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From Observations to Action: How Kelson “Mac” Poepoe Feeds the Community, Environment and Spirit
Uncle Mac Shares a story with MaryAnn Wagner. Article Contributions by Melissa Poe and Emily Akamine. Kelson “Mac” Poepoe remembers the old days when He'eia loko i'a (fishpond) on Oʻahu was buried under a jungle of growth. “There was no view of the mountains from the...
The Resilience of Limu
Reflections written by Emily Akamine, Student Assistant at Washington Sea Grant for the Indigenous Aquaculture Collaborative. She writes on the importance of seaweed stewardship as cultural resilience in Hawaii. My grandmother’s stiff hands move swiftly over the...
Restoring Coastal Tidelands through Indigenous Scholarship: a feature on Marco Hatch and the development of an integrated program of place-based student learning and research
Photo courtesy of Marco Hatch, with Lummi students carrying a canoe Washington Sea Grant Science Communications Fellow, Grace Freeman, a biology graduate student at Western Washington University, recently sat down for an interview with Dr. Marco Hatch, a steering...
Dolly Garza’s Bull Kelp Chow Chow recipe
Seaweed is cultural. It’s food, medicine, spiritual and ceremonial. Seaweed is environmental. It is habitat; it converts carbon and makes sand. We’ve been learning about seaweed and kelp knowledge, including harvesting and stewardship, as a component of Indigenous...
Ceremony, Relationships, Reciprocity and Respect: Learning Methodologies for Indigenous Research
Ceremony, Relationships, Reciprocity and Respect: Learning Methodologies for Indigenous Research Author: MaryAnn Wagner Already contributing to the greater Indigenous community as a faculty member of Northwest Indian College (NWIC), Aissa Yazzie is also active as a...
Building Solid Foundations in Indigenous Aquaculture Systems
Standing in a circle on the beach, we set our intentions and offer accounts of our connections to the land and sea. Getting started for a day of clam garden restoration involves nurturing our relationships to each other as much as moving rocks, raking sea lettuce, and...
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We are launching this blog to share friendly updates and to amplify the projects and insights from our wonderful community. We invite you to dig in with us! Our goal is to use this space to provide fresh content about Indigenous Aquaculture in the Pacific region....