We are the Lhaqtemish, The Lummi People. We are the original - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

“We are the Lhaq’temish, The Lummi People. We are the original Inhabitants of Washington’s northernmost coast and southern British Columbia. For thousands of years, we worked, struggled, and celebrated life on the shores and waters of Puget Sound.” –The Lummi People

As part of the Point Elliott Treaty signed with the U.S. Government, vast areas of land were ceded to the United States. The treaty created a Trust Responsibility for the US with respect Treaty of Point to the Lummi Nation. Elliott 1855 The Lummi Indian Reservation was created and reserved for the exclusive use of the Lummi People by the treaty and is intended to be a permanent, economically viable homeland.

Salmon is as important to the Lummi People as the air we breathe: it sustains our Schelangen (way of life). Since time immemorial, our people honored the salmon First Salmon each year by holding a salmon ceremony to respect the Ceremony gift that the Salmon Woman provides to us, the sacrifice of her salmon children, and to pass down the tradition of respect taught to us by our elders.

 SxWole- Reef netting  Skiff fishing River and Bay Fishing  Stake net or set net using poles Methods  Larger Gillnet  Purse seine

Fishing is who we are

 Largest Northwestern Tribal Fishing Fleet  Commercial, Ceremonial, and Subsistence Lummi is a  From 1980 – 2011 the Lummi harvested an average of 69% of tribal catch of all finfish and shellfish Fishing Tribe  The average annual Lummi harvest is about 5.3 million pounds of seafood.

Geoduck

Fishing is who we are

Salmon Purse Seine

Halibut

 Shellfish now compromise approximately 65% of harvest volume and 85% of harvest value Shellfish  Shellfish require abundant, high quality water

Sea Urchin