Anthropology in Our Backyards – Head to Tail: Lessons learned from the use of an entire salmon

Janice Baker

Tanning fish skins using bark or fats (“fish leather”) has created informal learning opportunities in history, culture, climate change, biology, chemistry, language, and anthropology. Join us as Janice Baker, a third-generation Canadian with Norwegian roots, and married to Lheidli T’enneh Elder Les Baker, shares insights from Norwegian and Dakelh traditions of using moose and salmon, both traditionally and today.

This free public talk is open to everyone. Cash bar available.