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Salmon People: The Fight to Preserve a Way of Life

This Field Guide special brings you into the world of Wy-Kan-Ush-Pum, the Salmon People.

Aired 03/16/2023

Oregon Field Guide

Salmon People: The Fight to Preserve a Way of Life

Season 34 Episode 6 | 27m 51sVideo has Closed Captions

This Field Guide special brings you into the world of Wy-Kan-Ush-Pum, the Salmon People.

When the salmon are running up the Columbia River, Native people are there with them. The river is a way of life for the Wy-Kan-Ush-Pum, the Salmon People. Over the last century and a half, they have watched as forces eroded their access to salmon. The stakes in their fight to preserve the salmon, and their way of life, are existential.

Aired 03/16/2023

Oregon Field Guide is a local public television program presented by OPB

Oregon Field Guide

Salmon People: The Fight to Preserve a Way of Life

Season 34 Episode 6 | 27m 51sVideo has Closed Captions

When the salmon are running up the Columbia River, Native people are there with them. The river is a way of life for the Wy-Kan-Ush-Pum, the Salmon People. Over the last century and a half, they have watched as forces eroded their access to salmon. The stakes in their fight to preserve the salmon, and their way of life, are existential.

Aired 03/16/2023

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Oregon Field Guide is a local public television program presented by OPB

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