot of people. It’s also a historic Coast Salish fishing site, and the first stop on this audio tour that immerses us in the stories and languages of the Salish Sea area.

2. 

   26 Aug 2022

   Paddling straight for four hours in one spot

   "It allowed me to understand how my ancestors operated, but also what’s the meaning of Canoe Journey in the Salish Sea.”

3. 

   26 Aug 2022

   Our non-human kin

   "We, as a people in general, love the fish."

4. 

   26 Aug 2022

   The Lushootseed language comes from the land

   "The Twulshootseed word which refers to the saltwater comes from the sound the water makes as it crashes onto the shore."

5. 

   26 Aug 2022

   Our people named these places in Lushootseed

   "We’re going to talk about some names that are located around [says Lushootseed name]. That’s what we call Seattle."

6. 

   26 Aug 2022

   We recognize that’s their land

   "You just can't, you know, be trespassing. You have to ask for permission."

7. 

   26 Aug 2022

   It was like a barren wasteland, just plain mud

   "Erlands Point is an ancestral home for my family. When we were little, you could not walk out there without being squirted by a horse clam."

8. 

   26 Aug 2022

   Treaties are guaranteed by the Constitution

   "We are the original caretakers of this area and have been here for thousands and thousands of years."

9. 

   26 Aug 2022

   Your body as a body of water

   "Where you’re standing right now, think about the largest body of water."

10. 

    26 Aug 2022

    RYAN! Feddersen’s ‘Overflow’

    "Water when it’s alive is continuously moving, and I’d like to pose that water and bodies of water have inherent rights, as all life does."

11. 

    26 Aug 2022

    74,948 feet of pipe

    "The amount of stormwater that enters the water at the Ship Canal is ginormous"

12. 

    26 Aug 2022

    You know the history of the ship canal, don’t you?

    "We're still in recovery mode. So many decades have passed. So many generations of salmon have passed, and we're still trying to recover from that."

13. 

    26 Aug 2022

    ‘Hit the Water’

    "Gas Works Park is a great park for a lot of people. Most people who visit the park, I don't think they have any idea of the traditional history and the traditional value of that area."

14. 

    12 Aug 2022

    Preview: Saltwater Soundwalk

    Saltwater Soundwalk is an audio experience about our relationships and responsibilities towards the Salish Sea and connecting waters, centering Indigenous Coast Salish voices and language. Listen on site in Seattle’s Fremont, Wallingford and Ballard neighborhoods or anywhere you listen to podcasts. Coming August 25

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