From Magic Canoe

Despite the ongoing, decades-long debate on whether to bring grizzly bears back to California, tribes are taking the lead, and it’s changing the discourse.

By: Cameron Fenton

Why acknowledging the land itself — along with the people whose language, culture, and religion were born of it — is rarely acknowledged. 

By: CMarie Fuhrman

A movement of cooperative oyster farming is growing in Southeast Alaska and producing some of the world’s best oysters.

By: Paula Dobbyn

On Oregon’s North Coast, a strategic effort to remove nearly a hundred river barriers builds resiliency for fish and people.

By: Tara Lohan

How a lake in British Columbia, Canada, once drained for settlement, is being considered for reflooding as an act of transboundary restoration by First Nations.

By: Cameron Fenton

While advocating for the Yakama Nation’s treaty-protected foods and practices, Harvey has become a leading voice for Indigenous sovereignty.

By: Nick Engelfried

An excerpt from Following the Good River: The Life and Times of Wa’xaid, which describes Magic Canoe’s founding vision of Wa’xaid, or Cecil Paul. 

By: Cecil Paul and Briony Penn

Magic Canoe was on the ground for one of the largest ecocultural events of the year in Salmon Nation, which brought thousands of changemakers and creatives together last month in Berkeley, California. Here’s what we found.

By: Soraya Matos, Words and Photography

Grab a paddle. It’s time to work together.

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