Upstream battle. Case study in Native American fishing rights
Description
The Karuk, Yurok, and Hoopa peoples live along northern California's Klamath River, and each tribe's ancient culture revolves around the majestic Pacific salmon. Today, four large hydroelectric dams have made salmon extinction a real and frightening possibility. This case study follows tribal members as they confront the owners of the dams-specifically, a global energy giant in Scotland which is subsequently bought out by Warren Buffett's corporate empire. Will tribal members manage to persuade the richest man in the world to save their salmon and their societies? Irrigation and commercial fishing also figure into this desperate battle over the life of a river.
Runtime
53 min
Subjects
- Social change (532)
- State governments (29)
- Rural-urban migration (144)
- Racism (548)
- Refuse and refuse disposal (122)
- Conservation of natural resources (540)
- Environmental protection (361)
- Social movements (245)
- Indians of North America (388)
- Social ecology (250)
- Race discrimination (130)
- Water (318)
- Urbanization (175)
- Toxicology (87)
- Land use (186)
- Collective behavior (206)
- Population policy (78)
- Local government (31)
Geography
Genre
Date of Publication
[2009], c2008
Database
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