“We’re talking about seven generations here and getting people to think that far ahead in timeline to make it all survivable,” he said. Being a representative of the salmon and of the mountains, and speaking for the mountains and for protecting the water sources from being completely polluted and sucked dry due to farming and mismanagement. What are some of the stories or things you say that you’ve found really connect with people and create some understanding? Lake Coleridge has been producing some nice rainbow trout recently. We are here to speak for the salmon – our food and spiritual source that are an indicator of healthy ecosystems,” said Michael What does that mean to be a Winnemem, a Wintu person? We say that if you mess up too many sacred places, which [the government] has, and destroy sacred places on Earth, it causes an energetic blockage,” he said. While his job mostly entails writing grants and being a spokesperson, Preston said he prefers to use spirituality and prayers as a form of activism. He has been dancing in the Winnemem way since he was 4 years old and grew up going to his sacred places. We have to sit you down by the fire for 15 years to try to understand. “Sawalmem,” he said. But I definitely feel like I am a bridge in certain situations, as far as talking to media goes, as far as going and giving a presentation to the public. “There’s a cosmological order of energetic acupuncture points within our system that keeps it together. Shasta, California gives us a rare look into the life of local Native wisdom keepers - people who hold humanity's most intimate knowledge about how to live in balance with the Earth and how to thrive with the natural world. Shasta, California gives us a rare look into the life of local Native wisdom keepers – people who hold humanity’s most intimate knowledge about how to live in balance with the Earth and how to thrive with the natural world. 2013: 36). New wind and solar power projects in China, Europe, and the US spurred 45 percent rise in capacity. Our tribal goal is to bring the salmon back, which is stuck in New Zealand. No Dam Raise – Caleen Sisk, Westlands Scoping Meeting. 6:26. Michael Preston (pomtahatot tuiimyali) Michael Preston (pomtahatot tuiimyali) is the Winnemem Wintu cultural preservation officer and works to restore traditional ways. This could be a good option for Lake anglers. Above: Chief Caleen Sisk and Michael Preston from the Winnemem Wintu release salmon smolt at Whiskey Creek. It’s a true human heart connection.”. “They’re not giving that water away for free. But the awareness really kicked off through going to the United Nations and going to the [2014] World’s Indigenous People’s Conference. We’re trying to get them back up to the Sacramento River, around the Shasta Dam, up to the McCloud River,” he said, adding that it’s more than just the fish. I also consider myself kind of young, but I’m having to step up. More on the Winnemem Wintu Tribe's Fight to Save the Salmon. Committed to teaching and celebrating her ancestors' history, stories, language, sites and traditions, longtime activist and educator Julia Bogany leaves behind a legacy of raising awareness of the original inhabitants of what is now Los Angeles. When did you start connecting with other Indigenous peoples and how have those connections aided or affected you in terms of your awareness and your particular struggles? There’re only a few people who are dedicated to doing that and that’s with all communities; that’s no different from ours. “If you don’t regard water as sacred, you don’t regard yourself as sacred.”. It’s time to make things happen. He grew up in his tribal ceremonies and … “Because it’s not going to last seven generations with where it’s going right now.”, Public Media Group of Southern California is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.Tax ID: 95-2211661, © 2021 - Public Media Group of Southern California. Just be on the land, which we always wanted to be since time immemorial. I just try to speak with my heart and do my best, tell the story. The Bay Area connects me with the city, with urban environments and to what other Indigenous peoples are going through – people from the Lakotas, people from the Navajo nations, who are dealing with other issues like mining. Preston has been participating since 2016.