Salmon Child- sides 1 and 2

The idea of  the salmon child comes from the old Northwest Coast  first nation stories about  salmon who are really human beings wearing fish clothes. Many traditions  were built around the salmon, and the first one caught as it returned  from its four-year ocean journey to spawn was honored as a visiting  chief. The timeless lifecycle of the salmon is still fascinating to  observe, but unfortunately this great food chain is failing today as  modern man fails to recognize these great fish as sacred beings that we  are to honor and treat with great respect. As a Metis, the Great Spirit  gave us the Buffalo as a source of many of our material needs. The  history is clear how disrespect and greed hardened people's hearts and  laid waste this great creature. I am very concerned how we allow money  to dictate the care and condition of the Salmon Children. I pray that we  have learnt something and we don't loose these beings from our rivers  and oceans

Height-9.5" Width-9.25" Thickness 4.5"