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River people : behind the case of David Sohappy / produced and directed by Michal Conford and Michele Zaccheo.
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Conford, Michal.
- Series:
- Filmakers Library online
- Filmakers library online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians of North America--Fishing--Law and legislation--Washington (State).
- Indians of North America.
- Salmon fisheries--Law and legislation.
- Salmon fisheries.
- Indians of North America--Fishing--Law and legislation.
- Washington (State).
- Genre:
- Documentary.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (51 min.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 1991.
- Language Note:
- English.
- Summary:
- River People documents a timely issue - the clash between an ancient culture and modern society. It is the story of David Sohappy, a Native-American spiritual leader who was sentenced to a five-year prison term for selling 317 salmon out of season. For twenty years Sohappy has fished in open defiance of all state and federal fishing laws. He claims he has an ancestral right to fish along Oregon s Columbia River. As a result, he has become a symbol of resistance for indigenous people of the Northwest United States and beyond. River People uses Sohappy s case to explore the historic conflict over the resources of the Columbia and the political controversy involving fishing rights and the right to religious freedom. Behind the controversy is the story of a man caught in a conflict between two cultures, and two seemingly irreconcilable ways of looking at the world.
- Notes:
- Originally released as DVD.
- Title from resource description page (viewed May 24, 2011).
- Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2011. (Filmakers library online). Available via World Wide Web.
- American Anthropological Association, 1991
- Blue Ribbon, American Film & Video Festival, 1991
- Hawaii International Film Festival, 1990
- Silver Apple, National Educational Film & Video Festival, 1991
- OCLC:
- 747797551
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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