Steelheaders Filmfest
Presented by the Association of Northwest Steelheaders
Featuring Covenant of the Salmon People
The Steelheaders Film Fest showcases inspiring films that highlight conservation efforts to protect the fish and rivers we love. Don’t miss this incredible opportunity to experience these films on the big screen, meet filmmakers, and connect with your local angling and conservation community.
Films:
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First Descent: Kayaking the Klamath
An OPB/ Oregon Field Guide Film
A group of young Indigenous kayakers set out to become the first to paddle the entire Klamath River, from source to sea, after the biggest dam removal project in history. Ranging in age from 13-20 and from tribes across the Northwest, the youth dedicated years to training for the 300-mile, month-long journey. But for many, it was a journey generations in the making, as their relatives and communities had been fighting to remove the Klamath dams since the first one went up in 1908. Along the way, this next generation of river stewards connected with Indigenous people from around the globe to celebrate the healing of their river and to call for dam removals worldwide.
COVENANT OF THE SALMON PEOPLE
A portrait of the Nez Perce Tribe as they continue to carry out their ancient promise to protect Chinook salmon, cornerstone species and first food their people have subsisted on for tens of thousands of years. As a dammed river system and climate impacts threaten the extinction of Chinook salmon, a cornerstone of their culture and ancestral diet, they continue to do their part to uphold this relationship–but will it be enough to save wild salmon from extinction?
The covenant with salmon is woven into their culture, history, and now their modern-day species restoration work. The Nez Perce people are the oldest documented civilization in North America, with archaeological sites along Idaho's Salmon River dating back 16,500 years.
Today the tribe is facing the extirpation of their most prized salmon species despite decades of recovery efforts, and the widespread construction of dams across their Traditional lands has challenged recovery. The only option for the tribe to uphold their ancient deal with salmon and save the species from extinction is the breaching of four dams on the lower Snake River–will the Federal Government take charge of the situation or sit idly while this iconic species vanishes from their home waters?
RAFFLE AND PRIZES:
All attendees will be entered into a raffle on the night of the festival with prizes awarded throughout the night. More tickets available for purchase on site.
Anyone who signs up for a NW Steelheaders sustaining membership that evening will be entered into an additional special raffle for an Outcast PAC 800 Pontoon Boat.
Proceeds support our fellow conservation-driven nonprofit partners and the ongoing work of the Association of Northwest Steelheaders.
The Association is a 501(C)3 - non-profit corporation, Federal Tax ID - No. 91-1031100