Virginia Beavert

Virginia Beavert talks about her activism with regards to treaty fishing rights, and how her ability to speak multiple languages helped her translate for people who were arrested for "illegal" fishing.

Virginia Beavert speaks in Ichiiskin about Confluence and the importance of education.

Virginia Beavert talks about how the river is experienced by indigenous people of the Columbia River. It was created for them but requires them to take care of it for their survival.

Virginia Beavert describes her optimism about young native people returning to their cultural roots.

Virginia Beavert imagines what Tommy Thompson might have felt watching the flooding of Celilo Falls and describes her own feelings of sadness about the disappearance of the falls.

Virginia Beavert talks about the pain that people must have felt when Celilo Falls was flooded and how it changed fishing along the river.