NEW! Tlicho Fish Camp Videos Launched on our Website

We're launching two videos documenting two fish monitoring camps that took place as part of the Tłįcho Aquatic Ecoystem Monitoring Project.  For the past three summers, Tłįcho elders, youth and community members have been learning how to take samples of fish, water and lake sediments near their communities--and sharing Tłįcho perspectives on monitoring fish health and water quality. 

One of the highlights of the camp is the learning that takes place. At any particular time, an elder could be teaching youth and fish biologists how to respect fish and water or how to prepare dryfish.  Or a scientist could be demonstrating how to use an Ekman grab sampler to scoop up sediment from the bottom of the lake to be read later in a lab like a history book.  A biologist could be showing how to extract a tiny bone from a fish's head, known as the otolith, and explaining how it can tell how old the fish is.

The first video, Two Ways of Knowing.  A Tłįcho Fish Camp, includes clips from interviews with elders speaking in the Tłįcho language, as well as interviews with biologists explaining the various scientific sampling methods used at the camp.  In the second video, Fish Camp in Wekweètì. Being Strong Like Two People, the youth are the storytellers, sharing what they learned from observing elders preparing fish and telling stories of the land, animals, and fish in the area--and from taking part in sample collection using scientific equipment and techniques. 

Both videos show how two ways of knowing, traditional knowledge and science, are coming together in monitoring and understanding fish and fish habitat in the Tłįcho region.

View Two Ways of Knowing.A Tłįcho Fish Camp video here.

View Fish Camp in Wekweètì. Being Strong Like Two People video here