Saltwater Soundwalk
Saltwater Soundwalk
Jenny Asarnow & Rachel Lam
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.
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.
Aug 26, 2022
54 min
74,948 feet of pipe
"The amount of stormwater that enters the water at the Ship Canal is ginormous"
Aug 26, 2022
1 min
‘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."
Aug 26, 2022
2 min
Treaties are guaranteed by the Constitution
"We are the original caretakers of this area and have been here for thousands and thousands of years."
Aug 26, 2022
1 min
Our non-human kin
"We, as a people in general, love the fish."
Aug 26, 2022
1 min
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.”
Aug 26, 2022
2 min
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."
Aug 26, 2022
1 min
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."
Aug 26, 2022
3 min
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."
Aug 26, 2022
2 min
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."
Aug 26, 2022
1 min
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