Confluence Library

Tanna Engdahl talks about the importance of smelt.

Roberta Conner describes winter villages and tributaries, communal knowledge, and the time of low water.

In this excerpt, Bill Yallup describes talks about Spilyay (Coyote) and agreements between humans and salmon.

Tanna Enghdal (Cowlitz) speaks about tribal land management.

Louie Pitt (Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs) talks about seeing a female salmon die.

In this excerpt, Linda Meanus explains stick games.

In this episode of Indigenous Voices of the Columbia River, Patrica Whitefoot (Yakama), Roberta Kirk (Wasco and Dine) and Chuck Sams (Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation) discuss the importance of the river and interconnectedness.

Tule Films founder Woodrow Hunt talks about his work with Confluence, termination and resilience, and how his own family history relates to the work he does.

In this episode, James Holt (Nez Perce) talks about lifeways, intergenerational trauma, and Nez Perce endurance.

Lillian Pitt talks about She Who Watches, identity, culture, history, and honoring nature. She also talks about her artwork. Fully subtitled. 3:00.