Author: Brook Thompson, I Love Salmon and Lampreys
About
Brook Thompson will read from and discuss her book "I Love Salmon and Lampreys." This nonfiction picture book is about the true story of an Indigenous-led environmental-justice movement in the Klamath River area. Brook Thompson is from the Yurok (pronounced like "Yur-rock") and Karuk (pronounced like "Car-rook") Native American Tribes of Northern California. Miss Thompson is an author, scientist, engineer, activist, artist, and a Ph.D. student at University of California Santa Cruz. She currently serves as the Interim Executive Director of Save California Salmon. She also has a college science degree in engineering from Stanford University and Portland State University. Miss Thompson grew up in Klamath, California and Portland, Oregon. Her book is a true story about her life growing up along the Klamath River and her tribe's connection to salmon and lampreys when she was young.
