River people [electronic resource] : behind the case of David Sohappy / produced and directed by Michal Conford and Michele Zaccheo.

New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 1991.

English

This edition in English.

1 online resource (51 min.).

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.

Previously published as DVD.
Title from resource description page (viewed May 24, 2011).

For High School; College; Adult audiences.

Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2011. (VAST - Academic video 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

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