There’s an interesting essay about how salmon is portrayed in story by tribal communities in the Puget Sound on HistoryLink.org:
“This essay describes the place of salmon in Puget Sound Native culture, spirituality, and story. In 1916, Arthur C. Ballard (1876-1962) began collecting the legends of the Duwamish, Muckleshoot, Snoqualmie, and other tribes of Puget Sound, and translating them into English. In the Lushootseed stories, salmon appear as individuals, as spiritual beings known as Salmon with a capital S, and as a food source that is being withheld from or shared with groups of people.”
