“The Salmon People have fished sustainably for over 16,000 years,” said Beth Pielert, co-producer, co-director, co-writer and editor of the documentary. The threat to salmon affects the lives of many in the Pacific Northwest, and to combat this, CSSP created the Salmon People Project which consists of endeavors like their flagship 90-minute documentary – currently referred to as the Salmon People, though they are still testing names – along with a think tank designed to refine their projects in collaboration with the voices of their community. Instead of only thousands of fish returning for spawning, upwards of four million can be expected during a dominant run. While a majority of salmon return from the sea after two or three years, other stocks of sockeye return after four or five, making these fourth-year dominant runs significantly larger than any of the standard runs. “I got really interested in that and thought we should try to record because it's only every four years that that feeling within our community is quite apparent and quite uplifting.” “It really caused a lot of jubilation in our community,” Hillaire said. It was with this mission in mind that Frank began a dance troupe called the Children of the Setting Sun in 1900 – and it is in his memory that CSSP continues their work with film and audio production today.ĭarrell Hillaire, a Lummi Nation member, founded the Salmon People Project and CSSP, and has been interested in the conservation of salmon since 2010, when an abundance of salmon returning from a dominant run elicited excitement in his community. Frank was among the youths who witnessed the treaty signings of Mukilteo in 1855 and were tasked with the responsibility of making sure the generations that followed never forgot this moment. In 2014, Hillaire formed CSSP as a nonprofit in memory of his great grandfather, Frank Hillaire. The documentary represents a launching point for Children of the Setting Sun Productions (CSSP) in a campaign to raise awareness for salmon and the Indigenous community. The sockeye have been endangered since 1991 and over 70% of the salmon listed as endangered or threatened are not keeping pace with recovery and need immediate action, according to the Washington State Strategy to Recover Salmon.
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