Category: Columbia River Salmon – Agencies and Organizations

Columbia River – The Flow of Life

Columbia River - The Flow of Life A talk by Jerry Meninick, Vice-Chairman of the Yakama Nation Tribal Council, accompanied by a collection of Columbia River scenes scripted and edited by Rick Taylor of the Columbia River...

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Salmon Scam Revisited

Wilbur Slockish and David Sohappy, Jr., Salmon Scam defendants before federal and tribal court, and Tom Keefe their attorney in Yakama Tribal Court discuss the 1982 Salmon Scam arrests, trials, and imprisonment initiated by the...

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Salmon Scam 1981 – 1989

Salmon Scam 1981 - 1989 Klickitat Chief and Lyle Longhouse leader, Wilbur Slockish discusses “Salmon Scam,” the 1982 Department of Commerce undercover operation that resulted in severe federal prison sentences for...

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Documenting the unrevised history of the decline and recovery of salmon populations in the upper Columbia and of the people who most revered them is the purpose of LastTruth.org.  Using cultural values and cutting edge science, the Yakama Nation, the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs , the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, and the Nez Perce Tribe are restoring and rebuilding salmon runs in their territories.  The Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission (CRITFC), composed of the fish and wildlife committees of its member tribes provides management coordination and the technical resources needed to ensure the sustainability of tribal efforts to implement their treaty-protected rights to take fish at their usual and accustomed fishing places both on and off the reservations.