The Stillaguamish Tribe let the students use their salmon logo to make bentwood boxes as ornaments.

Strips of brown paper were cut, and students brushed on streaks of thinned white paint to create the look of birch wood. The students used a template of the salmon logo and stippled red and black paint over the stencil. The final step was to tie rafia on each ornament for hanging.

Ziegler used the opportunity to teach her students about the importance of salmon to the tribe. They learned how the tribe works to educate the community about the importance of managing natural resources (fish, shellfish and wildlife) for generations to come.