Download Our Project: An Educational Booklet

The Jamestown S’Klallam
Tribe Salmon Cultural Program:
An Educational Booklet
Presentation
Elise Loggers / [email protected]
Marilyn Prosser / [email protected]
Ash Lehto / [email protected]
Presentation Outline
I.
Background
i. Steelhead trout
ii. Restoration projects of the S’Klallam
iii. S’Klallam salmon culture
II. Our project: Client
III. The Product: An educational booklet
i. Purpose
ii. Production
iii. Use
IV. Example pages from the booklet
V. Importance of the product
Background- Steelhead Trout and Decline
 Member of the Salmonidae Family
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Includes Salmon, trout, and char
Translates to “looks like salmon”
 Iteroparous
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Meaning they can spawn multiple times
Rainbow trout are same species but are
not anadromous
 Listed as endangered
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Dikes, destruction of natural habitat,
over harvesting
Recovery efforts by Jamestown
S’Klallam
Background of Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe
“The strong people”
On the Dungeness drainage basin
Crest: Salmon and Eagle
Leading efforts in conservation and
restoration of steelhead and other
salmonids
Jamestown S’Klallam
Culture & Salmon
http://www.jamestowntribe.org/history/hist_women.htm
 Lived in this area for nearly 10,000 years
 The “Strong People” (Stauss 2002)
 “The Salmon is life; he is continuance…”
 Main source of protein (Stauss 2002)
 Celebration of first salmon to return
http://www.tribalmuseum.jamestowntribe.org/
Client: Jamestown
S’Klallam Tribe
http://www.jamestowntribe.org/
 David Brownell
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Tribe Cultural Resource Specialist
 Jamestown Descendent
 Culture and Science
Jamestown
S’Klallam Stream
Restoration
Increase in infrastructure
Jimmycomelately Creek (Shreffler 2012)
Dungeness River
• Only seven salmon in 1999
• Over 1000 now
Dungeness Watershed
Restoration is an investment in their
children
Jimmycomelately Creek
Jimmycomelately Creek
http://www.jamestowntribe.org/programs/nrs/jcl-prelim_final.pdf
Our Project: An Educational Booklet
Purpose:
Make an educational booklet for children ages 10-13
Educate, inspire, and bring awareness to children
Objectives:
Consumptive roles of salmon (conservation)
Non-consumptive roles (culture)
Relate importance of culture to environmental responsibility
Making an Educational Booklet
Booklet Outline
Introduce salmon
• Endangered & why
Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe
• Culture & salmon
Restoration projects
• Dungeness
• Jimmycomelately
What you can do
Semantics
Target audience (Gustavsson et al.
2014)
Colors: red, light blue, black, white
Games to engage
Art and pictures
Text and text-boxes
Organization
Applying and Using the Booklet
Hand out book to S’Klallam Tribe children
Pass book out at other youth centers or schools
Information will diffuse to adults (Hiramatsu et al. 2014)
Will inspire kids and adults to be more careful and aware
of the impacts of their actions
Use as a tool to inspire and educate
Culture &
Tribe
Tribal-based art to tie
page together
Text with brief
overview of important
aspects of tribe
Map showing location of
S’Klallam tribe so kids
have visual reference
Salmon identifies
“Did You Know” and
information sections
Activity to make kids remember
things from the past and tie in
with what they are learning
Picture of the
S’Klallam crest
for visual effects
Restoration
The Steelhead
indicates points of
interest and
activities
Photos from the
actual restoration
sites connect with
the audience
Exercises help to
engage with kids
Why This Booklet is Necessary
Makes learning fun!
• Integrating activities in a booklet creates
permanent memories
• Alternative to traditional teaching methods
Easily accessible to a wider audience
• All schools, churches, club, etc. can
distribute
Some activities require the child to reflect
on the subject material and relate to it
Children are our future
References
Bishop School Photo. http://www.bishop.k12.ok.us/school_board.html
Gustavsson, Laila and Pramling, Niklas. (2014). The educational nature of different ways teachers communicate with children about
natural phenomena. International Journal of Early Years Education. Vol 22:1. Pp. 59-72.
Hiramatsu, A., et al. (2014). Spillover effect on families derived from environmental education for children. Low Carbon Economy,
5(2). Pp. 40-50. ProQuest. 2016.
Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe. 2012. http://www.jamestowntribe.org/index.htm
Shreffler, D. (ed.). 2012. Jimmycomelately Ecosystem Restoration: Monitoring Report 2004 - 2011. Prepared by Shreffler
Environmental for Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe, Sequim, Washington.
Stauss, Joseph H. 2002. The Jamestown S'Klallam story: rebuilding a Northwest coast Indian tribe. Sequim, WA: Jamestown
S'Klallam.
Worley, Joan, Faulstich, David, & Woodcock, David. Totem Poles of the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe. Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe.
Sequim. 2007.
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