Bristol Bay in Southwest Alaska is synonymous with salmon. Its rivers and streams support some of the world’s most abundant salmon populations. This past summer nearly 80 million fish returned to the region. These runs support thriving commercial and sport fisheries and are also the foundation of a subsistence fishery that has fed the Alutiiq, Dena’ina, and Yup’ik people of the Bristol Bay region for thousands of years.
Nevertheless, salmon – a symbol of abundance and renewal – are under threat in many other places: habitat loss due to logging and dams, pollution, and rising climate temperatures have all been linked to the decline in worldwide salmon populations. As Native Americans and Alaska Natives do in many other areas of environmental protection, Bristol Bay Native Corporation and its partners are leading the charge in protecting Bristol Bay’s salmon so future generations can enjoy this traditional food, worldwide delicacy, and symbol of renewal.
Bristol Bay is critical to salmon health—it’s home to one of the largest wild sockeye salmon fisheries in the world and is the spawning ground for all five species of Pacific salmon (Chinook, chum, coho, pink, and sockeye). Decreased salmon populations have an impact across the food chain: everything and everyone from orcas to humans to insects to other fish eat or are eaten by salmon, and healthy salmon populations are required for the health of all.
To celebrate its fiftieth anniversary, Bristol Bay Native Corporation worked with its shareholder and artist Apay’uq Moore to design this stunning Bristol Bay Spirit Wool Blanket. Featuring determined salmon swimming upstream through an aquatic utopia, this authentic Native-designed wool blanket is a reminder of abundance, of the importance of our environment, and a symbol of swimming together toward a brighter future shared by all living beings.
- 2-sided design
- Covers top of queen size bed (59 in x 78 in/ 200 cm x 150 cm)
- Colors include aqua, salmon pink, and yellow
- Suede edge band
- 100% wool pile; 100% polyester warp
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Designed by Apay’uq Moore (Yup’ik)
- Modeled by Aaron Tellez (Coahuilatecan, Chichimecan, and Lipan Apache)
- Imported
- Dry clean
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5% of all blanket sales support the Inspired Natives® Award for emerging arts entrepreneurs.
Product Care:
- Recommended care is dry clean only; however, you can rinse your blanket on a gentle, cold setting and hang-dry away from direct sunlight
- Clean liquid stains immediately with warm water and mild detergent
- Never use harsh chemicals or scrub wool
- Store blanket away from direct sunlight
