Different ways salmon might be caught and prepared using Indigenous Methods

Different ways salmon
might be caught and
prepared using
traditional Indigenous
methods.
DIP-NETTING
This is a technique popular among
indigenous peoples in the Pacific
Northwest. A huge, circular net is
strung on a long pole and dipped into
the water, which is usually done from a
canoe or small boat. When a salmon
swims into the net, the fisherman pulls
it up and pulls the fish out.




FISH WHEEL
A fish wheel is a big, water-powered
wheel equipped with buckets that
collect salmon from the water and
deposit them in a holding area.
Indigenous people in Alaska regularly
employ this strategy.




SMOKEHOUSE
Smoking salmon is an old-fashioned
way of preserving fish for subsequent
eating. Typically, in the pacific
northwest the salmon is filleted and

then cured in a combination of salt,