COVENANT OF THE SALMON PEOPLE is a 60-minute documentary portrait of the Nez Perce Tribe as they continue to carry out their ancient promise to protect Chinook salmon, cornerstone species and first food their people have subsisted on for tens of thousands of years. As a dammed river system and climate impacts threaten the extinction of Chinook salmon, a cornerstone of their culture and ancestral diet, they continue to do their part to uphold this relationship–but will it be enough to save wild salmon from extinction?
The covenant with salmon is woven into their culture, history, and now their modern-day species restoration work. The Nez Perce people are the oldest documented civilization in North America, with archaeological sites along Idaho’s Salmon River dating back 16,500 years.
The screening will feature special guest Jay Hesse, Director of Biological Services for the Nez Perce Tribe’s Department of Fisheries Resources Management. Jay worked for the Nez Perce Tribe for 30 years on fish survival and achieving healthy and harvestable fish populations throughout the Snake River basin.
The screening will be held at Fort Vancouver Visitor Center on October 12 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. The address is 1501 E Evergreen Blvd. Vancouver, WA 98661.
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