Kelp farming is an ideal project choice because it not only fortifies the planet against climate change but, just as importantly, it creates a regenerative industry led by Native peoples and communities.
Historically, dAXunhyuu have used many types of seaweed, and around those organisms our knowledges proliferated. Some seaweed we ate when thick with herring spawn. Other seaweed we would boil on the inside of a newly carved dugout canoe to develop a fine protective finish that would prevent cracking. Other times we pressed seaweed in layers.
But we have also been busy: revitalizing our language, reclaiming our lands, and rebuilding toward a future not seen through a lens of devastation or loss. Instead, we celebrate ourselves as innovators, philosophers, and generators of more just ways of living, as we have always been. Our futures and our present take many forms—as dAXunhyuu we are diverse and multi-talented.
Kelp forests create habitats that provide safety and stasis in otherwise open water, offering fish and mammals a retreat to feed, birth, and escape predators. Ocean and sea-dwelling herbivores eat kelp—the sea urchin, for example, can decimate kelp populations if not checked by hungry sea otters, which is why sea otters are often seen chomping away atop kelp forests. Historically, when sea otters were over-hunted by colonizing forces, kelp forests also felt the brunt of that loss.
For Native Conservancy, kelp farming creates important opportunities for employment and for kelp to become a staple, local food source. Kelp farming also crucially provides opportunities for Native peoples to have control of their own businesses: investing in Native-led industries that prioritize good relations with the land and ocean is an investment in the futures of Native peoples.
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