"I see you are travelling on the grease trail. We travel on this trail up through the mountain pass to trade our oolichan oil and other resources with the interior people for resources we need. It's called the grease trail because after we net oolichan fish, they can be processed into a nutritious and thick oily grease."

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Watch: SAMAQAN Water Stories: Ep 21 Excerpt - The Ooligan: https://youtu.be/I9fHkpznMzY?si=I_Ho-wYESzQPVN0j

Watch a Fish Transform From Animal to Candle | National Geographic: Watch a Fish Transform From Animal to Candle | National Geographic: https://youtu.be/wEMQujyzHQA?si=8aD9lavIJjCBTsMc

Watch a video about Grease Trails: Grease Trail: https://youtu.be/bhTniEbwXa0?si=4Paxe1a30LoCyQGr 

The Narwhal: How an oily fish is connecting Nisg̱a’a youth to the land: https://thenarwhal.ca/nisgaa-oolichan-camp/