ISBN:  0-938227-06-8.  Copyright 2004.  Softcover.  88 pages.  19 B&W Photos.  33 Color Photos. 82 Personal photos. Dimensions:  6.75" x 9.75" x .25"

A Guide to processing Alaska salmon in the Cook Inlet tradition.

From the back cover:  This book is one more happy way for me to remember my friend Rika.  It's a special gift to Kenaitze tribal members and others in our community - truly, a tribute to this resourceful, caring, thoroughly modern Dena'ina woman.  - Clare Swan of Kenai, Cook Inlet Tribal Council chairperson, Kenaitze tribal member

The Dena'ina have been catching, processing and sharing fish from the Kenai River maybe for as long as there have salmon to catch.  In this book, Hazel Felton describes the careful, exacting way her mother, the late Rika Murphy, and other elders taught her about the proper way to process salmon.  But this is far more than a "how to" guide.  As their ancestors did, the Dena'ina infuse the salmon with a part of themselves - with their love-through the proper execution of "putting up fish."  Later, when people travel from  house to house the words "I have some salmon for you" take on a special meaning as the produce of the land merges with the people's bond of kinship in the sharing of salmon. - Alan Boraas, Professor of Anthropology, Kenai Peninsula College

Table of Contents

Introduction
Glossary of Terms

Chapter 1    Equipment and Supplies
Chapter 2    Cleaning and Filleting
Chapter 3    Stripping and Tying
Chapter 4    Brine Recipe
Chapter 5    Hanging and Glazing
Chapter 6    Smoking
Chapter 7    Cutting and Packing
Chapter 8    Canning, Cooking and Cool Down
Chapter 9    Cleaning and Storage
Chapter 10  Helpful Hints, Miscellaneous Information
Chapter 11  The Urban Smokehouse
Chapter 12  The CITC Youth Camp
Chapter 13  Fishing Through the Years