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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.

Johnny Jackson tells a story about catching fish at Celilo Falls and how the river made the salmon strong.

Mike Iyall of the Cowlitz Tribe shares some history that describes the scope of destruction to the tribes by disease.

Tony Johnson talks about the Boldt Decision, which granted Treaty Tribes access to fishing sites, but denied traditional rights to unrecognized tribal communities like the Chinook Nation.