“Yukon Ggaał” depicts my aunt cutting a king salmon at our family’s fish camp on the Yukon River in Interior Alaska. Ggaał is the Koyukon Athabascan word for king salmon, which are an integral part of our Athabascan traditions and culture. However, the salmon population has been drastically declining, and there are extreme limits on subsistence fishing on the Yukon. This threatens our ability to continue practicing our traditions and severely impacts communities on the river who rely on subsistence fishing for food security. Through this painting I hope to bring awareness to the salmon crisis, as well as share the beautiful traditions from fish camp and celebrate the significance and value of ggaał in our culture and ways of life.