"Homeland"
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 Published On Nov 2, 2021

Morrigan Shaw is Dakl’aweidi Tlingit Eagle Killer Whale, Dorsal Fin House (Keet Gooshi Hit.) She lives in the Chilkat Indian Village in Klukwan, where she works as the Environmental Planner. She holds a Master’s Degree in American Indian Studies from UCLA and her undergraduate background includes Marine Microbiology research and raising awareness of Environmental Justice inequalities faced by Native Tribes in Alaska and Northern Canada. The Chilkat Indian Village where she lives is facing major threats to their traditional way of life due to a potential mine being opened upstream from the Chilkat River, home to all five species of Pacific Salmon. Like other Alaskan tribes, they also face dwindling salmon populations as a result of deep-sea trawlers that catch so much Salmon hardly any are left for the trip up river to reproduce. Morrigan plans to use her newly acquired filmmaking skills to document these and other issues threatening the wellbeing of her community.

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