“If you’re there every single day, it solidifies a relationship that you don’t form in this society. “The main way in which I can affect the world, do my job, and help my people, the land, the spirits, the salmon, the laws of creation — is through dancing,” he said. June 2, 2011 / by admin / Make A Comment / Filed under Uncategorized. In what we now call Southern California, fire was an everyday tool for Indigenous people for thousands of years. Please support this urgent action alert from Michael Preston of the Winnemem Wintu Tribe to pressure the U.S. Forest Service to allow the Winnemem Wintu Tribe to conduct their puberty ceremony in private, free from harrassment and public interference. I first met Michael Preston, a war dancer, Indigenous rights activist, and son of Winnemem Wintu chief Caleen Sisk, in 2008. Sawalmem, meaning Sacred Water. Preston grew up in the old village site of the Winnemem Wintu tribe, along the McCloud River in Northern California where the Shasta Dam has flooded spiritual and cultural lands. Participants follow the salmon’s historical route from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to the McCloud River while praying for the return of salmon. A new report puts into focus for the first time the scope of the state’s drinking-water problems and what it will take to fix them. You mentioned the word “messenger.” Do you feel like you are a bridge between your people and the more urban world? People from Finland, from Brazil, a few from Korea, Indigenous people from everywhere were there. Your donation supports our high-quality, inspiring and commercial-free programming. He has been dancing in the Winnemem way since he was 4 years old and now channels his advocacy through being a singer and war dancer. I recently spoke again with Preston, now 31, about the Winnemem Wintu’s quest for federal recognition and the various challenges facing his tribe and their ancestral lands. I’m a little older now, and have been through a lot and have traveled. It’s always a bad karmic relationship. If you don’t regard water as sacred, you don’t regard yourself as sacred. We’re speaking up for Mount Shasta and that’s what makes us stand out: the sacredness of that place, and what it’s trying to say to the rest of the world. I’m just a messenger. I want to get my tribe off the grid. ONE WORD SAWALMEM. Cultural Preservation Officer, Indigenous and Eco-Activist and Community Leader, Director Michael “Pom” Preston is a member of the Winnemem Wintu tribe and is the son of current Winnemem tribal chief Caleen Sisk. Decolonizing the Way We Eat: How Did We Get Here and How Do We Re-Indigenize Our Relationship to Food? My colonial name is Michael Preston-Sisk and im from the Winnemem band of Wintu (humans) from the greater Wintun Nation which includes the Wintu, Nomlaki, and Patwin. In his uplifting and internationally-acclaimed short film One Word Sawalmem, co-director Michael "Pom" Preston of the Winnemem Wintu tribe of Mt. He has been dancing in the Winnemem way since he was 4 years old and grew up going to his sacred places. I first met Michael Preston, a war dancer, Indigenous rights activist, and son of Winnemem Wintu chief Caleen Sisk, in 2008. It’s just so hard. I didn’t start getting into it really, though, until I moved to the Bay Area and started attending rallies and different protests and learning “the ways of the activists.” I had always fought for my people, but now I’m starting to become a leader. You’re Native American as a whole for one, and then you’re also Wintu. January 8, 2019. We’re trying to get them back up to the Sacramento River, around the Shasta Dam, up to the McCloud River. Michael Preston: Many tribes, environmental groups and good people are working on bringing back the salmon however and the Winnemem Wintu propose to bring in the exact genetic salmon stock of the ancient McCloud River salmon currently living in the waters of the south island of New Zealand which were transported there in the early 1900s. On this edition, Making Contact trainee producers Rachel Gelfand and Michael Preston bring us the story of the Winnemem Wintu, a small Indian tribe in Northern California, and tell the story of their struggle to prevent the flooding of the sacred land they have called home for centuries. This quest to hold a private ceremony on public land took on added urgency this year. The Winnemem have practiced their traditional ways for thousands of years in the McCloud River watershed in Northern California, where academic and tribal accounts indicate their ancestral territory extends from Mount Shasta to just south of Redding. Winnemem Wintu young man Michael "Pom" Preston is a student of Environmental Studies at UC Berkeley, yet he felt his indigenous viewpoint was not heard. Winnemem Wintu tribe member Nicholas Wilson (foreground), his cousin Michael Preston (left), and Winnemem Wintu hereditary chief and spiritual leader Caleen Sisk. There are also spiritual repercussions. In 2018, when Michael Preston met filmmaker Natasha Giraudie at a conference in Point Reyes National Park, she asked him to reveal one word from his ancestral language that changed his life — a word he wants to share with humanity to influence their consciousness. We are working on restoring our salmon population on our river that was blocked by Shasta dam, which covered up to 90 percent of our homelands. People are paying for it. On this edition, Making Contact trainee producers Rachel Gelfand and Michael Preston bring us the story of the Winnemem Wintu, a small Indian tribe in Northern California, and tell the story of their struggle to prevent the flooding of the sacred land they have called home for centuries. Michael Preston (Winnemem Wintu Tribe, Northern California): "We are speaking on behalf of Mount Shasta and the McCloud River. We don’t have a paywall because