The River People: Film screening and Q&A
November 12 @ 6:00 pm
Join the Kamiltpah Band of the Yakama Nation, in partnership with Goldendale Observatory and our Folk & Traditional Arts Program in commemoration of Native American Heritage Month, for a screening of The River People.
This previously unreleased documentary provides an oral history of the present and explores the cultural and political struggle of Indigenous communities to sustain traditional fishing and food gathering practices along the mid-Columbia River.
The film also features Indigenous leaders and elders and covers the Salmonscam case, the imprisonment of David Sohappy Sr. and Jr., Wilbur Slockish Jr. and others engaged in the ongoing struggle for fishing and gathering rights.
The Thursday evening, Nov. 12 screening is free and open to the public — registration is not required. The screening will be followed by a discussion and a question-and-answer session with Kamiltpah Band members, along with demonstration tables with First Foods and traditional arts.
Washington State Parks is honored to lift the voices of the Indigenous People who lend their story to the telling of this history. State Parks is privileged to use its platform to share these stories in partnership with the Kamiltpah Band of the Yakama Nation.
Light refreshments will be served.
More info: https://parks.wa.gov/find-activity/event-calendar/2026/nov/river-people-film-screening-and-q
