"We were wealthy from the water," Mitch Smallsalmon says, and like all the tribal elders, he speaks to our understanding of the natural world and the consequences of change.
For thousands of years the Salish and Pend d\'Oreille I.
The Jocko River flows through the Flathead Indian Reservation in northwestern Montana.
In this book the wisdom of the elders is passed on to the young as the Story of the Jocko River, the home of the Bull trout, unfolds for a group of schoolchildren on a field trip. "We were wealthy from the water," Mitch Smallsalmon says, and like all the tribal elders, he speaks to our understanding of the natural world and the consequences of change