our mission is to inform, educate and inspire action. When did you make a decision to become a public advocate for your people? Preston knew immediately what that word would be. I was born into it. Back then he was a student at UC Berkeley, and was in the process of evolving into a fierce advocate for his people. What do you see as your role within the Wintu over the next 50 years and where do you see the tribe in 50 years? He is also a member of the Winnemem Wintu, a native tribe born out of Mount Shasta with ancestral lands ranging across the watershed of the McCloud River. It’s a very isolating feeling. One word ripples outward, vibrating with healing power. MICHAEL “POM” PRESTON is a member of the Winnemem Wintu tribe and the son of the current tribal chief, Caleen Sisk. It’s so hard because there’re so few of us left. Find contact's direct phone number, email address, work history, and more. On this edition, Making Contact trainee producers Rachel Gelfand and Michael Preston bring us the story of the Winnemem Wintu, a small Indian tribe in Northern California, and tell the story of their struggle to prevent the flooding of the sacred land they have called home for centuries. Sundays forecast for the Canterbury High Country is for the winds to be light at around 6kms. To putting it back onto its axis, because it’s off its axis right now. Directed by MICHAEL "POM" PRESTON and NATASHA DEGANELLO GIRAUDIE - For Winnemem Wintu young man Michael "Pom" Preston Sawalmem represents an entire worldview, a vital vision for healing the world and for healing from the legacy of the Shasta Dam that, since the 1940s, has harmed salmon and the Sacramento River and the Winnemem … They made the official statement on the floor, but the real value came from the actual connections with individuals. I’m getting more comfortable, because I’m 31. Sawalmem could help us unravel the climate crisis we’ve created…For Winnemem Wintu young man Michael "Pom" Preston Sawalmem represents an entire worldview, a vital vision for healing the world and for healing from the legacy of the Shasta Dam that, since the 1940s, has harmed salmon and the … Michael Preston, Winnemem War Dancer, who graduated last year from U.C. With the lack of salmon, which is a keystone species, other animals, such as bears, eagles and mountain lions are being starved. When Shasta Dam began holding water in 1944, 4,000 acres of those ancestral lands were flooded. “That’s my main purpose in life. My own experience is that being the only native wherever you go creates a certain psychology within and I don’t think people know what that feels like – to be the only person from your area. Berkeley with a B.S. Rite of passage marred. The Wintu are a smaller tribe than many in the Western United States, both in terms of population and land. How would federal recognition change the situation? The Winnemem lost most of their land during the Gold Rush and through construction of the Shasta Dam in 1945. 10 MOST EXPENSIVE CITIES TO LIVE IN THE U.S. It definitely felt like two worlds. In Point Reyes National Seashore, the National Park Service caters to cattle industry profits over the preservation of public land. The Winnemem Wintu. It’s not against Obama. One Word: Sawalmem – Healing our Relationship with the Earth – Interview with Michael "Pom” Preston, Winnemem Wintu, and Natasha Deganello Giraudi. In his uplifting and internationally-acclaimed short film One Word Sawalmem, co-director Michael “Pom” Preston of the Winnemem Wintu tribe of Mt. Because there’re not so many of us, I have to kind of speed my way through a lot of these things and catch up real fast and it’s hard. Fears of Vaccine Exclusion as India Uses Digital ID, Facial Recognition, Communities of Color Struggle with Rent Burden Amid the Pandemic, Outdoor Dining Could Outlast the Pandemic in L.A. | May 12, Members of the Biden Administration That Have Called California Home, What a Vice President Kamala Harris Means for California, Fireworks, Rainbows and Pot-Banging: Here's How L.A. 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Being in the school and having access to the whole thing, it really opened my eyes to how much money there is in that place and what dealing with big money feels like. We are standing at a pivotal moment in history, one in which education and advocacy around the climate emergency, public health, racial injustice, and economic inequity is imperative. Shasta, California gives us a rare look into the life of local Native wisdom keepers – people who hold humanity’s most intimate knowledge about how to live in balance with the Earth and how to thrive with the natural world. Their efforts are hamstrung by the fact that the federal government doesn’t recognize the Winnemem as a tribe. I was born into some of these things that are going on – with Mount Shasta and them trying to develop ski resorts and my people fighting against that. I feel like I am nowadays, yeah. Martha's Vinyard project could mark the start of a thriving offshore wind sector in the North America, but obstacles remain. Since the 1940s, the