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New research affirms ancestral knowledge, dating səlilwətaɬ fishery back to 850 BC

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Submitted by fionn-yaxley on Tue, 09/12/2023 - 10:45

"A new academic study using salmon bones confirms what traditional knowledge has always dictated, dating səl̓ilw̓ət chum salmon fisheries back nearly 3,000 years to 850 BC — 1,200 years longer than the archaeological record had previously demonstrated." Read more.