Saltwater Soundwalk
Saltwater Soundwalk is about our relationships and responsibilities towards the Salish Sea and connecting waters, centering Indigenous Coast Salish voices and language. In this rhythmic, watery audio experience, streams of stories ebb and flow, intermixing English with Coast Salish languages.
Listen to learn where the traditional fishing ground “Hit the Water” is located in Seattle, to hear traditional Tulalip names of local places and to learn about the colonial history of Seattle and the construction of the Ship Canal. Indigenous rights, responsibilities and cultural preservation are essential to healing these waters, our relationship to them and to each other. As well, hear from a public artist and a Seattle Public Utilities manager about how we all impact these living waters.
This is an experience for all of us to connect to the Salish Sea area, and a step towards creating healthier human relationships with this changing ecosystem.
Voices featured are: Ken Workman (Duwamish), Warren King George (Muckleshoot), Michelle Myles (Tulalip), Archie Cantrell (Puyallup), LaDean Johnson (Skokomish), Owen Oliver (Quinault / Isleta Pueblo), Lydia Sigo (Suquamish), Randi Purser (Suquamish), RYAN! Feddersen (FLOW artist, Confederated Tribes of the Colville - Okanogan / Arrow Lakes), and Eric Autry (Seattle Public Utilities), Joseph Sisneros (UW) and Jeanne Hyde (The Whale Museum).
Created by audio artists Jenny Asarnow and Rachel Lam (Anigiduwagi enrolled Cherokee Nation), this audio experience is intended to be listened to on site or anywhere you listen to podcasts.
To listen on site, start at Gasworks Park. Follow the route along N Northlake Way and the Burke Gilman trail to the entrance of the Ship Canal at the Fremont Bridge; and then return the way you came.
Commissioned with SPU 1% for Art Funds.
Administered by the Seattle Office of Arts and Culture.
City of Seattle, Bruce Harrell, Mayor.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 5 minutes
- Episodes
- 14
- Years Active
- 2022
Seattle is an engineered city, but it only happened yesterday (FULL TOUR)
Gasworks Park in Seattle is a great park for a lot of people. It’s also a historic Coast Salish fishing site, and the first stop on this audio tour that immerses us in the stories and languages of th…
Treaties are guaranteed by the Constitution
Featuring Lydia Sigo (Suquamish), geoduck diver
You know the history of the ship canal, don’t you?
Featuring:
Ken Workman (Duwamish), 5th generation Great-Grandson of Chief Seattle.
Warren King George (Muckleshoot), historian, Muckleshoot Indian Tribe
Owen Oliver (Quinault / Isleta Pueblo) https://o…
Our non-human kin
The oldest geoduck clam ever confirmed was 168 years old. Washington has only been a state for 133 years. We want to see more protections for our plant and animal relatives
Featuring:
Archie Cantrell …
74,948 feet of pipe
Featuring Eric Autry, Sr. Environmental Compliance Inspector, Seattle Public Utilities’ Spill Response Program
Paddling straight for four hours in one spot
Featuring Owen Oliver (Quinault / Isleta Pueblo) https://owenloliver.com/
Our people named these places in Lushootseed
Featuring Michelle Myles (Snohomish from Tulalip), Lushootseed teacher.
It was like a barren wasteland, just plain mud
Featuring Randi Purser (Suquamish), tribal elder
We recognize that’s their land
Featuring Ken Workman (Duwamish), 5th generation Great-Grandson of Chief Seattle.
‘Hit the Water’
Featuring Warren King George (Muckleshoot), historian, Muckleshoot Indian Tribe
The Lushootseed language comes from the land
Featuring Archie Cantrell (Puyallup), language teacher.
Your body as a body of water
Featuring RYAN! Feddersen, FLOW artist (Confederated Tribes of the Colville - Okanogan / Arrow Lakes).
http://ryanfeddersen.com/
https://spushipcanal.participate.online/art
RYAN! Feddersen’s ‘Overflow’
Featuring RYAN! Feddersen, FLOW artist (Confederated Tribes of the Colville - Okanogan / Arrow Lakes).
http://ryanfeddersen.com/
https://spushipcanal.participate.online/art