creation of the dam has also blocked the usual migration of winter-run salmon, effectively endangering the species. Since last year’s prayer run wrapped up in August, Preston has been continuing the work with his documentary by doing online screenings and hosting speaking engagements at public schools and universities. He grew up in his tribal ceremonies and continues to advocate for sacred site protection along the McCloud River, which have been under threat of inundation from the Shasta Dam raise effort by the US Bureau of Reclamation. We are here to speak for the salmon – our food and spiritual source that are an indicator of healthy ecosystems,” said Michael Preston, Winnemem member and dancer. The Winnemem are born out of Bullyum Puyuuk or so called, Mt. “The job for us is to direct energies into those systems to try to affect the hearts and minds of the people who work inside of there. We don’t have to depend on nothing. Being in living relationship with our food is a practiced awareness and a crucial cultural foundation of indigeneity, the loss of which has been a disastrous legacy of colonialism. Archeologists estimate the tribe once numbered close to 14,000. Michael Preston (Winnemem Wintu Tribe, Northern California): "We are speaking on behalf of Mount Shasta and the McCloud River. A lot of people get caught up in drinking and this stupid stuff, the social ills that everybody gets caught up in and that communities of color seem to be highly susceptible to. Sacred Land Film Project teammate and Winnemem Wintu Tribal member, Michael Preston, took time out of his busy schedule to share the Winnemem Wintu creation story with us in this podcast. One word ripples outward, vibrating with healing power: Sawalmem, meaning “sacred water.” For Winnemem Wintu young man Michael “Pom” Preston, Sawalmem represents a vital vision for healing the world and for healing from the legacy of the Shasta Dam that, since the 1940s, has harmed salmon and the Sacramento River and the Winnemem Wintu people of Shasta Mountain, California. Back then he was a student at UC Berkeley, and was in the process of evolving into a fierce advocate for his people. Sawalmem means sacred water. But if he comes out against us, then it’s against him too.” Sometimes I’d come from a ceremony back to school. The Winnemem Wintu tribe believes that adopting the worldview of caring for sacred water can mend people’s relationship with Earth. Just to be with our sacred sites and fulfilling our obligation to the land, to making the world spin right. I’m not really here to make people understand, cause it’s hard to do that, to explain in that Wintu way. His current focus is on putting together a physical place to house ceremonial dances and songs, prayers for fire and water, and for change to commence. Sawalmem means sacred water, an infinite entity with divine intelligence. The Winnemem population numbered 14,000 people before contact with Europeans, but the tribe currently numbers only 123 members (Dallman et al. “Every time those boaters come through, I feel like the message that is being sent is that we should assimilate – like the government and the public doesn’t want our religion here,” said Michael Preston, 28, a Winnemem Wintu dancer. We are working on restoring our salmon population on our river that was blocked by Shasta dam, which covered up to 90 percent of our homelands. Preston, also known as Pomtahatot Tuiimyali, is an artist, activist and the son of the current Winnemem Wintu Tribal Chief, Caleen Sisk. One word ripples outward, vibrating with healing power: "Sawalmem," meaning Sacred Water. It would give us a land base. Two years later, in March 2020, “One Word Sawalmem” was released and has since won awards at international film festivals, including in the U.S. and U.K. Preston, also known as Pomtahatot Tuiimyali, is an artist, activist and the son of the current Winnemem Wintu Tribal Chief, Caleen Sisk. The salmon and being an ocean tribe was unique. We don’t have to be dependent on government handouts or anything. The time has come to listen to Michael and to the Winnemem Wintu tribe. MICHAEL “POM” PRESTON is a member of the Winnemem Wintu tribe and the son of the current tribal chief, Caleen Sisk. Mining copper and nickel, and people die because of all that stuff. For Michael Preston of the Winnemem Wintu tribe, salmon are important. California Gold Rush: The Sydney Ducks in San Francisco By TheCollector. He has been dancing in the Winnemem way since he was 4 years old and now channels his advocacy through being a singer and war dancer. It’s dangerous to go against big corporations and water-mongers and people who run the whole money game, the economy, and so a lot of people don’t want to do it. It’s always about Indigenous people being affected by corporations coming into their lands and displacing them and polluting everything, polluting the water, and it’s all the same story. Does that make your struggle different? Production and administrative support intern Michael Preston is a member of the Winnemem Wintu tribe and a student at UC Berkeley