Salmon And Acorns Feed Our People

International guest Professor Kari Marie Norgaard joins Professor Jakelin Troy to discuss violence, denial, cultural identity and Norgaard’s latest book Salmon and Acorns Feed Our People (Rutgers University Press, 2019). Once the third-largest salmon-producing stream in the Western United States, the Klamath River has, as of 2014, fallen to only 4% of its previous productivity. This gives the once wealthy Karuk Tribe the dubious honour of having one of the most dramatic and recent diet shifts in North America. Unable to fulfil their traditional fishermen roles, Karuk people are now among the most impoverished in the state. In Salmon and Acorns Feed Our People, renowned environmental sociologist Kari Norgaard draws upon nearly two decades of examples and insight from Karuk experiences on the Klamath River to illustrate how the ecological dynamics of settler-colonialism are essential for expanding theoretical conversations on health, identity, food, race, and gender that preoccupy many disciplines today. Find out more here.

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction and Welcome to Country – David Schlosberg

05:05 Salmon and Acorns Feed Our People – Kari Norgaard

31:10 Education’s Role in Making Indigenous Voices Visible

42:15 The Radical Potential of Indigenous Sight

49:30 Intersectional Anxiety and Environmental Justice

Speakers

Professor Kari Marie Norgaard, University of Oregon

Professor Jakelin Troy, Director of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research, The University of Sydney

Professor David Schlosberg (Chair), Sydney Environment Institute

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