Welcome to our Salish Sea website

Learn more about the sea that is part of the Coast Salish Hul’q’umi’um’ peoples.

From time immemorial, the Salish Sea has been vital to the lives of hwulmuhw mustimuhw | musteyuhw. This relationship transcends all aspects of survival: food, medicine, clothing, shelter, transportation, tools, technology, and economy. Transmission of our Indigenous knowledge around the Salish Sea and its creatures and the snuw’uyulh (traditional teachings) surrounding them is a responsibility taken on within families, shared across generations. In the sacred harvest of these Salish Sea relatives, we give thanks to the Creator for what will be taken and used in good faith. There is a spiritual bond between sea life and our people, the creatures of the sea are our relations. We invite you to learn more about this important part of Coast Salish life.

Read the stories; view the pictures; Listen to the audio.