Bibliograph

River people, behind the case of David Sohappy, produced and directed by Michal Conford and Michele Zaccheo

Type

Label

River people, behind the case of David Sohappy, produced and directed by Michal Conford and Michele Zaccheo

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

For High School; College; Adult audiences

Main title

River people

Medium

electronic resource

Oclc number

794307744

Responsibility statement

produced and directed by Michal Conford and Michele Zaccheo

Runtime

Sub title

behind the case of David Sohappy

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

Target audience

general

Technique

unknown

Contributor