At the height of the Fish Wars, the civil rights of the region’s first inhabitants were violated with clubbings, tear gas, arrests and confiscation of fishing gear—all in disregard of the treaty rights their ancestors secured during the formation of the United States. FISH WAR sheds light on those issues and the ways treaty tribes continue to fight for their treaty-protected right to access salmon.

We will be joined for our post-film discussion by NWIFC Chairman Ed Johnstone.