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River of renewal [videorecording] : United by water-divided by people / Pikiawish PartnersProduction ; producers, Jack Kohler, Steve Michelson, Stephen Most ; director, Carlos Bolado.

Contributor(s): Michelson, Steve | Kohler, Jack | Bolado, Carlos | Most, Stephen | Hedge, Christopher.
Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : Distributed by Video Project, c2009Description: 1 videodisc (58 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.Other title: United by water--divided by people.Subject(s): Salmon fisheries -- Klamath River (Or. and Calif.) | Water diversion -- Klamath River (Or. and Calif.) | Water rights -- West (U.S.) | Water-supply, Agricultural -- Klamath River Valley (Or. and Calif.) | Irrigation farming -- Klamath River Valley (Or. and Calif.) | Fish kills -- Klamath River (Or. and Calif.) | Fishes -- Effect of water levels on | Fishes -- Effect of water quality on | Indians of North America -- Fishing | Yurok Indians -- Fishing | Karok Indians -- Fishing | Hupa Indians -- Fishing | Klamath Basin (Or.) -- Water rights | Klamath River Valley (Or. and Calif.) -- Water rights | Klamath River (Or. and Calif.) -- Environmental conditionsDDC classification: 353.979500871 Awards: Winner Best Documentary Film American Indian Film festival.Summary: "Follows Jack Kohler, a Yurok/Karuk Indian, on a journey of self-discovery in the land of his ancestors. Jack learns about the traditions of his people and their struggles to defend tribal rights and restore the wild salmon of the Klamath River Basin. River of Renewal documents eight years of protest and acts of civil disobedience as Indian tribes, farmers, and commercial fisherman defend their ways of life. The film witnesses a remarkable turnaround. Politically polarized stakeholders and government agencies overcome bitter divisions in reaching a consensus about the future -- a future that could bring the largest dam removal/river restoration project in history."
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353.979500871 RIV 2009 (Browse shelf) DVD 1 Available GENxx,GENxx,02,GR 1000526664

English dialogue ; English closed-captions for the hearing impaired.

"Follows Jack Kohler, a Yurok/Karuk Indian, on a journey of self-discovery in the land of his ancestors. Jack learns about the traditions of his people and their struggles to defend tribal rights and restore the wild salmon of the Klamath River Basin. River of Renewal documents eight years of protest and acts of civil disobedience as Indian tribes, farmers, and commercial fisherman defend their ways of life. The film witnesses a remarkable turnaround. Politically polarized stakeholders and government agencies overcome bitter divisions in reaching a consensus about the future -- a future that could bring the largest dam removal/river restoration project in history."

DVD-R ; NTSC ; full frame presentation (4:3 aspect ratio).

Winner Best Documentary Film American Indian Film festival.