Salmon Project

These intimate days in the kitchen are about passing knowledge from generation to generation, story-telling, connecting to the local and sacred traditions of calling the salmon home, preserving the bounty, and giving gratitude. They’re about reconciliation – gently building relationships, bridges and mutual respect, growing to a place where we not only see each other, but truly honour what each is bringing to the table. In this case, quite literally the kitchen table.

Led by two generations of elders, Xwu’p’a’lich Barb Higgins and Kwa’tle’maht Holly Ann Higgins, the Salmon Project is a series of casual hands-on days in the kitchen, learning, canning the harvest, chopping, and chatting, reminiscent of the village days gone by. Many days, we have the honour of hearing stories of revered memory-keeper, author, and respected elder, Xwu’p’a’lich Barb Higgins, of the local land, waters, and people.

We can almost smell the fire-smoked fish on the salty beaches of these tales.