majoring in Native American Studies. The Winnemem are currently embroiled in a protracted battle against the federal government’s proposal to raise the Shasta Dam by 18.5 feet – a retrofit that they say would submerge or damage many of their remaining sacred sites. Now, there are proposals to raise the dam by an additional 18.5 feet, which will cause further destruction. View Michael Preston's business profile as Cultural Preservation Officer at Winnemem Wintu. My mom always kind of relates this to the salmon runs and what they go through on their journeys from the rivers to the ocean and back – not everybody makes it and it’s a real hard thing that we have to go through. And then we go into policy, lawyers, and the everyday stuff that everybody thinks advocacy work is.”, These ideas coincide with the annual Run4Salmon event, which is a 300-mile prayer journey organized by Chief Caleen Sisk and allies to raise awareness about policies that threaten water and the Indigenous way of life. When you were at UC Berkeley did it feel like you were in two worlds – the gilded halls of a billion-dollar academic institution versus weekends spent at home a few hours away? That’s how I can affect the most.”. “Our tribal goal is to bring the salmon back, which is stuck in New Zealand. in Society and the Environment and is currently an Oakland resident, said, “The war dance is against the raising of Shasta dam. This article is part of our series examining the Indigenous movement of resistance and restoration. Today their population has been whittled down to about 125. (Photo: Rucha Chitnis) Hāwane Rios, Native Hawaiian, brought to life the spiritual and cultural beliefs of Native Hawaiians, along with her mother Pua Case. For years, a group of researchers have been tracking a mysterious whale that they initially thought belonged to another blue whale subspecies. Michael Preston grew up in the old village site of the Winnemem Wintu tribe, along the McCloud River in Northern California where the Shasta Dam has flooded spiritual and cultural lands. Politically we’ll be able to use federal Indian law to our advantage and use it the way we should have been able to use it a long time ago to further protect our sacred sites – that’s vitally important to the continuation of the tribe. For Winnemem Wintu young man Michael "Pom" Preston Sawalmem represents an entire worldview, a vital vision for healing the world and for healing from the legacy of the Shasta Dam that, since the 1940s, has harmed salmon and the Sacramento River and the Winnemem Wintu people of Shasta Mountain, California. Wednesday, July 14, 2010 "As a member of the Winnemem Wintu Tribe of Northern California, I want to shed some light on what we are doing to protect our culture, land, and way of life. This Land is Their Land: A Future for Indigenous Fire in Southern California. They’re not making that to save people,” Preston said about the dam. Contact our Leadership, Advancement, Membership and Special Events teams. The only land the tribe now owns is a 42-acre village near Redding, where about 33 tribal members live. At Earth Island Journal, we have doubled down on our commitment to uplifting stories that often go unheard, to centering the voices of frontline communities, and to always speak truth to power. At UC Berkeley where our hero, a member of the Winnemem Wintu tribe studies, nobody talks about spirituality, yet already over 140 dams have been removed from California’s rivers. So through the aid of technology we learn about everything and help each other out. Michael Preston is a student at UC Berkeley. We don’t have to be dependent on grocery stores. This limits their legal standing to oppose the project and also deprives them of many other cultural and economic rights and privileges granted to tribes recognized by the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs. Learn about the many ways to support KCET. You only form it in that kind of context of being on a prayer run for that amount of time and traveling that amount of distance,” Preston said. Oh yeah, most definitely. Battered by decades of human abuse, Africa’s only penguin species takes refuge on small, rocky St. Croix Island off the coast of South Africa. Radio reporter Andrew Stelzer helped produce Michael Preston’s story for a documentary on the program Making Contact. Shasta California. Photo / Peter McIntosh. Which is why we rely on readers like you for support. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. He’s also an artist and dedicated participant in the Winnemem lead Run4salmon where they work to restore the Chinook salmon in the Sacramento and McCloud rivers. Michael Preston: Winnemem Wintu Tribe aims to protect culture. We are nonprofit publication. The Winnemem Wintu, one of the several Wintu-speaking tribes, lived for thousands of years in Northern California’s McCloud River watershed. Vinyard project could mark the start of a thriving offshore wind sector the... To try to speak with my heart and do my best, tell the story so of. 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