September 23rd, 2022
Today I drove out to Weaver Creek Spawning Channel in Agassiz to check out the progress of the spawning season and see which nations were in the area. It's quite a long drive each way, about 1.5 hours from my place in Vancouver, but the drive is peaceful and provides lots of thinking time. When I got to the creek, I saw it was dry and temporarily closed. I drove by Sts'ailes First Nation and made a note to contact them when I got home. Because Weaver Creek was dry, I took a little stroll down at Kilby Park, which is situated on the confluence of the Harrison and Fraser rivers, where I found this salmon (photographed above) decomposing back into the beach. I called Sts'ailes First Nation to try and talk to someone, but the person wasn't available so I put a note to call back.
On October 03rd, I emailed Tyrone McNeil at Sto:Lo Tribal Council, Kelsey Charlie with Sts'ailes First Nation, and spoke on the phone with Sts'ailes administration about alternative ways to contact Kelsey. I tried calling his cell phone, but the calls did not go through. Later this day, I emailed Tyler and Grace about struggles contacting either, and Tyler provided some other contacts, so I reached out to Ralph Leon on Facebook. Tyler also met with me over Zoom as I asked him if he had any tips for navigating multiple stories at once. Outside of this practicum, I was writing a story for Chatelaine Magazine and doing a photo assignment for The Narwhal and found it challenging to take my mind out of a story and put it into another out of fear of losing the inspiration. Tyler was very helpful with tips and opened up about how many journalists have a tough time navigating this, but in the end, I took a lot out of this conversation and continue to work toward being better at project and time management.
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