Salmon is everything : community-based theatre in the Klamath Watershed / Theresa May with Suzanne Burcell, Kathleen McCovey, and Jean O'Hara ; foreword by Gordon Bettles.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

May, Theresa J., author.

Series:

First peoples (2010)

First peoples: new directions in indigenous studies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Klamath Indians--Fishing.

Klamath Indians.

Klamath Indians--Social life and customs.

Salmon--Spawning--Klamath River Watershed (Or. and Calif.).

Salmon.

Salmon fisheries--Klamath River Watershed (Or. and Calif.).

Salmon fisheries.

Indian theater--Klamath River Watershed (Or. and Calif.).

Indian theater.

American drama--Klamath River Watershed (Or. and Calif.)--Indian authors.

American drama.

Indian authors.

Salmon--Spawning.

Manners and customs.

Fishing.

Klamath River Watershed (Or. and Calif.)--Social life and customs.

Klamath River Watershed (Or. and Calif.).

Physical Description:

xvi, 174 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Corvallis : Oregon State University Press, [2014]

Summary:

After a devastating fish kill on the Klamath River, which had unprecedented impact throughout the watershed and signified an ongoing loss of traditional cultural practices for many tribal communities, tribal members and theatre artist Theresa May developed a play to give voice to the central spiritual and cultural role of salmon in tribal life. Salmon Is Everything presents the script of that play, along with essays by artists and collaborators that illuminate the process of creating and performing theatre on Native and environmental issues. Salmon Is Everything simultaneously details the logistics of a crisis in the Pacific Northwest's third largest watershed -the premature death of more than 30,000 salmon on the Lower Klamath River in 2002-and documents what happened when one community-including tribes, farmers, ranchers, and others invested in the watershed-decided to use art to amplify the experiences of its members. Salmon is Everything will appeal to readers interested in the environmental and cultural history of the Pacific Northwest and the ecological and civil challenges its communities face. For artists and activists, it's a useful case study. Salmon is Everything offers a unique interdisciplinary resource for high school and college level courses in environmental studies, Native American studies, and theatre arts education. Book jacket.

Contents:

A Call to Action We Have to Do Something! / Suzanne M. Burcell Burcell, Suzanne M. 13

Salmon is Everything: Theresa May and the Klamath Theatre Project 23

I Am Karuk! My Voice as Rose / Kathleen McCovey McCovey, Kathleen 93

The Education of an Artist / Theresa May May, Theresa 103

The Journey Home / Jean O'Hara O'Hara, Jean 141.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780870717468

0870717464

OCLC:

863043888