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Government to Government Relations, Lifeways
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Bryson Liberty shares a story about going to an unwelcoming movie theater in The Dalles, Oregon, as a teenager.
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Lands, Government to Government Relations
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Bill Yallup, Jr. talks about Chief Kamiakin and the his vision for the treaty signing.
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Government to Government Relations
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Bill Yallup, Jr. explains how it was difficult for people to understand the full implications of American Expansionism.
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Government to Government Relations, Language, Wars/Military/Conflict
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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.
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Government to Government Relations, Lands
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Wilbur Slockish talks about how Issac Stevens came down the river to negotiate treaties with the tribes. He gives a little background on what it means to be "River People" indirectly explaining the phrase "usual and accustomed places".
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Government to Government Relations
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Tony Johnson talks about some of the differences between indigenous and non-indigenous cultures and how colonial culture sometimes seems invisible to non-indigenous people but becomes obvious in comparison to indigenous cultures living here.
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Government to Government Relations, Natural Resources
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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.
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Government to Government Relations
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Bobbie Connner describes the multiple impacts on indigenous cultures of dividing people into tribal nations, including forced changes to land ownership and segregation into boarding schools.
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Government to Government Relations
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Bobbie Connner describes the multiple impacts on indigenous cultures of dividing people into tribal nations, including forced changes to land ownership and segregation into boarding schools.
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Government to Government Relations
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Greg Archuleta describes efforts to keep indigenous people from fishing at Willamette Falls. Fisheries were strategically placed to deter families from fishing at the falls.
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Education, Government to Government Relations, Lifeways
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Tanna Engdahl talks about the Cowlitz strengths in adopting new technologies from foreigners.
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Economy/Economic Development, Education, Government to Government Relations, Lifeways
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Tanna Engdahl explains how by adopting written languages the Cowlitz were able to keep records that allowed them to preserve elements of their culture and use that ability in the fight for federal recognition.