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The article explores the displacement of the Winnemem Wintu Tribe from the McCloud River due to the development of the Central Valley Project (CVP) in California. It examines the impact of the Shasta Dam on the salmon industry. Also discussed is the reasonable and prudent alternative (RPA) established in the Biological Opinion and Conference Opinion on the Long-Term Operation of the CVP by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS).

The article offers information on the Run4Salmon fundraising campaign of Winnemem Wintu to return the Chinook salmon to their traditional spawning waters along the McCloud River. Topics discussed include impact of climate change and drought on salmon population; views of activist Niria Alicia on creating "Bring Our Salmon Home" signs by party participants; and fundraising goal and support from environmentalist Winona LaDuke.

The article offers information on the sacred sites of the Winnemem Wintu, a community of 120 self-enrolled members in Northern California, which is vulnerable to extinction. The Winnemem Wintu community holds a strong sense of cultural identity even though 90 percent of their homeland was flooded by the Shasta Dam. The community has a physical and spiritual connection to the McCloud River Basin, and their children are made to visit sacred sites to learn their ancestors' spiritual knowledge.

An interview with Winnemem Wintu Chief Caleen Sisk is presented. When asked about the way the world is changing, he answered that it is through indigenous people's effort to look around at their own knowledge for survival in the future. Sisk also offered information on using water as a medicine. Sisk mentioned that fishes purify river beds and water through oxygenation of water.

Explores the role of shaman Flora Jones as a tribal healer and spiritual guide of Wintu Indians in northern California. Healing activities of Jones; Changes in the culture of Wintu Indians; Experiences of Jones before becoming a shaman; Prophecies of Jones.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of building a Wintu memorial at the Wal-Mart store in Anderson, northern California.

The article offers information on the Run 4 Salmon event organized by Winnemem Wintu tribe, living near the McCloud River in California, to spread awareness about the chinook salmon fish, whose annual migration is sacred to the tribe, and presents the views of Winnemem Chief Caleen Sisk on it.

This section offers news briefs related to Native Americans as of October 2013 is presented. A remembrance of sacred sites and habitats along Sacramento River was called by the Winnemum Wintu Tribe in mid-September. Over 400 Native and non-Native school children in southern California was provided with school supplies by the Morongo Band. Danielle Vigil-Masten was elected by the Hoopa Valley Tribe as their first chair-woman since 1980s.

Traces the history of healing ceremonies and communities in Mount Shasta, California. Native American Wintu people; Interview with Wintu medicine woman Florence Jones; Concept of spirituality among the Wintu.

The article discusses the magazine's Cascadia Earth First! Roadshow campaign in spring 2012, which visits tribes in Washington, Portland, Oregon and the Winnemem-Wintu tribe in Lake Shasta, Northern California. Topics include the interactive activities and presentations of previous campaigns, the training and support to the Winnemem-Wintu tribe to enforce their right to ceremony and the need for more collaboration with indigenous communities.

The article profiles Gene Keluche, chairman of the enterprises, Native Communities Development Corp. and Native American Resorts, and the nonprofit organization, the Native American Sports Council, and member of the Wintu Indian tribe. In 2001, Keluche sold the enterprise International Conference Resorts, following advice by elders in his family. He believes that tribes and non-tribal entities are becoming much more aware of their economic interdependence. He is pursuing a doctorate at the University of Pennsylvania to focus on creating natural resources planning models to help tribal leaders negotiate development deals.

The article reports on the opening of the $15-million museum at Turtle Bay Exploration Park in Redding, California. The museum, which opened on June 2002, has two exhibitions that focused on the life of Wintu People and their relationship with their primary food source, "Journey to Justice: The Wintu People and the Salmon" and "People of the River." Included in the exhibits are baskets, a deerskin quiver and a feather cape. On the other hand, the park, worth $64 million, has been targeted to be completed in 2004.