‘Our relatives are calling for help’ – Northwest Tribes stand up for dying Orcas

To researchers she is J-35. To the Native people of the Salish Sea she is Tahlequah, the young orca mother who pushed the lifeless body of her newborn calf in front of her for 17 days. The birth and death of the baby on July 24 coincided with this year’s Tribal Canoe Journey, the Paddle to Puyallup, and many took Tahlequah’s extended public grieving period as a sign to coastal Native people that their relatives from under the water were calling for help.  Click here to read more.