Confluence Library

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.

Linda Meanus (Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs) talks about gathering roots, wild plants, berries and the importance of carrying on those traditions.

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.

This talk argues that the Doctrine of Discovery morphed into “American Manifest Destiny” and was used, and is still being used today, to justify the United States’ acquisition of the lands and assets of the Indian Nations and peoples.

Maya Lin discusses her work with Confluence at the various Confluence sites, focusing on restorative work and her installations as memorials of tribes, Lewis and Clark, and native landscape. Fully subtitled.

Antone Minthorn (Cayuse, Nez Perce, Umatilla) talks about life on the Umatilla Reservation, the struggle for sovereignty, and Maya Lin. Fully subtitled. 2:32.

Jane Jacobsen talks about how Confluence was created as a response to the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial, and the decision by tribes to invite Maya Lin to design the artwork, as well as the importance of respect for places.