| There are several species of salmon fish
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| | these bones back into the water. Minutes
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| in the Pacific Northwest region. These
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| | later, the four individuals who
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| are the Coho, Sockeye, Pink, Chum,
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| | originally turned into the salmon fish
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| Atlantic and the largest which is the
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| | reappeared and joined the others.Over the
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| King or Chinook. Salmon are born in the
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| | next few days, the guests watched the
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| rivers and swim down to the ocean where
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| | Salmon people repeat this process with
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| they live in the saltwater. At spawning
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| | the salmon bones over and over again.
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| time, they return to the river where they
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| | However, during a subsequent feast, one
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| were born, lay the eggs, and then die.
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| | of the guests from the expedition
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| The young hatch and start the life cycle
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| | secretly held back some of the salmon
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| over again. Salmon fish have always been
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| | bones. This time, when one of the Salmon
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| an important mainstay food source for the
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| | people came back from out of the water,
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| Northwest Native Indian people as well as
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| | he was covering his face and said that
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| much wildlife in the region including
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| | some of the bones must be missing since
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| many large birds, bears, and river
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| | his cheeks were gone. Another said that
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| otters. This is the reason why the
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| | she was missing her chin. Alarmed by
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| salmon is a popular subject in Northwest
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| | what had happened, the guest brought out
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| Native Indian artwork and
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| | the missing salmon bones he had
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| culture.According to Northwest Native
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| | previously held back. The two Salmon
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| Indian legend, the salmon were actually
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| | people with missing body parts then went
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| people with superhuman abilities and
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| | back into the sea with these bones. Upon
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| eternal lives. The Salmon people lived
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| | their return back to land, both Salmon
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| in great houses under the ocean but since
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| | people had their complete bodies
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| they knew that humans on land needed
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| | again.The expedition asked the chief to
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| food, they offered themselves to the land
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| | let some of his Salmon people visit their
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| based tribes as food by turning into
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| | waters and streams to help supply much
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| salmon fish. Their spirits were returned
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| | needed food. The chief agreed to do so
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| back to the ocean where they were reborn
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| | as long as the tribe agreed to throw back
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| again. One tribe on land was short of
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| | all the salmon bones into the water so
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| food because the salmon never came to
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| | that the Salmon people could return home
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| their waters. But they heard about the
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| | intact. If this was not respected, the
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| Salmon people. So the chief sent out an
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| | tribe was told that the Salmon people
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| expedition to find these Salmon people in
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| | would refuse to return to the tribe's
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| order to ask them to come to their
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| | waters. So the tribe always honored the
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| waters. After many days of travel, the
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| | return of the salmon to their streams
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| expedition arrived in a new land where
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| | every year and respected the rules set by
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| the Salmon people were. The chief of the
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| | the Salmon people chief. This ensured an
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| Salmon people ordered four of their
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| | adequate food supply for the tribe every
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| villagers to go into the sea where they
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| | year.One interesting fact is that when
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| became salmon as soon as the water
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| | White men first arrived to the region,
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| reached their faces. He ordered others
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| | the Northwest Native Indian people did
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| to retrieve these new salmon fish which
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| | not want to sell salmon to them. It was
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| were then cooked as a welcoming feast for
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| | feared that the salmon not be treated
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| the guests in the expedition.The chief
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| | with respect by the White men who were
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| told the guests to eat as much but the
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| | ignorant of the required customs and
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| bones of the salmon fish, even the
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| | regulations set by the Salmon
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| smallest ones, were not to be thrown out.
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| | people.Clint Leung is owner of Free
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| All of the salmon bones were collected
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| | Spirit Gallery an online gallery
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| by the villagers after the guests were
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| | specializing in Inuit Eskimo and
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| careful enough to lay them into little
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| | Northwest Native American art including
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| piles. The Salmon people then threw
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| | carvings, sculpture and prints.
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