Indigenous Film Night - this Thursday!

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dhlafever
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Indigenous Film Night - this Thursday!

Post by dhlafever » Tue Nov 12, 2024 2:14 pm

The Methow Valley Interpretive Center and Room One are co-sponsoring an indigenous film night to honor Native American Heritage Month!

What: "FISH WAR" film

When the state of Washington made it illegal for tribes to fish for salmon in their usual and accustomed places, it was a declaration of war. FISH WAR follows the tribes' fight to exercise their treaty-reserved fishing rights. A landmark court case in 1974 would affirm the tribes' treaty rights and establish them as co-managers of the resource, but the fate of salmon in the Pacific Northwest still hangs in the balance.
Come learn about this important fight for salmon and tribal rights and gain a local perspective.

When: Thursday November 14th. Doors open at 5:30pm, film starts at 6:00pm

Where: The Twisp Valley Grange

Who: Co-sponsored by Methow Valley Interpretive Center and Room One

Admission by donation.
All donations will go to support Homestream Park (our local public park, owned by the Methow Valley Interpretive Center and dedicated to salmon and the indigenous Methow People).

Slade
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Re: Indigenous Film Night - this Thursday!

Post by Slade » Tue Nov 12, 2024 4:03 pm

I remember that hulabaloo. "Save our salmon. Can Judge Bolt!" was the battle cry. I was cheering for Bolt.

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Re: Indigenous Film Night - this Thursday!

Post by Solstice » Fri Nov 15, 2024 12:11 pm

We missed this presentation but your announcement spurred me to research this interesting chapter in Washington State's history. Judge Boltd's landmark 1973 decision upheld the validity and enforceability of agreements stemming from Washington Territory’s first governor, Isaac Stevens, signing a series of treaties in 1854-1856 with 20 Indigenous nations that guaranteed their off-reservation fishing rights.

Eric Eberhard, associate director of the University of Washington Native American Law Center, wrote that The Boldt Decision really stands for the proposition that the treaties are the law, and they have to be followed, even as the tribes and the world have changed. While the lawsuit dealt with fishing rights, the Boldt Decision was more far-reaching in that it also affirmed the notion of tribal sovereignty.

We appreciate the ongoing efforts by the many agencies, tribes and organizations to restore and protect the fish habitats and populations in our local streams and rivers—made even more challenging now by a changing climate.
Jim Brennan

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