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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.

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.